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Veronica EWSIS

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: Discovering the Giftedness in All | Childhood Education | Find ... - 0 views

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EWSIS multiple intelligences learning Howard Gardner theory

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  • Veronica EWSIS on 13 Jan 10
     
    I'm learning more about the multiple intelligences right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is: What was the theory based upon? I was researching this question online, and this magazine article caught my attention because it implies some evidence for the theory is too inclusive to be entirely true. "The key to MI theory is that it addresses cultural diversity and inclusion of children with disabilities in a manner that enables them to function optimally in the classroom setting. Thus, attention is not drawn to the fact that some children are different in some way, because their learning experiences are constructed to maximize their success." The quote I chose here is basically saying that the Multiple intelligence theory draws a lot of its proof from using disabled students. Therefore, not everyone realizes that every child is going to be different. In turn, they will succeed differently. I think this is surprising because I had thought the original purpose for the theory was equality in the classroom, not focus on specific people. It makes me wonder if I should reevaluate my perception of the multiple intelligences.
Yu Park

Moon landing conspiracy theories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 4 views

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  • Various Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo Project and the associated Moon landings were falsifications staged by NASA and members of other involved organizations.
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if conspiracy theorists think these things up in order to gain something
  • A number of different hoax claims have been advanced that involve conspiracy theories outlining concerted action by NASA employees, and sometimes others, to perpetuate false information about landings that never occurred, or to cover up accurate information about the landings that occurred in a different manner than have been publicized. Believers have focused on perceived gaps or inconsistencies in the historical record of the missions. The Flat Earth Society was one of the first organizations to accuse NASA of faking the landings, arguing that they were staged by Hollywood and based on a script by Arthur C. Clarke.[13]
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it shows why conspiracy theorists believe that the moon landing was a hoax and how they try to find proof to back up their theory.
  • A 2000 poll conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Fund found that 28% do not believe that American astronauts have been on the Moon, and this percentage is roughly equal in all social-demographic groups.[
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if the poll rate is raised because of the media and the internet
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  • An article in the German magazine Der Spiegel places the Moon hoax in the context of other well-known 20th century conspiracy theories which it describes as "the rarified atmosphere of those myths in which Elvis is alive, John F. Kennedy fell victim to a conspiracy involving the Mafia and secret service agents, the Moon landing was staged in the Nevada desert, and Princess Diana was murdered by British intelligence."[41]
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if all of these conspiracy theories are connected in some sort of way.
  • Cold War prestige, monetary gain, and providing a distraction are some of the more notable motives which are give
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it shows the reasons why conspiracy theorist think why the government would want to create a hoax of the landing on th moon
  • A 1999 poll by The Gallup Organization found that 89% of the U.S. public believed the landings were genuine, while 6% did not, and 5% were undecided.[2][3]
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it shows the percentage of beilevers and none-believers
  • Dr. David Williams (NASA archivist at Goddard Space Flight Center) and Apollo 11 flight director Eugene F. Kranz both acknowledged that the Apollo 11 telemetry data tapes are missing.
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      I double-checked this here http://news.cnet.com
  • On November 1, 2006 Cosmos Magazine reported that some one-hundred data tapes recorded in Australia during the Apollo 11 mission had been discovered in a small marine science laboratory in the main physics building at the Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia. One of the old tapes has been sent to NASA for analysis. The slow-scan television images were not on the tape.[67] Britain's Sunday Express reported in late June 2009 that the missing tapes were found in storage facility in the basement of a building on a university campus in Perth, Australia.
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      I double-checked this here http://www.abovetopsecret.com
  • There are no stars in any of the photos. The Apollo 11 astronauts also claimed in a press conference after the event to have not remembered seeing any of the stars.
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      Let me explain this. First because of the daytime at the moon, stars were not visible. Second, the camera may have just concentrated on the bigger blackness rather then the light. Third, human eyes werent used to the light in the moon.
  • 5. The color and angle of shadows and light are inconsistent.
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      Let me explain this. First the angle of the Sun's light affects the angle of the shadows. Second, the distance between objects affect the angle. Third light reflects off the moon resulting in some objects appearing to be different angles.
  • p. 97-98 2.
  • The flag placed on the surface by the astronauts flapped despite there being no wind on the Moon.[citation needed] Sibrel said "The wind was probably caused by intense air-conditioning used to cool the astronauts in their lightened, uncirculated space suits. The cooling systems in the backpacks would have been removed to lighten the load not designed for Earth’s six times heavier gravity, otherwise they might have fallen over".
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      Let me explain this. First the flag appears to be moving because the astronaut is shaking it. Second, the crumpled state of the flag makes it look like its waving. Third it waves because it is like a pendulum
Kit EWSIS

Mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The first scholarly theories of myth appeared during the second half of the 19th century.[46] In general, these 19th-century theories framed myth as a failed or obsolete mode of thought, often by interpreting myth as the primitive counterpart of modern science.
    • Kit EWSIS
      Kit EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      The trust in myth lost bit by bit over time to modern sicence. Sicence change what people used to have total trust in, as the one who created the world ect. Also to explain natural phenomena. But I don't think science can say Myth is just a story. I can prove the false in Myth it self, but it prove the contens in the Myths are false.
  • Many 20th-century theories of myth rejected the 19th-century theories' opposition of myth and science. In general, "twentieth-century theories have tended to see myth as almost anything but an outdated counterpart to science […] Consequently, moderns are not obliged to abandon myth for science."
    • Kit EWSIS
      Kit EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think 20th century theories and 19th century theories are close, but the 20th century thought that Myth is a total counter part of science.
  • Euhemerism Main article: Euhemerus One theory claims that myths are distorted accounts of real historical events.[26][27] According to this theory, storytellers repeatedly elaborated upon historical accounts until the figures in those accounts gained the status of gods.
Kit EWSIS

Mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • One theory claims that myths are distorted accounts of real historical events.[26][27] According to this theory, storytellers repeatedly elaborated upon historical accounts until the figures in those accounts gained the status of gods.[26][27] For example, one might argue that the myth of the wind-god Aeolus evolved from a historical account of a king who taught his people to use sails and interpret the winds
    • Kit EWSIS
      Kit EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I always ask myself, do Myth According to history event or people? Maybe is theory maybe right.
  • Some thinkers believe that myths resulted from the personification of inanimate objects and forces. According to these thinkers, the ancients worshipped natural phenomena such as fire and air, gradually coming to describe them as gods
    • Kit EWSIS
      Kit EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I'm think this theory is also good, I never knew there were so many thoery. I thought it may answer the question. Which came first? Myth or Gods?
  • According to the myth-ritual theory, the existence of myth is tied to ritual.[33] In its most extreme form, this theory claims that myths arose to explain rituals.[34] This claim was first put forward by the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith.[35] According to Smith, people begin performing rituals for some reason that is not related to myth; later, after they have forgotten the original reason for a ritual, they try to account for the ritual by inventing a myth and claiming that the ritual commemorates the events described in that myth.[
    • Kit EWSIS
      Kit EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I never realized ritual is also releated to myth. Now I think of it many culture had different kind of ritual, even some means to offer a human life to what they belived in.
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  • The first scholarly theories of myth appeared during the second half of the 19th century.[46] In general, these 19th-century theories framed myth as a failed or obsolete mode of thought, often by interpreting myth as the primitive counterpart of modern science.
Jose EWSIS

Why Do People Like Horror Movies? They Enjoy Being Scared - 0 views

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Horror film effect theory life

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  • Jose EWSIS on 25 Nov 09
     
    I came across another piece of information a couple of days later which dealt with more theories of why people love to watch horror films. This news article titled "Why Do People Love Horror Movies? They Enjoyed Being Scared" by ScienceDaily states that new research suggests "horror movie viewers are happy to be unhappy." Investigators generally use one of two theories to explain why people like horror movies. The first is that the person is not actually afraid, but excited by the movie. The second explanation is that they are willing to endure the terror in order to enjoy a euphoric sense of relief at the end. However researchers Eduardo Andrade and Joel B. Cohen have argued that those two theories are incorrect. Horror movie viewers are happy to unhappy because in their book, their "novel approach to emotion reveals that people experience both negative and positive emotions simultaneously -- people may actually enjoy being scared, not just relief when the threat is removed. As the authors put it, "the most pleasant moments of a particular event may also be the most fearful."
Veronica EWSIS

Multiple Intelligences - 0 views

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EWSIS multiple intelligences learning theory IQ

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  • Veronica EWSIS on 13 Jan 10
     
    I'm learning more about the multiple intelligences right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is: What do other people think of it? I was researching this question online, and this twitter post caught my attention because it was a person's simple opinion, not some long thought-out piece. "It is not how smart you are but how you are smart. That's the basic premise of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI)." The quote I chose here is basically saying that the intelligence is all about where you excel, not if you can. I think this is a perfect explanation because it's quick and from this person's own experiences. It makes me wonder if there is some truth to this theory despite some valid opposing views. I suppose it's all what you make out of it.
Hawa EWSIS

