Dear Yellow class,
Whilst you are waiting for your tutorial and/or after your tutorial, please make sure you do the following:
1. Look up your undergraduate course via Metranet or Weblearn, and note down the modules you will be following in your first semester. Check the reading lists and try to find one of the books that looks interesting for you in the library - borrow this to read during the Christmas holidays.
2. Please give us some feedback on this month of the Pre-sessional course (following the procedure on the sheet I gave you) - we are always interested to hear your comments.
3. Write a paragraph on your blog reflecting on this month of the course. Say what was easy/difficult/interesting for you (e.g. seminars, lectures, essay writing) and what you plan to keep working on improving in the final month of the course in January.
4. Identify what your weaker areas this month were (e.g. grammar, essay writing, academic vocabulary) and try to find a language book on the first floor of the library or a website which will help you work on this over the holidays.
Well done for your hard work this month. Enjoy the holidays and see you back on Monday 5th January - 9.45 on the first floor of the learning centre!
Susannah
Thursday 11 December 2008
Friday 5 December 2008
Self-study Friday
Today, please do the following in self-study:
- check that your blog/self-study tasks are done (at least 7 needed) and ready for submission at 2pm.
- speak to me (or other students) to discuss your essay draft
- if time, start looking at the final seminar (p59-60) preparation
- look at the following link http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3472 to find out more about privacy in preparation for the next seminar
- check that your blog/self-study tasks are done (at least 7 needed) and ready for submission at 2pm.
- speak to me (or other students) to discuss your essay draft
- if time, start looking at the final seminar (p59-60) preparation
- look at the following link http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3472 to find out more about privacy in preparation for the next seminar
Monday 1 December 2008
Seminar summary
I've organised the summaries you gave of your seminar discussions into the notes below:
Widespread monitoring in all countries, although some variety between countries.
Negative side:
Some people feel their privacy is compromised. More laws will need to be passed in the future to protect our privacy.
People feel scared of online surveillance. Innocent people feel they are being watched all the time.
Positive side:
CCTV and monitoring is good for catching suspects, it improves security and keeps society under control. It also provides evidence for crimes.
CCTV is needed in modern society, especially now that people move freely between countries and do not know their neighbours.
Solutions? The future?:
We need to find a balance between keeping security by surveillance and protecting our personal privacy.
Papers in the future will be redundant – instead our data will be stored on computers. Technology will be the key to the future.
The progamme I mentioned from last night about crime and disorder in Philadelphia is at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fy4cz/Louis_Theroux_Law_and_Disorder_in_Philadelphia/
Widespread monitoring in all countries, although some variety between countries.
Negative side:
Some people feel their privacy is compromised. More laws will need to be passed in the future to protect our privacy.
People feel scared of online surveillance. Innocent people feel they are being watched all the time.
Positive side:
CCTV and monitoring is good for catching suspects, it improves security and keeps society under control. It also provides evidence for crimes.
CCTV is needed in modern society, especially now that people move freely between countries and do not know their neighbours.
Solutions? The future?:
We need to find a balance between keeping security by surveillance and protecting our personal privacy.
Papers in the future will be redundant – instead our data will be stored on computers. Technology will be the key to the future.
The progamme I mentioned from last night about crime and disorder in Philadelphia is at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fy4cz/Louis_Theroux_Law_and_Disorder_in_Philadelphia/
Friday 28 November 2008
Lecture notes
Dear Yellow class,
I wanted to post my lecture notes from today, but am having technical problems trying to do that. I will bring them to class on Monday instead, to compare with yours before we start the seminar at 12.
I wanted to post my lecture notes from today, but am having technical problems trying to do that. I will bring them to class on Monday instead, to compare with yours before we start the seminar at 12.
Surveillance society links
Here are the links from the booklet. Try to do some research using some of these in class today and further research before the seminar on Monday.
