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with text to describe the situation this report from wales shows the positive effects of fair trade chocolate grown in ghana which borders ivory coast what can you do about blood chocolate and child slavery write to your member of parliament to insist that farmers be paid fair wages and that the chocolate we receive is not produced by slave labour posted by jane at 2 30 pm 0 comments wednesday september 23 2009 who are the real digital natives how reliable are statistics do they accurately reveal common trends and practices we are going to try an experiment to see if the same set of statistics could produce opposite conclusions the first day of class you filled out a survey about media habits and technology using the online tool survey monkey students in longueuil answered this one and students in st hubert answered this one the questions were exactly the same you can find the results to most of the questions here and then click on the link marked survey results of student media habits and technology the question is which students are more digital or who are the real digital natives you will work with a partner to analyze your data half the class will argue that longueuil students are the real digital students and the ena students are only digital immigrants and half the class will argue the opposite point of view use the statistics from this study to defend your side and remember to think carefully about how you use numbers as figures or words print your double spaced survey analysis to hand in and post a single spaced version on the collaborative blog sample analyses ena vs longueuil as the digital natives images from http oip georgetown edu isss stats htm and http francisanderson wordpress com tag agencies posted by jane at 7 16 pm 1 comments wednesday september 09 2009 wikipedia and websites about wikipedia your reading this week was about wikipedia if you would like to see learn more about how wikipedia works you can watch this video of a speech given by the creator jimmy wales go to the english wikipedia site to find answers to these questions 1 how many english articles are in wikipedia today 2 how many languages have a version of wikipedia today 3 look up a controversial topic such as abortion debate and see how wikipedia deals with it what happens if an article such as this one isn t cited clearly 4 look up a topic related to your program that is very current such as the bombardier c series how does wikipedia treat it take a look at the discussion to learn more about how the article is evolving you will also see links for the wiki project aviation 5 click on history for one of the articles when was this article last updated 6 find out about wikipedia s five pillars for articles and check out their manual of style if you would like to write an article for wikipedia you should first follow their tutorial also be sure to check out the simple english wikipedia which is an english wikipedia designed for non native speakers here are instructions for writing simple english articles 7 explore some of the other wiki projects related to your field of study and consider a topic for your research project that you could publish on wikipedia here are links to some of the current projects anthropology archeology astronomy dentistry engineering fashion film graphic design languages mathematics media medicine opthalmology nursing physics sociology technology visual arts and more here analyzing websites before using an internet site for research you need to determine whether the site comes from a reliable source it is important to investigate who posted the website whether the author or sponsor has appropriate expertise when the site was created how recently it was last updated whether there are obvious errors in content or format and so on below is a list of links to various websites that are hoax sites or sites set up as a front organization imagine that you did not know that these sites were unreliable working with one or two partners choose one of the sites and then using the questions on page 34 of insight as a guide analyze the site to detect the clues you find that indicate it is not reliable remember to ask yourself the same basic questions a journalist asks who what when where why and how who posted the website what is the subject matter when was it created and last updated where does the owner creator come from why was the website created how is the website supported and arranged print your analysis and post it on the collaborative blog public water supply clones r us dihydrogen monoxide research division friends of science read this after looking at the site posted by jane at 1 07 am 0 comments monday september 07 2009 how well do you google did you know that searching for information on google in canada is not the same as searching in spain or china or even the united states if you are looking for local information about a foreign country you might want to use the google search engine for that country or you might want to do your search in another language when your initial google page opens you can click go to google com if you want to get out of google canada or you can click language tools to access google in foreign countries most of the time the country code is easy to guess for example google com ar takes you to the argentinian google and google com uk takes you to the united kingdom scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the country you are looking for google news is a good place to start to get recent news on an issue and if you click other news editions at the bottom you will have access to regional editions of google news if you want to search older articles then go to google archives you can always make your search more specific by clicking the advanced news archive search another good source of written information is on google books and for videos try google video in addition to youtube if you are collaborating with other students on your research project you might want to try writing it using google documents the document is secure but any of you can edit it you can talk to each other using skype ym or any other chat program and collaborate on the document from your home computers remember you must cite all of the sources you used in your research using mla documentation style you can refer to your textbook for models or check these sites for guidance owl online writing lab the write source and the landmarks citation guide be sure that your references are correctly formatted and that they are in alphabetical order posted by jane at 8 17 am 0 comments wednesday september 02 2009 analyzing commercials you have read about and seen videos about some of the more manipulative aspects of advertising and you may not like these strategies nevertheless advertisers have a job to do which is to interest you in the product and hopefully persuade you to buy it some advertisements are enormously successful in entertaining creating interest and leaving an impression watch the following ads and reflect on how successful the ad is at delivering a message consider the following questions 1 does the ad tell a story if so what is the basic structure what is the sequence of events or actions 2 is there dialogue how do the actors interact 3 is there a narrator a voice of someone that you do not see if so is it a man or a woman old or young authoritative playful or matter of fact 4 what is the tone of the ad is it humourous playful