Video game behavioral effects - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • From both a social and psychological standpoint, video games have the ability to influence their players both on implicit and explicit levels.
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      What does it mean when it says both on implicit and explicit levels?
  • Research on aggressive behavior as an effect of playing violent video games began in the 1980s and 1990s and still continues today.
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is seen a lot in our society today. Many people who are video game addicts exhibit this behavior.
  • some researchers claim that these violent games may cause more intense feelings of aggression than nonviolent games, and may trigger feelings of anger and hostility. Several studies that have supported such findings.
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      as one can see at the bottom of this, there is another article supporting this theory.
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  • The average gamer, far from being a teen, is actually a 35-year-old man who is overweight, aggressive, introverted — and often depressed, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).[4]
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Woah, that is actually really surprising. I thought that the average gamer was a teenager not a 35 year old man
  • Female video game characters are often hypersexualized and unrealistic,[8][9] and have been shown to play a factor in hard-core gamers’ perceptions of ideal beauty
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      this is really true since when I play some video games the girls are so unrealistic with huge breasts and all that. It actually makes me feel ugly all the time compared to them.
  • This repetition of violence and reward system create a psychological effect on people telling them that violence is okay.
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Is that people commit murders and stuff? This it because of huge influence of the video games?
  • This addiction could lead to physical health problems, spending problems, and time displacement leading to missed work or school days. In one example, a 28 year old South Korean gamer died after 50 hours of StarCraft online gameplay.[12]
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      I know that video game addiction can make someone socially awkward, but can it really make someone die? Somebody should really go into that....
  • The rise in childhood obesity in the U.S. has raised awareness of media consumption in children.[citation needed] Not only are parents and organizations blaming the food industry for the problem, but they are turning to television and video games as a key factor. Displacement Theory supports the notion that the time that would normally be spent being active outdoors or in sports, children are now replacing with leisure and inactive time in front of the television.[citation needed] Others tend the blame the problem on parental enforcement.[citation needed]
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      In short, parents are just blaming video games for their child being overweight. Why would blame others? It's their fault in my opinion since it's the parents that give children access to video games and other things....
  • Anderson and Bushman explain how violent video games promote violent behavior, attitudes and beliefs.
  • have written that video games are neither good or bad alone, because it all depends on the individual and the context they are played in.[18]
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      I have to agree for the fact that it all does depend on the person. They all have different effects on someone even though sometimes they share the same effects.
  • The interactive nature allows for high levels of entertainment, but has not yet been shown to subtract from the educational lessons being taught. Additionally, developers are beginning to change the view of traditional video games by creating popular games that require the player to be active -Wii Fit, Dance Dance Revolution- or focus on using brain power -Brain Age 2.
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      see....a lot of people tend to think that video games is coupled with laziness and being unhealthy. However there are someone games that help become active and some that requires brain power. So video games aren't always that bad.
  • Many authors disagree with the notion that suggests that the media can cause violence, they think that media cannot cause violence because human can recognize what is wrong and what is right and people are not copycats
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      Well this can be true at times. It is usually built in someone that tells them what is wrong or not. However, what if it's a child who plays the violent games. They're so young that they might not know what is wrong or right...
  • Journalist and author, David Sheff, believes that many skills can be learned from the gaming experience, it builds practical and intellectual skills,” by playing video games children gain problem solving abilities, perseverance, pattern recognition, hypothesis testing, estimating skills, inductive skills, resources management, logistics mapping, memory, quick thinking and reasonal judgements”. [26]
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      This can be true at times. However I don't really agree with the reasonal judgements. It depends on the person really.
  • There are many positive effects of video games on some people as suggested by some researches; people play because they want to get away from their everyday life, break routine, to relive stress, allow them to cool off when they are stressful, could help people take out their anger through the game rather in real life because they are fun and interesting way to spend time. [25]
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      This is true, because you can get lost in the world of whatever game you are playing. You can become another character and just be someone else for a while. Also it's sort of a hea;thy way to release stress instead of surpressing it.
  • In research undertaken by Acta Psychologica, in a number of tasks, video game experts outperformed non-gamers. Experts were able to track objects moving at greater speeds, perform more accurately in a visual short-term memory test, switch between tasks more quickly, and make decisions about rotated objects more quickly and accurately.
    • Hawa EWSIS
      Hawa EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      Well this is sort of true too since I experience something like this once. I think it does help hand eye coordination at times...
Veronica EWSIS

Learning styles? They don't exist! - 0 views

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EWSIS multiple intelligences learning scientists disproved

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  • Veronica EWSIS on 13 Jan 10
     
    I'm learning about multiple intelligences right now, in particular what I'm wondering about is: Have there been further studies on the subject? I was researching this question online, and this news item caught my attention because the title was blunt, there's no masking the point behind the article. "Last month, however, a group of cognitive scientists released a study concluding that the practice of shaping instruction around learning styles has no demonstrable effect on the individual student's grasp of classroom material." The quote I chose here is basically saying that scientists have disproved the multiple intelligences theory. There is no relation between the way a teacher teaches and how well a student gets the information. I think this is disheartening because I thought it was true, I still hope it is. It makes me wonder if the students I mentioned will have chances to live up to their potential.
Rachel EWSIS