On-line sources of information
CCTV: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6900807.stm
DNA Databases: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4166559.stm
CCTV: http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-61925&als[theme]=Video%20Surveillance&headline=CCTV%20Frequently%20Asked%20Questions
DNA Databases: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4579366.stm
Biometrics: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6070576.stm
CCTV: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A622487
Biometrics: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3582461.stm
Privacy: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=JNu1OtkWrOY (lecture)
On-line sources of information
CCTV: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6900807.stm
DNA Databases: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4166559.stm
CCTV: http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-61925&als[theme]=Video%20Surveillance&headline=CCTV%20Frequently%20Asked%20Questions
DNA Databases: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4579366.stm
Biometrics: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6070576.stm
CCTV: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A622487
Biometrics: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3582461.stm
Privacy: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=JNu1OtkWrOY (lecture)
Wednesday 26 November 2008
Orange class
If you're struggling with the homework today, here are the words you need to complete the gaps. You will, of course, have to decide which goes in which gap.
so
like
latter
also
such
fact
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Yellow class: Example essay outline
Some years ago, most children spent their time playing freely, but today they spend, on average, 30 hours per week sitting in front of a TV screen. On one hand, TV offers them many educational opportunities which children in the past did not benefit from. On the other hand, however, it means that children today have far less chance for physical activity and social interaction, which could lead to health and communication problems. This essay will examine both the drawbacks and benefits of high TV consumption among children, and argue that it can offer many advantages, but on the condition that it is not children's only leisure activity.
Paragraph 1: Positive aspects, e.g. educational opportunities, new learning, gets children’s interest (maybe more than books)
Paragraph 2: First negative aspect: too little physical activity. Children are overweight, even obese. Children have health problems. Result: costs the government more in health care.
Paragraph 3: Second negative aspect: lack of social interaction. Children will have communication problems later in life.
Paragraph 4: Third negative aspect: Children may copy bad behaviour from TV, e.g. crime, swearing, violence?
Conclusion: TV has many negatives, but also some positives.
We need some solutions, e.g. parents need to control how much and what children watch, and work with media companies for this.
Paragraph 1: Positive aspects, e.g. educational opportunities, new learning, gets children’s interest (maybe more than books)
Paragraph 2: First negative aspect: too little physical activity. Children are overweight, even obese. Children have health problems. Result: costs the government more in health care.
Paragraph 3: Second negative aspect: lack of social interaction. Children will have communication problems later in life.
Paragraph 4: Third negative aspect: Children may copy bad behaviour from TV, e.g. crime, swearing, violence?
Conclusion: TV has many negatives, but also some positives.
We need some solutions, e.g. parents need to control how much and what children watch, and work with media companies for this.
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Yellow class: intro from class
Here's the intro we built up today in class:
Some years ago, most children spent their time playing freely, but today they spend, on average, 30 hours per week sitting in front of a TV screen. On one hand, TV offers them many educational opportunities which children in the past did not benefit from. On the other hand, however, it means that children today have far less chance for physical activity and social interaction, which could lead to health and communication problems. This essay will examine both the drawbacks and benefits of high TV consumption among children, and argue that it can offer many advantages, but on the condition that it is not children's only leisure activity.
Some years ago, most children spent their time playing freely, but today they spend, on average, 30 hours per week sitting in front of a TV screen. On one hand, TV offers them many educational opportunities which children in the past did not benefit from. On the other hand, however, it means that children today have far less chance for physical activity and social interaction, which could lead to health and communication problems. This essay will examine both the drawbacks and benefits of high TV consumption among children, and argue that it can offer many advantages, but on the condition that it is not children's only leisure activity.
Monday 24 November 2008
Seminar
Dear Yellow class,
Well done for the seminar today. You prepared and contributed well, in general. I'll talk to you more about individual performance on Friday.
You might want to try doing task 17 of the Self-study tasks as a reflection on how the seminar went. The sheet on p61 of the booklet might help.
Tomorrow we'll look in more detail at writing introductions.
Well done for the seminar today. You prepared and contributed well, in general. I'll talk to you more about individual performance on Friday.
You might want to try doing task 17 of the Self-study tasks as a reflection on how the seminar went. The sheet on p61 of the booklet might help.
Tomorrow we'll look in more detail at writing introductions.