serious informative etc 5 does the ad use music what role does the music play 6 what other technical devices are used in the ad does the ad show close ups of the characters or long shots a picture taken from a distance is lighting used in any special way are there unusual camera angles 7 are printed words used in the ad what effect do they have 8 who is the target audience who is the commercial trying to reach 9 what is the message is the intention to convince you to buy a product inform you to do something or something else 10 does the commercial succeed in delivering the message do you feel inspired to act berlitz germany use seatbelts usa guinness evolution ireland molson beer canada funding for the arts canada rice krispies usa 1960 s how do these ads compare to other ads you have seen why are some ads more successful than others take a look at a short video called how to write a boring ad that makes fun of traditional commercials after you have watched the commercials work with a partner to write a short analysis of one or two of these ads by answering the questions above in a well structured paragraph print out your paragraph to turn it in double spaced and post your analysis on the collaborative blog single spaced on the blog read what your class mates wrote and leave them constructive comments click here to see some student samples is there a commercial that you really dislike if you can find a link for the commercial leave a comment with the link you can also leave a comment with a link for commercials you do like posted by jane at 10 24 pm 1 comments friday august 21 2009 survey on technology and media habits welcome to a new year and a new session this session we will be using the textbook insight english skills for academic and professional purposes and we will be discussing topics such as the media social networking global warming language protection and preparing for professional careers since the first theme will deal with media literacy and interpreting media messages i would like ena students to fill out this survey about technology and media habits longueuil students please click here for your survey posted by jane at 5 00 pm 0 comments thursday april 30 2009 debates and faulty logic as you research the arguments for your debates you want to be sure that your logic is sound during the debates listen carefully to your opponents to be sure there are no flaws in their logic this slideshow is designed to help you avoid using faulty logic unfortunately the slideshow was hosted at bubbleshare which has since closed watch the video below about global warming paying attention to the arguments the speaker gives and determine whether you think his reasoning is solid or flawed posted by jane at 12 02 am 2 comments thursday march 05 2009 doubt a parable you will be seeing john patrick shanley s play doubt a parable at the centaur theatre for instructions to the theatre a short summary of the play and your written assignment click here and then click on the document the centaur theatre h09 doubt if you would like more information about the play you can read the review in the montreal gazette or in the national post watch the trailer to the film version of doubt to reflect on the differences between cinema and stage presentations posted by jane at 10 53 pm 0 comments saturday february 28 2009 oral presentations what makes a great oral presentation to answer this question i would like you to take a look at a few excellent presenters the ted technology entertainment design conference is an annual event that brings together innovative people to give 18 minute lectures on ideas worth spreading including topics on science politics culture technology entertainment art and other areas of high interest you can view hundreds of these talks by going to the ted website i have selected two speakers i would like you to watch in this first presentation ed ulbrich uses compelling visual aids to enhance his talk about making a computer generated 80 year old brad pitt pay attention to how his use of gestures and body language help engage the audience in this second presentation barry schwartz talks about the importance of wisdom although he is reading from a text his eyes spend more time contacting the audience than glued to his text notice how his facial expression and intonation enhance his talk the third presentation is not a ted talk this is a presentation about giving presentations by garr reynolds an authority who keeps a blog on presentation zen in conducting research for your presentation you might find some interesting podcasts related to your topic check here for some academic and radio sources here is a list of useful dictionaries to help you find the specific terminology google news assembles articles from 25 000 news sources for archived articles i recommend you become a member of the bibliothèque nationale near the berri uqam métro you will have to go in person to get your membership and bring proof of residency in quebec once you have a membership you can search a wide range of archived periodicals online for free and of course check out their catalogue for books magazines and recordings finally remember to cite all of your references using mla documentation style posted by jane at 4 10 pm 0 comments monday november 17 2008 the u s bailout ngr shoes and reported speech this week s homework assignment is from the october 20 2008 issue of maclean s the questions which were distributed in class refer to the essay by steve maich on page 47 entitled facts and fairy tales of paulson s bailout the other article on p 73 is so you never have to go to the gym the questions for the second article deal with reported speech if this is not clear then refer to page 17 in your course manual we will begin preparing for your final oral presentation a formal debate you should review all of your maclean s magazines to get some ideas for current controversial topics but you may also want to take a look at the wiki debatepedia produced by idea international debate education association this page lists past daily debate digest topics and this page lists popular debate topics but you should try to find a topic that is current rather than one that has already been debated over and over posted by jane at 1 07 pm 0 comments tuesday october 21 2008 reflections on scorched after you have seen the play reflect on the following points what would have been the advantages and disadvantages if nawal had decided 1 to tell her children that they were the offspring of a prison rape 2 to tell her children about their father after the war crimes tribunal 3 never to tell her children about their father or half brother instead she refused to speak after the war crimes tribunal and led her children to find out about their father and half brother on their own after her death was this the best decision consider the quotes below who says them what is the significance in the play how do they relate to the overall theme of the play why are these lines repeated childhood is like a knife stuck in the throat now that we are together everything is better although the setting is presumably lebanon the specific country is never mentioned what elements of nawal s story are universal what are some other countries that this story might have taken place look through your maclean s magazines to find current stories where similar tragedies and struggles are taking place today how does live theatre differ from cinema consider the use of spa...