Nursing ethics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The nature of nursing means that nursing ethics tends to examine the ethics of caring rather than 'curing' by exploring the relationship between the nurse and the person in care.
    • Rachel EWSIS
      Rachel EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      What this is saying is becoming a nurse instead of curing for the person you have to care for them.
  • The focus of nursing ethics is on developing a caring relationship
    • Rachel EWSIS
      Rachel EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because, if the nurses don't care then in my opinon i don't think that they will pick this career choice. Also if you don't have a caring relationship then, the patients won't really open up to their nurses.
  • This is where information about the person is only shared with others after permission of the person, unless it is felt that the information must be shared to comply with a higher duty such as preserving life. [5].
    • Rachel EWSIS
      Rachel EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think that this is interesting because, i wonder if nurses do talk about the patients business. If i were a nurses patients i wouldn't want them telling my business unless it was necessary.
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  • Nursing ethics shares many principles with medical ethics, such as beneficence, non-maleficence and respect for autonomy
    • Rachel EWSIS
      Rachel EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder why some nurses sret up a list of laws for themselves? Aren't they given a set of rules or laws already?!
  • This is considered by its advocates to focus more on relationships than principles and therefore to reflect the caring relationship in nursing more accurately than other ethical views.
    • Rachel EWSIS
      Rachel EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think caring about the relationships more than the principles is good because, the principles don't get you to a point where you could bound with the person and in my opinion i think that being a nurse you connect with the person on a professsional and emotional level.
  • People are then enabled to make decisions about their own treatment.
    • Rachel EWSIS
      Rachel EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think that it's important for people to make their own decisions wether or not they want the treatment because, what if their family doesn't have enough mom to pay for it or they on't have insurance. Usually depending upon the situation like lets say if it's really bad then the person won't take the treatment if they are close to dying.
  • There is a balance between people having the information required to make an autonomous decision and, on the other hand, not being unnecessarily distressed by the truth.
    • Rachel EWSIS
      Rachel EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder why sometimes people aren't able to handle tghe trhuth when they hear bad news about their health?!
  • This is because nursing theory seeks a collaborative relationship with the person in care.
    • Rachel EWSIS
      Rachel EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Patients and thie nurses need to have a caring relationship with each other. http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art43027.asp
Tian EWSIS

Personality psychology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Personality can be defined as a dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that uniquely influences his or her cognitions, motivations, and behaviors in various situations [3]
    • Tian EWSIS
      Tian EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      As I know, one's behaviors are always affected by that person's personality. This quote made me want to explore more about the connection between a person's personality and behavior.
  • There is no consensus on the definition of "personality" in psychology. Most researchers and psychologists do not explicitly identify themselves with a certain perspective and often take an eclectic approach.
    • Tian EWSIS
      Tian EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      According to this quote, I realized that everyone's definition of "personality" is different from others'. Therefore, a person's behavior may be explained in different ways among different people. Thus, nothing is always absolutely constant, especially personality. This made me wonder if it is human's nature that people always change as time passes, and one day you suddenly realize the one you used to know is not the same any more.
  • Critics of personality theory claim personality is "plastic" across time, places, moods, and situations. Changes in personality may indeed result from diet (or lack thereof), medical effects, significant events, or learning. However, most personality theories emphasize stability over fluctuation.
    • Tian EWSIS
      Tian EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This quote has proved my previous hypothesis was right. A person's personality may change because of many facts in our lives. I'm now wondering which facts have the greatest impacts on people's personalities.
AndreaLee EWSIS

Mayans Upset at Blame for 2012. - 0 views

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  • AndreaLee EWSIS on 22 Oct 09
     
    As I was searching for blogs about the 2012 Apocalypse, this site showed up. In this article, the Mayans are being blamed for "making the world end." There is no reason for the Mayans to be blamed for killing the human race and the world itself because all they did was prophesize and write down theories. In my opinion, don't hate one human race for killing the world that has already been to blame. At least this is what I am getting from the title itself.
Ammy EWSIS

2012: NASA's Scientific Reality Check | Universe Today - 0 views

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EWSIS 2012 End of the world science