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Essay writing intro (Orange class)
In the class today we started looking at essay writing and identified the following outline for the tourism essay in your booklets:
To what extent has tourism been beneficial to the Cook Islands?
Introduction
Paragraph 1: Economic benefits of tourism in the Cook Islands (spending leads to more jobs)
Paragraph 2: Negative effect (The financial benefit of tourism goes mostly to foreigners not the locals)
Paragraph 3: Another negative effect: many of the best jobs in tourism go to foreigners not locals. Also, local sources of income, e.g. cropping are being lost as tourism takes over.
Paragraph 4: Final negative effect: local culture starts to be lost and the culture of tourists takes over.
Conclusion: Tourism has not been very beneficial to the Cook Islands, but it could be if locals were involved in tourism planning.
We also discussed essay writing generally and the following issues:
Many possible answers to most essay questions
Depends on the question. May need facts and also opinions.
Make your own opinion clear. Also use the opinions of others (experts in the field) to support your ideas (but see 'Avoiding plagiarism'). Make it clear that you have read around the subject and understand what different arguments and opinions there are. You may want to compare different arguments, e.g. negative and positive and then decide what YOU think.
All opinions need supporting, for example:
Opinion: Tourism is a bad thing.
Support with evidence (examples and reasons):
It can create pollution, for example the Cook islands have become more polluted in the last 15 years since tourism was developed there.
Essay organisation:
Introduction
Main body (start a new paragraph for each new idea)
Conclusion
To what extent has tourism been beneficial to the Cook Islands?
Introduction
Paragraph 1: Economic benefits of tourism in the Cook Islands (spending leads to more jobs)
Paragraph 2: Negative effect (The financial benefit of tourism goes mostly to foreigners not the locals)
Paragraph 3: Another negative effect: many of the best jobs in tourism go to foreigners not locals. Also, local sources of income, e.g. cropping are being lost as tourism takes over.
Paragraph 4: Final negative effect: local culture starts to be lost and the culture of tourists takes over.
Conclusion: Tourism has not been very beneficial to the Cook Islands, but it could be if locals were involved in tourism planning.
We also discussed essay writing generally and the following issues:
Many possible answers to most essay questions
Depends on the question. May need facts and also opinions.
Make your own opinion clear. Also use the opinions of others (experts in the field) to support your ideas (but see 'Avoiding plagiarism'). Make it clear that you have read around the subject and understand what different arguments and opinions there are. You may want to compare different arguments, e.g. negative and positive and then decide what YOU think.
All opinions need supporting, for example:
Opinion: Tourism is a bad thing.
Support with evidence (examples and reasons):
It can create pollution, for example the Cook islands have become more polluted in the last 15 years since tourism was developed there.
Essay organisation:
Introduction
Main body (start a new paragraph for each new idea)
Conclusion
Monday 17 November 2008
Start of Pre-sessional Month 2
Dear Yellow/Orange classes,
Well done for finding the blog. Please try to set up your own blog (using the instructions on p8 of the booklet) or here below. Then I can take a look at the self-study you are doing and give you suggestions, and other students from the class can also take a look. I'll also use this space to post any useful information from what we've covered in class - please check it regularly through the course.
To set up a blog:
Creating a self-study blog
Creating a blog is really, really easy.You can either go to blogger.com and just follow the instructions there, or if you want, you can first watch this little video on youtube (it's only 2 minutes long) which gives extra assistance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU4gXHkejMoAs you can see, creating a blog takes only a minute on blogger.com, and can easily post (i.e. write) stuff on your blog. Here's another video about how to do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdqXLzvg-kM).Once your blog is ready, you can send your tutor your blog address. You can also put links to all your classmates' blogs on your blog. Here's a video about how to do that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY5cMEOl9Js.
VERY IMPORTANT: Please make sure you turn off the automatic word-verification tool for comments on your blog. You can find out how to do this here (http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en-ch&answer=42520). Otherwise, anytime you or someone else wants to leave a comment on a blog, you'd have to type in a long list of letters and numbers which can be very frustrating!
Hope this helps to get you blogging!
