| Welcome to GISAT 160. |
| Week | General Topic | Reading from Browne&Keeley | Tuesday | Thursday |
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| Aug 28 | What is critical thinking? How does learning require critical thinking? |
Introduction | Bloom's Taxonomy Introduction to Learning Syles. Assignment due |
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| Sept 4 | What is a problem? What is an argument? What are the elements of argument? | Chapter 1, 2, and 3 | What is an argument? Assignment due |
What are the reasons?
Identifing Issue and Conclusion Assignment due |
| Sept 11 | What makes a good argument? Unpacking the language of the argument. | Chapter 4, 5, and 6 | The language of argument? Assignment due |
What are the assumptions? Assignment due |
| Sept 18 | How logical is the argument? Can you get from reason to conclusion? | Chapter 7, 8, and 9 | Descriptive assumptions Assignment due |
Evidence. Assignment due |
| Sept 25 | Are there alternatives? Are you trying to trick me? | Chapter 7, 10, 11 | Logic of arguments Assignment due |
More about arguments Assignment due |
| Oct 2 | Putting it all together. | Chapter 12, 13, 14 | What's wrong with the data. | Wrap up - Evaluate together the article. (Outline/mapping form) Assignment due |
| Oct 9 | Final thoughts | Review of remaining issues Assignment due |
Midterm due - Hardcopy in Room ISAT/CS 217, electronic version on Blackboard. No class today. | |
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Part II: Evaluating Other
Media
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| Oct 16 | Evaluating web resources | MEET RM 250 Brief history or computing...what is a computer? What is a web page anyway? What does a good page look like...vs a bad page. DHMO |
MEET RM 250 - notes Evaluating web resources followup from assignment. Assignment due |
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| Oct 23 | Who am I on the web? Privacy vs connection, how much is too much information? | Meet Rm 250 Data and Privacy Assignment due - optional midterm and required readings. Readings will be posted Sunday. |
No class - Conference | |
| Oct 30 | Web caution. |
Meet in Room 250 SocialNetworking article Netiquette power point Assignment due |
TicTacToe how to be a better "user"; debugging and thinking through a defect. |
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| Nov 6 | Problem solving process. What are impediments to critical thinking? | Problem solving process doc Assign semeter end project. |
Close listening...how best to get information? Assignment due |
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| Nov 13 | What is a "system"? What is a "system problem"? | Project milestone 1 - Description of topic. | Project milestone 2 - List of references in MLA or APA format. Assignment due - Media Withdrawal |
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| Nov 20 | Problems in your personal sphere. What techniques can you use to solve them?. | No class (Tuesday) - Thanksgiving break |
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| Nov 27 | More with tools. | Project milestone 3 - draft or outline of project | No class - time to work on your project. | |
| Dec 4 | Other technology / problem solving topics as needed. Peer review of project. | Be prepared with presentation if you are choosing to do one. | ||
| Dec 13 | Thursday 1 - 3pm | Final Exam - will be take home due no later than this date. Other turn in dates will be provided earlier in the week. | ||