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  • Ammy EWSIS on 12 Nov 09
     
    I'm learning more about 2012 right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is: Should we as a society, put our beliefs into Mayan predictions, or should we believe Scientists just because they have information to back up their facts?I was researching this question online, and this blog post caught my attention because it speaks about the reality of science and whether or not we should believe in it. It also speaks about the Mayan calender. This specific source sparked my interest because lately, with Hollywood coming out with new movies about 2012, the thought of the world coming to end has constantly been bothering me. I had a strong urge to find out the truth. "The Mayan calendar does not end in December 2012. Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period, but then - just as your calendar begins again on January 1 - another long-count period begins for the Mayan calendar." The quote I chose here basically tries to persuade us by saying that the Mayan Calender ending on the year 2012 is a hoax. The author of this posts believes that even after the calender ends, just like any of the calenders that we have at home, it will start itself new again. I think this is very captivating because it makes me really wonder. It makes me wonder about all remarks people are making, what society thinks about this, and if there are any evidence that are being hidden from society. I hope as we go further into the years, scientists will dig out more information to support the theory so when the day comes, I won't have to hide under my bed and panic.
Tianna EWSIS

The Philosophy of Music (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) - 0 views

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music personality sound waves emotions

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  • Kendall Walton argues (also with respect to tragedy) that sadness is not in itself negative. Rather, it is the situation to which sadness is the response that is negative.
    • Tianna EWSIS
      Tianna EWSIS on 11 Dec 09
       
      so true..so true...
  • One obvious suggestion is that our negative emotional response is a price we are willing to pay for the other benefits of engaging with the piece in question, such as (but not limited to) ‘positive’ emotional responses. While this sort of reasoning may play a role, it cannot be a complete solution, since for most pieces that elicit negative responses there are many others that elicit fewer, or less intense negative responses for the same positive payoff. More sophisticated versions of the same suggestion argue for a more intimate link between the negative emotional response and the payoff.
    • Tianna EWSIS
      Tianna EWSIS on 11 Dec 09
       
      So, emotions are neither positive or negative. This goes to show are ignorant people could be on terms such as this one.
  • This is decisive if true, but there is plenty of room to quibble about our ability to test for the right kinds of imaginative activity, the selection of the subjects, and so on. A different kind of objection is that if the persona theory were true, expressive music could not constrain our imaginative activity in such a way as to yield convergent judgments of expressiveness among understanding listeners.
    • Tianna EWSIS
      Tianna EWSIS on 11 Dec 09
       
      Music itself is a work of art that could touch even the evilest of people could enjoy.
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  • The resemblance theorist must give some account of why the funeral march, and not the cup of coffee, is expressive of sadness, and not joy. Levinson claims that the obvious suggestion here is that the funeral march is ‘readily-hearable-as’ an expression of sadness. If this is correct, then the resemblance the music bears to emotional behavior is logically secondary — a cause or ground of its expressivity. The expressivity itself resides in the music's disposition to elicit the imaginative response in us of hearing the music as a literal expression of emotion. As a logical consequence, the imaginative experience prompted must include some agent whose expression the music literally is.
    • Tianna EWSIS
      Tianna EWSIS on 11 Dec 09
       
      The type of music that you listen to doesn't change who you really are, alll it changes is how you feel for a period of time.
  • We say that a piece of music is sad in the same sense in which we say that a weeping willow is sad (S. Davies 2006, 183). Such uses are no more metaphorical than a claim that a chair has arms.
    • Tianna EWSIS
      Tianna EWSIS on 11 Dec 09
       
      Music can shape a story
  • The central problem is the great disparities between language and music, in terms of the ways in which each is both syntactic and semantic.
    • Tianna EWSIS
      Tianna EWSIS on 11 Dec 09
       
      These two words sound very interesting....
  • Tianna EWSIS on 11 Dec 09
     
    This is important because it tells me about what music does and why it causes such emotions like happiness and anger. Knowing what sound waves trigger certain emotions and the effects it had on the human body
LawrenceY EWSIS

A Case for Multiple Intelligences Based Classroom Instruction « Advance Your ... - 0 views

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Multiple Intelligences EWSIS Howard Gardner

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  • All students should have the opportunity to not only further develop their dominant intelligences, but should also have the opportunity to develop their weaker intelligences. Students who are weak in the verbal-linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences will certainly be at a disadvantage in a culture that places so much emphasis on the traditional intelligences. Despite their weaknesses, however, students who are given the opportunity to succeed using an intelligence in which they can excel demonstrate that they are capable of developing their verbal-linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences.
  • Veronica EWSIS on 13 Jan 10
     
    I'm learning more about the multiple intelligences right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is: How this theory is applied in modern education? I was researching this question online, and this blog post caught my attention because it mentioned that schools did not use a variety of learning styles to teach. "...American schools still base their instruction primarily on the verbal-linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences. As a result, many students who are not strong in these traditional intelligences develop poor attitudes toward school and their academic achievement suffers." Most schools today base their curriculum around only two of several intelligences. However, many students are more adept in using other methods to learn. This makes it harder for those students to excel, despite having the ability to if given the right school environment. I think this is true because I know a bunch of people who are extremely talented in a lot of areas. They know a lot, but, they have poor grades, mainly because they can not showcase their abilities properly. It makes me wonder if the school system will change in the future. Then, maybe it will be more fair.
  • LawrenceY EWSIS on 13 Jan 10
     