Well done for finding the blog. Please try to set up your own blog (using the instructions on p8 of the booklet) or here below. Then I can take a look at the self-study you are doing and give you suggestions, and other students from the class can also take a look. I'll also use this space to post any useful information from what we've covered in class - please check it regularly through the course.
To set up a blog:
Creating a self-study blog
Creating a blog is really, really easy.You can either go to blogger.com and just follow the instructions there, or if you want, you can first watch this little video on youtube (it's only 2 minutes long) which gives extra assistance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU4gXHkejMoAs you can see, creating a blog takes only a minute on blogger.com, and can easily post (i.e. write) stuff on your blog. Here's another video about how to do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdqXLzvg-kM).Once your blog is ready, you can send your tutor your blog address. You can also put links to all your classmates' blogs on your blog. Here's a video about how to do that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY5cMEOl9Js.
VERY IMPORTANT: Please make sure you turn off the automatic word-verification tool for comments on your blog. You can find out how to do this here (http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en-ch&answer=42520). Otherwise, anytime you or someone else wants to leave a comment on a blog, you'd have to type in a long list of letters and numbers which can be very frustrating!
Hope this helps to get you blogging!
Thursday 4 September 2008
Headphones
Dear Canterbury,
Just to let you know that as tomorrow we are going to be in the computer room working on a presentation demo, it would be useful if you could bring your own headphones in, if you have any.
Many thanks
Just to let you know that as tomorrow we are going to be in the computer room working on a presentation demo, it would be useful if you could bring your own headphones in, if you have any.
Many thanks
Monday 1 September 2008
Referencing
Dear all,
We are going to look in more detail at how to reference and how to write bibliographies this week. In preparation, you might want to take a look at the following website which tells you how to use the Harvard Referencing System:
http://www.usq.edu.au/library/help/ehelp/ref_guides/harvardonline.htm
We are going to look in more detail at how to reference and how to write bibliographies this week. In preparation, you might want to take a look at the following website which tells you how to use the Harvard Referencing System:
http://www.usq.edu.au/library/help/ehelp/ref_guides/harvardonline.htm
Tuesday 26 August 2008
Canterbury, Tuesday 26 Aug
Dear all,
I hope that you found the lecture today useful. Steve's blog (if any of you missed the address) is selfstudying.blogspot.com. You'll find more links to globalisation information here.
For the poster presentations tomorrow, the texts I gave you (1 per group) were:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/31/economy.globalisation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6279679.stm
http://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/cultural/2006/1019threerounds.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/reith_99/week1/week1.htm
And p52-54 in your yellow booklet.
Well done all of you who have your blogs up and running now - they look great. Keep them up!
From the tutorials last Friday, it is clear that lots of you have plenty of time pressures at the moment, with trying to find places to live or working in the afternoons as well as studying. Hopefully things should get easier this week as you get more settled into London (for new arrivals). Aim to prioritise what you have to do (your most urgent priority study-wise is getting your draft ready for Friday - more about this in class tomorrow). Also remember that self-study can be flexible. For example, if you are working and using English in your job, that forms part of English language practice (try to write a diary/blog entry noting when you're using English outside class). If you are visiting London, again write about this in your self-study - it's a useful linguistic and cultural experience.
Thanks for filling in the new student questionnaires on Friday. A few things that came up:
Conversation club: if you didn't know, it's 3-4 on Wednesday in room LC111. It's optional, but please try to attend if speaking is one of the areas you need to improve. Keep a note on your blog/self-study diary of when you go/what you discuss. Discussions with flatmates/other students could also be mentioned on your blog as part of self-study.
Social programme: information can be found on the noticeboard on the first floor of the learning centre or on the social programme blog (on my bloglist).
I hope that you found the lecture today useful. Steve's blog (if any of you missed the address) is selfstudying.blogspot.com. You'll find more links to globalisation information here.
For the poster presentations tomorrow, the texts I gave you (1 per group) were:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/31/economy.globalisation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6279679.stm
http://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/cultural/2006/1019threerounds.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/reith_99/week1/week1.htm
And p52-54 in your yellow booklet.
Well done all of you who have your blogs up and running now - they look great. Keep them up!
