“It frequently occurs, in fact, that orators in a law court have greater difficulty with a case which is based on truth, but does not seem so, than with a case that is false but plausible” (Vico 13). Do you…
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I am almost done with the RTW program I have 3 more classes and i can't wait to teach!
Versions of Enthymeme
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I had to write out what enthymeme meant since it was used with the word syllogism. Try saying those two words ten times without stuttering! Reading how they relate to one another was a reading tongue twister, but my impression…
The Art of Rhetoric
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Gorgias tries to defend his ideas on what rhetoric stands for and tries to define the term to Socrates. Socrates allows Gorgias to hang himself with his definition of the term and Socrates pokes holes into Gorgias ideas. SOCRATES:…
Female Gaming
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Hey everyone here is the link to my website about female gaming. Please check out each page there are videos that are really good but I didn’t have time to show you. So please check it out and post any comments that…
How could we make gaming educational?
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Well this is an age old question, “How do we make games educational”? Well one way is for both sides in the gaming business to meet on fair grounds and sign a peace treaty. There is a huge gap between…
OH??? Thats why games that are educational SUCK!
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James Paul Gee explains that as educators we are trying to reinvent a tool that already works. How many times do people play a game that is really fun at home or with friends but when at school we use…
Political Freedom? Or Misguided Google?
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Hindman picks apart political freedom on the internet. Is our society really democratic now that people can say whatever they want or are people more controlled by the internet by unclear gatekeepers? What’s funny is that politicians saw only the good…
Power Down Folks!
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I read Ellen Seiter’s article about computer usage in the classroom and I could not argue with anything the women says I really agree with what she puts forth as a huge gap in education today. The fact that we…
Internet Freedom
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In Zittrain’s book, “The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It” the author looks at the internet from a global perspective. The chapter I enjoyed reading that gave startling clarity as to where the internet could be headed…
where is the class?
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I came to class late and I cannot find u guys? please tell me???