    I'm learning more about Multiple Intelligences right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is: How are Multiple Intelligences used in school? I was researching this question online, and this blog post caught my attention because it answers my question directly. "traditional and nontraditional approaches should be combined to formulate a method of education that is best suited to the students who populate our classrooms. The multiple intelligences offer a balance which teaches students what they need to know in order to be successful in our society in a way that compliments the unique abilities that each individual possesses." The quote i chose here is basically saying that the authorities should change school so that they can combine two different intelligences together. By combining two intellgences it is easier for students who are not dominant in either logical, or linguistic intelligences. I think this is smart because many students dominant intelligences are not in linguistic, or logical. Instead it is in the intelligences schools do not incorporate into the curriculum. It makes me wonder if i would do better in school, if two intelligences were combined.
JorgeV EWSIS

2012 phenomenon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs and proposals, which posit that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21 or December 23, 2012,[1][2] which is said to be the end-date of a 5,125-year-long Mayan Long Count calendar.
    • JorgeV EWSIS
      JorgeV EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it tells you have the possible dates are for the end of the world theory.
    • JorgeV EWSIS
      JorgeV EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      this supposed to be highlighted yellow!!!
Alexa EWSIS

2012 (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • 2012 is a 2009 Disaster
    • Alexa EWSIS
      Alexa EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      this is important because in real life, this is happening! or at least scientists think so.
  • The film briefly references Mayanism, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, and the 2012 phenomenon in its portrayal of cataclysmic events unfolding in the year 2012.
    • Alexa EWSIS
      Alexa EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      heres what this is saying. its saying that on the mayan calender, 0n 2012, it says that the worlds will end.
  • Because of solar flare bombardment the Earth's core begins heating up at an unprecedented rate, eventually causing crustal displacement. This results in an onslaught of Doomsday event scenarios plunging the world into chaos, ranging from California falling into the Pacific Ocean, the eruption of the Yellowstone National Park caldera, massive earthquakes, and Megatsunami impacts along every coast line on the Earth.
    • Alexa EWSIS
      Alexa EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      this is important to know because it is a true fact!
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  • attempting to save as many lives as they can before the disasters ensue.
    • Alexa EWSIS
      Alexa EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      i wonder if this 2012 theory is true! saving lives? disasters? corruptions? this all sounds so crazy
  • The film received mixed to negative reviews from film critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 39% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 210 reviews.[36] Critics cited numerous scientific inaccuracies, lazy script and heavy reliance on the CG visuals, while some praised the CG effects. On its "top critics" section, it fared even lower with 27% of critics giving it a positive review based on 33 reviews.[37] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film holds an average/mixed score of 49 based on 34 reviews.[38]
    • Alexa EWSIS
      Alexa EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      this is important to know because some of the things shot in the movie are not really supposed to happen when the year 2012 happens.
  • Justin Tatis on 11 Jan 10
     
    This world is left with nothing but question's and the craziest part about it is when it happen's it happen's so there's the answer towards things , to my eyes when it happen's it happen's. As of right now were left with question's no answer.
  • Kashif Spence on 11 Jan 10
     
    the world is not going to end how it is portrayed in the movie, but by God.
Taeil Eric EWSIS

War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • War is also a cultural entity, and its practice is not linked to any single type of political organization or society.
    • Taeil Eric EWSIS
      Taeil Eric EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      War wasn't created by government or society.
  • In the organised military sense, a group of combatants and their support is called an army on land, a navy at sea, and an air force in the air.
    • Taeil Eric EWSIS
      Taeil Eric EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      The troops on land are called armies, navy on the seas, and air force in the sky.
  • War is not limited to the human species; Ants engage in massive intra-species conflicts which might be termed warfare, and chimpanzee packs will engage each other in tribe like warfare.
    • Taeil Eric EWSIS
      Taeil Eric EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      War is universal and even animals have war.
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  • As the strategic and tactical aspects of warfare are always changing, theories and doctrines relating to warfare are often reformulated before, during, and after every major war.
    • Taeil Eric EWSIS
      Taeil Eric EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      If warfare tactics change, will the weapons change also?
  • War is a reciprocated, armed conflict between two or more non-congruous entities, aimed at reorganising a subjectively designed, geo-politically desired result.
    • Taeil Eric EWSIS
      Taeil Eric EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Is war the best way to resolve a problem between two or more sides?
  • A civil war is a war between factions of citizens of one country (such as in the American Civil War), or else a dispute between two nations that were created out of one formerly-united country. A proxy war is a war that results when two powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly.
    • Taeil Eric EWSIS
      Taeil Eric EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      There are different types of war.
  • A military campaign includes not only fighting but also intelligence, troop movements, supplies, propaganda, and other components.
    • Taeil Eric EWSIS
      Taeil Eric EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      War is not all about just killing, it involves strategies too.
  • War is not necessarily considered to be the same as occupation, murder, or genocide because of the reciprocal nature of the violent struggle, and the organized nature of the units involved.
    • Taeil Eric EWSIS
      Taeil Eric EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      War makes a war, a war?
  • Motivations for war may be different for those ordering the war than for those undertaking the war.
    • Taeil Eric EWSIS
      Taeil Eric EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Do two countries have to agree if they want to go to war with each other?
  • Any case, the most important motivation to war is, in several ways, the imperialism
    • Taeil Eric EWSIS
      Taeil Eric EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Imperialism can be one of the most important moivations for war.
Paul Allison

