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My seven year-old daughter’s experience with research ethics
In my ENGL 7800 weekly discussion board, a fellow student asked the question, “ Yet, are our youth taught enough about ethics and morals [regarding plagiarism and research] to separate themselves and...
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7770: Folklore, The Process of Research, and Stasis Theory
My response to the readings focuses on the Jones’, “On Folklorists Studying Organizations: A Reply to Robert S. McCarl.” First of all, I liked that Jones points out (p. 6) that not all researchers need...
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7770 Post: Rules and (un)Necessary Accompanying Cautionary Narratives
In McCarl’s piece he relates the stories that firefighters were swapping about the importance of wearing a mask. McCarl (p. 81) says, “These accounts are in a very literal sense lessons in proper...
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Folklore 7770 Post about the text, Working Americans
I’m not exactly sure of what is to be expected in these responses, but I hope after getting some feedback on this first one that I can do a better job on the next one. Basically, I’ve just briefly...
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Brief Response to Johnson’s User-Centered Design
On page 4, Johnson brings up Thomas Edison, the lone genius who worked feverishly night and day, and he also talks about the story of the American railroad. He says, “such are the tales we tell again...
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The Fingerprint of Stars
English: Jorge Cham giving a talk at the EPFL. Français : Jorge Cham donnant une conférence à l’EPFL. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Again from Jorge Cham, this clip is an attempt to communicate complicated...
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Article 1
Using his great cartoonist skills, Jorge Cham from phdcomics.com does a great job of explaining how scientific information reaches the public.
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Research Software
I really like Dedoose for qualitative and mixed methods computing software. It’s quite inexpensive compared to other software as far as I know, and it’s pretty easy to use. Here’s a link to a...
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My Research Process: Part 1–Finding Sources (presentation mode)
PowToon : Lit Review I created this as a presentation to give in front of a class of undergraduates. Essentially, I give an overview of the most common and fruitful way that I find sources that may...
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Discussion on Feenberg’s “Beyond the Dilemma of Development”– English 7440...
In ch.6 “Beyond the Dilemma of Development” Feenberg provides a post-Marxist theory of how to bring about a civilizational change towards socialism. Like other post-Marxist theories, Feenberg’s is one...
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My free writing notes about where my pilot study fits into tech comm
My initial purpose was to increase adherence. I had to first understand the culture better and the essence of their experience. The study gave me what seems like part 1 of the whole. The part 2 is when...
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How NOT to create a PowerPoint slide!
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-29-2010/afghanistan-stability-chart
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John Dilworth Portfolio
John Dilworth Portfolio. I found this artist who, first of all, is really good. I remember seeing his work in an art show in Ogden, Utah in April of 2010. The reason I’m posting him to the blog is...
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Discussion Board Post – Eng. 7440 –“whales and reactors”
This was my musing after I read a chapter in The Whale and the Reactor, which is a fabulous book! Both the reactor and the whale are complex organisms, so to speak. We know how to make a reactor, and...
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1.23.2013 – Discussion Board Post for Eng. 7440
This week we’re talking about technological determinism. We’re reading Does Technology Drive History? Here’s the citation: Smith, M. R., & Marx, L. (1994). Does technology drive history?, the...
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