Practicals of the 3rd Term

These were the 7 practicals required in the 3rd term:

1) Task 1 (in the blog)
2) Task 2 (in the blog)
3) Task 3 (in the blog)
4) Heroic Sketches (copy in El Choike)
5) Ghandi (the movie)
6) Snowbound (copy in El Choike)
7) Helicopter crash (copy in El Choike)

You must pass at least 4 of them in order to pass the term.

TASK 3 (Individual)

HEROES & SOCIETY

Date due: 15/11

TASK 2: University Skills: Tips for Becoming a Successful Student (Individual)

Using the Cornell Notetaking System, list the tips mentioned here. Which ones do you put into practice? Which ones do you think are the best? Which ones are you willing to try? Post your answers to these questions here and hand in your notes to me.
























Date due: 20/10

TASK 1: University Skills: Notetaking (Individual)

Watch this video and take notes about the notetaking method mentioned (The Cornell Note Taking System). Hand in your notes to me.


Here there are extra notes

Date due: 06/10

To start you thinking

- Everyone has his or her own unique odor-identity or “smell fingerprint": No two people have the exact same odor-identity or “smell fingerprint” which is determined by many factors including: our genes, skin type, diet, medicine, mood state and even the weather.

- No two people smell the same odor the same way. In other words, a rose may smell sweeter to some people than to others: In fact, according to neuropsychologist, Robert Bonkowski, a person never experiences one smell the same way twice. Furthermore, an individual’s ability to detect odors changes from day to day, depending on his or her physiological condition.

- The average human being is able to recognize approximately 10,000 different odors: Our sense of smell is so powerful that when you smell skunk, you are smelling 0.000,000,000,000,071 of an ounce of scent. Dogs have about 200 million olfactory receptors. That is about 20 times the number of receptors that humans have.

- Our sense of taste is greatly influenced by our sense of smell: Our sense of smell in responsible for about 80% of what we taste. Without our sense of smell, our sense of taste is limited to only five distinct sensations: sweet, salty, sour, bitter and the newly discovered “umami” or savory sensation. All other flavors that we experience come from smell. This is why, when our nose is blocked, as by a cold, most foods seem bland or tasteless. Our sense of smell becomes stronger when we are hungry.

- Your nose can smell directionally, telling you where an odor originates.

- Your sense of smell is least acute in the morning; our ability to perceive odors increases as the day wears on.

- A woman’s sense of smell is keener than a man’s: However, her sensitivity does change over the menstrual cycle. These changes are influenced by estrogen, which increases smell acuity in the first half of a woman’s cycle. It peaks at a time when women are most fertile and most sexually responsive.

- People recall smells with a 65% accuracy after a year, while the visual recall of photos sinks to about 50% after only three months: Our odor memories frequently have strong emotional qualities and are associated with the good or bad experiences in which they occurred.

Task 4 (Individual)

The Social Network, the movie

Now that you have seen the movie, watch this review and leave your comment about the movie. (no less than 50 words).

Date due: 30/08

Task 3 Book Review (Individual or in pairs)

1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

2. The Curious Incident


Follow these links and after reading the book, post your answers to at least 4 questions on this blog.

Date due: 15/08

Task 2 Advertising Language Webquest (In groups of 4)

Do you know why you bought that?

Date due: 05/07

Mr Button, commercial (by Maca, Belen, Gaby, Karen & Mica)


Shiny Shampoo, ad (by Rocio & Rocio)


Madidas, ad (by Jose & Joaquin)

TV lamp, commercial (by Gaston, Sofi, Pia & Felipe)

More PowerPoint presentations from susana

Task 1 Social Network (Individual)

Which of these social networking sites do you use to communicate with other people?
What uses do you give them?
What do you think of social networks in general?


Post your comment as anonymous but REMEMBER to include your name in the post.

Date due: 16/06 08:00 p.m.

For fun!

Interested in advertising? Play and learn!
http://www.admongo.gov/

The Paranormal and the Internet Webquest

Modern technology poses significant legal, ethical, and intellectual challenges to people using electronic information resources. Through this webquest, you will gain experience in web page evaluation while gaining a better understanding of the quality or lack of quality of Internet resources.

Divide into pairs.

Conduct online research finding at least six relevant sites. (Three sites that support and three sites that refute the existence of your topic).

Evaluate web page credibility by selecting two sites from your search results. (Select one site that supports and one site that refutes the existence of your topic.

You are to look at the critical evaluation of a website and answer each question about the two sites.

Create a multimedia presentation detailing and describing your search results, web page evaluations and your own opinion on the potential existence of your assigned topic and of the sites. Write bibliographic information of the 6 sites at the bottom of your notes.

Goals:
1). To use electronic communication media.
2). To identify numerous viewpoints regarding paranormal phenomena and the Internet.
3). To critically evaluate resources based on relevancy, biases and errors.
4). To compare, contrast, listen, evaluate and problem solve as you work as a team.
5). To communicate written ideas in a coherent and cohesive way.
6). To give a successful oral presentation.

Good luck!

Lure

Here is a link to Deborah Kerbel´s site.
http://deborahkerbel.com/author.shtml
She is the author of Lure.
Send her a question and then, post her answer on this blog.

Have fun!

Care to read more about the topic?

Here is a link you might find interesting. Check it out!:
http://www.forensicsciencetechnician.net/top-30-ghost-blogs/