Why playing in the virtual world has an awful lot to teach children | Technology | The ... - 0 views

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  • If we are to understand the 21st century and the generation who will inherit it, it's crucial that we learn to describe the dynamics of this gaming life: a place that's not so much about escaping the commitments and interactions that make friendships "real" as about a sophisticated set of satisfactions with their own increasingly urgent reality and challenges.
    • Paul Allison
      Paul Allison on 10 Jan 10
       
      This is pretty easy to say, and I'm helping to create a NYC Writing Project group to look experiment with games and to study how to bring them into our curriculum. So much of it is theory! And sometimes it feels like another pressure point urging us to do this or do that in the classroom.
Paul Allison

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  • RoSE’s answer is that people seeking knowledge do not necessarily want to go to either a document (a “document-centric” approach) or a person (a “social- network” approach) as their first point of access—though they will take either.  More ideal is an online environment that allows them to seek out documents and people in the context of relationships between the two (e.g., of authorship, reception, affiliation, recommendation, sponsorship, commentary, rebuttal, etc.).
    • Paul Allison
      Paul Allison on 10 Jan 10
       
      I'm liking this definition, and having two different questions push their way in: 1) How will RoSE deal with the walled-garden aspect of much of academic resources? 2) Can game theory be blended with such a social environment? (crazy thought)
JackeyQ EWSIS

