Midwestern farmers are taking on John Deere and Apple, for the right to repair equipment they have purchased. UN experts denounce the myth that pesticides are necessary to feed the world. Science Teachers are Teaching Climate Change, but not consistently…
Evaluating Sources and Confirmation Bias
It’s easy to believe a source credible when what is says conforms to your beliefs, but confirmation bias is dangerous. I’ve been taught that we all have bias, and the truth can only be shared/found if we transparently admit our…
Fake News and climate change: an object lesson
I scaned a page from my son’s National Geographic April 2017 about Fake News and how to spot it thought I need to rescan. I notice in the 2 biased examples I had students analyze, many were sucked in to…
Technology,Information rights and Agriculture
I believe when you buy a vehicle and assume responsibility for it, you should be able to fix it, or choose who fixes it. Unfortunately, in the case of iPhones and agricultural technology (seed and tractors – looking at you…
Evaluating sources – real vs fake (good vs crap/ craap)
Special thanks to Jessica Tipton from the JCCC Library who compiled support matrial below and shared it with me when I told her of my desire to do a better job teaching students how to evaluate sources. ProQuest Research Companion…
Education – America’s key to democratic sustainability
The Founding Fathers believed that an informed voting electorate was crucial to sustaining democracy. As such they created public education to ensure that all social classes were mixed initially – and that this way a true meritocracy could develop –…
Sources Matter
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Notes to Students on citing sources: FA 2016
How to Cite a TED Talk in MLA Format Cite it as a lecture. Here is an example. Smith, John. “The Power of Baloney.” TED. Feb. 2012. Lecture. . Where to find 2016 edition of the MLA…
How to Use D2L: where the tutorials are.
For those students who are new to using online systems, somethings can be counter-intuitive, so I advise you to watch some of the tutorials. The icebreakers are in D2L, the Learning Management System (LMS). I’m guessing you are new…
Curriculum Epistemology
The three biggest challenges facing us related to English Composition are: Privacy/ ownership: this includes shared creation of information on plagiarism and copyright (eg look at the caption on the meme I grabbed. Shouldn’t it read http://cdn.someecards.com/someecards/usercards/1333238359437_4954126.png?) Resource management: that includes…