Global warming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The most commonly discussed measure of global warming is the trend in globally averaged temperature near the Earth's surface.
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is impotant, many people do not know that the temperature of the earth is cahnging significantly.
  • An increase in global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of precipitation, probably including expansion of subtropical deserts.[7] The continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice is expected, with warming being strongest in the Arctic. Other likely effects include increases in the intensity of extreme weather events, species extinctions, and changes in agricultural yields.
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      The temperature is affecting not only regular temperature but also changes in the agriculture facilities. It is merans that food industry prices as well as food companies will "sky rocket", because of temperature changes.
  • Political and public debate continues regarding climate change, and what actions (if any) to take in response. The available options are mitigation to reduce further emissions; adaptation to reduce the damage caused by warming; and, more speculatively, geoengineering to reverse global warming. Most national governments have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Politics is making the Climate Chnge issue, unimportant, I beleive that Govermnets are just "selling their image", so they would look good. There are many, many policies pacts that have been made in order to "control Clmiate Change/ Global Warming". When will there be a policy that actually help the meniviroment?
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  • Human activity since the Industrial Revolution has increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, leading to increased radiative forcing from CO2, methane, tropospheric ozone, CFCs and nitrous oxide. The concentrations of CO2 and methane have increased by 36% and 148% respectively since the mid-1700s.[23] These levels are much higher than at any time during the last 650,000 years, the period for which reliable data has been extracted from ice cores.[24] Less direct geological evidence indicates that CO2 values this high were last seen about 20 million years ago.[25] Fossil fuel burning has produced about three-quarters of the increase in CO2 from human activity over the past 20 years. Most of the rest is due to land-use change, particularly deforestation.[26]
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Industrial Revolution was bound to happen, people would live in the stone age for the rest their lives. When the Industrial Revlotion did occur things did not look bad, as of 2002 and futher did the climate change was becoming a issue to looked upon as an issue.
  • If the atmosphere is warmed, the saturation vapor pressure increases, and the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere will tend to increase. Since water vapor is a greenhouse gas, the increase in water vapor content makes the atmosphere warm further; this warming causes the atmosphere to hold still more water vapor (a positive feedback), and so on until other processes stop the feedback loop
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      The atmosphere is warming up, there is no way for stoppiong the warming up but there is a way of slowing this down or going green
  • When ice melts, land or open water takes its place. Both land and open water are on average less reflective than ice and thus absorb more solar radiation. This causes more warming, which in turn causes more melting, and this cycle continues.
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      The Ice is melting. If you look at the The cold continent of Antartica, the ice caps are melting there. The North and the South Poles are melting. The sea levels are rising and inhabitants such as polar bears and Penguins are getting affected. The sea levels are afftecting Island Nations as well as sea bordering nations.
  • Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) between the start and the end of the 20th century.
    • Mei EWSIS
      Mei EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      basic information about global warming.
  • However, warming is expected to continue beyond 2100 even if emissions stop, because of the large heat capacity of the oceans and the long lifetime of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
    • Mei EWSIS
      Mei EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      people are using air conditioner in the summer and the gases come out of air conditioner are bad for the o-zone.
  • Temperature changes vary over the globe. Since 1979, land temperatures have increased about twice as fast as ocean temperatures (0.25 °C per decade against 0.13 °C per decade).
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think this sentence is important because this shows that global warming is causing the earth to get warmer. This changes things lik melting of ice bergs which can lead to rising sea level and cause major changes.
  • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that most of the observed temperature increase since the middle of the 20th century was caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases resulting from human activity such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it descibes why and how the temperatures all around the world are going up. This also shows that as we get more technology, we are destroying the earth more and more.
  • The IPCC also concludes that variations in natural phenomena such as solar radiation and volcanoes produced most of the warming from pre-industrial times to 1950 and had a small cooling effect afterward.
  • The uncertainty in this estimate arises from the use of models with differing sensitivity to greenhouse gas concentrations and the use of differing estimates of future greenhouse gas emissions.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think this means that no one can predict what would happen or how much emissions we produce. Less is the best, but none is great
  • The greenhouse effect is the process by which absorption and emission of infrared radiation by gases in the atmosphere warm a planet's lower atmosphere and surface.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This means that how much emissions we would make is how much global warming we create or how much we would make our own doom.
  • Clouds also affect the radiation balance, but they are composed of liquid water or ice and so are considered separately from water vapor and other gases.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if this can also help since it can cool down the face of the earth and also it can help by reflecting solar light back into space as it makes it's way through the atmosphere.
  • Global dimming, a gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface, has partially counteracted global warming from 1960 to the present.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This means that global dimming helps by reflecting the warm sunlight away from earth so that we can keep it cool itstead of hot.
  • Observations show that temperatures in the stratosphere have been steady or cooling since 1979, when satellite measurements became available.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if this can really help out since it has really little effect, while we release tons of gas into our atmosphere.
  • Warming is expected to change the distribution and type of clouds. Seen from below, clouds emit infrared radiation back to the surface, and so exert a warming effect; seen from above, clouds reflect sunlight and emit infrared radiation to space, and so exert a cooling effect.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think this is important since it might trap heat, but it relfects even more heat out than it traps. It also helps cool the earth, but trapping those gases in can harm us since those gas can be toxic.
  • Measures including water conservation,[99] water rationing, adaptive agricultural practices,[100] construction of flood defences,[101] Martian colonization,[102] changes to medical care,[103] and interventions to protect threatened species[104] have all been suggested. A wide-ranging study of the possible opportunities for adaptation of infrastructure has been published by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.[
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if we would really need to evacuate earth if there is no possible answer for saving our lives and the earth as well.
  • Geoengineering is the deliberate modification of Earth's natural environment on a large scale to suit human needs.[106] An example is greenhouse gas remediation, which removes greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, usually through carbon sequestration techniques such as carbon dioxide air capture.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think this is important because if we do have to evacuate the earth, then we would need to bring this information to our new planet so that we can preserve that planet and hopefully learn from our mistakes.
  • In 2007–2008 Gallup Polls surveyed 127 countries. Over a third of the world's population were unaware of global warming, with developing countries less aware than developed, and Africa the least aware. Of those aware, Latin America leads in belief that temperature changes are a result of human activities while Africa, parts of Asia and the Middle East, and a few countries from the Former Soviet Union lead in the opposite belief.
  • Geoengineering is the deliberate modification of Earth's natural environment on a large scale to suit human needs.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      This means that geoengineering is the study of changing the environment of earth to suit human needs. This is like constructing more land or to shape the lands so that buildings can be built or changing the land so that it can be used for vegetation.
  • one study suggests that projected rates of extinction are uncertain.[80]
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      I wonder will this be true since there are many theories of when the world will end like the upcoming 2012.
  • United States President Barack Obama has announced plans to introduce an economy-wide cap and trade scheme
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
  • Measures including water conservation,[100] water rationing, adaptive agricultural practices,[101] construction of flood defences,[102] Martian colonization,[103] changes to medical care,[104] and interventions to protect threatened species[105] have all been suggested. A wide-ranging study of the possible opportunities for adaptation of infrastructure has been published by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      I think this is important because this is our means of survivial if anything happens to our planet earth or what we might have to do in the future to prevent anything from happening again.
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