From the tutorials last Friday, it is clear that lots of you have plenty of time pressures at the moment, with trying to find places to live or working in the afternoons as well as studying. Hopefully things should get easier this week as you get more settled into London (for new arrivals). Aim to prioritise what you have to do (your most urgent priority study-wise is getting your draft ready for Friday - more about this in class tomorrow). Also remember that self-study can be flexible. For example, if you are working and using English in your job, that forms part of English language practice (try to write a diary/blog entry noting when you're using English outside class). If you are visiting London, again write about this in your self-study - it's a useful linguistic and cultural experience.
Thanks for filling in the new student questionnaires on Friday. A few things that came up:
Conversation club: if you didn't know, it's 3-4 on Wednesday in room LC111. It's optional, but please try to attend if speaking is one of the areas you need to improve. Keep a note on your blog/self-study diary of when you go/what you discuss. Discussions with flatmates/other students could also be mentioned on your blog as part of self-study.
Social programme: information can be found on the noticeboard on the first floor of the learning centre or on the social programme blog (on my bloglist).
Thursday 21 August 2008
Canterbury, Self-study class Friday 22nd
Here are a few tasks for you to try to complete during the self-study/tutorial class (and to finish off over the weekend if you don't have time today):
1. Complete the new student questionnaire so that you're ready to discuss any issues during your tutorial.
2. Take a look at the blogs set up by other students - are there any good ideas you can take for globalisation research and/or self-study ideas?
3. If you haven't already set up a blog and you'd like to do so, set one up during the class. If you've already set one up, help someone else to do so.
4. Update your blog with any recent self-study you've been doing. Include weblinks to any articles you've read or online exercises you've done, together with a comment/opinion.
5. Explore Weblearn (particularly the self-study tools) - mention any links you use on your blog.
6. Use the 'Undergraduate courses' link on Weblearn to find out more about your Undergraduate course, particularly the modules you'll follow, the reading list and the course leader - try to email/contact your course leader to arrange to meet them before your course starts for further advice.
7. If you have time, try to write a paragraph reflecting on your first week at the university (on paper or on your blog). Has it been as you expected? What's been difficult/easy/interesting/boring/surprising? Have you attended the conversation club or any social events? Who have you met? What are you going to focus on doing next week?
That's it!
1. Complete the new student questionnaire so that you're ready to discuss any issues during your tutorial.
2. Take a look at the blogs set up by other students - are there any good ideas you can take for globalisation research and/or self-study ideas?
3. If you haven't already set up a blog and you'd like to do so, set one up during the class. If you've already set one up, help someone else to do so.
4. Update your blog with any recent self-study you've been doing. Include weblinks to any articles you've read or online exercises you've done, together with a comment/opinion.
5. Explore Weblearn (particularly the self-study tools) - mention any links you use on your blog.
6. Use the 'Undergraduate courses' link on Weblearn to find out more about your Undergraduate course, particularly the modules you'll follow, the reading list and the course leader - try to email/contact your course leader to arrange to meet them before your course starts for further advice.
7. If you have time, try to write a paragraph reflecting on your first week at the university (on paper or on your blog). Has it been as you expected? What's been difficult/easy/interesting/boring/surprising? Have you attended the conversation club or any social events? Who have you met? What are you going to focus on doing next week?
That's it!
Canterbury, Thursday 21st Aug
We looked at possible contents for introductions today, including giving an overview of the content and organisation of your essay. Here are some examples we looked at:
This essay will...
a) .......provide/give.............. an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of identity cards.
This essay will…
b) .........summarise/present/explain/consider/examine............ the pros and cons of arming the police.
c) try to .......show/investigate/identify.............. the main reasons for the sudden increase in crime among young women.
d) .......argue/prove/state.............. that all testing on animals should be banned.
e) .........put............ forward the case for re-introducing student grants.
f) ..........weigh........... up the benefits and drawbacks of legalising cannabis, in order to .........decide/understand............ whether the government should introduce this measure.
g) ..........state/look at/examine/discuss/analyse........... the arguments for and against arranged marriage.
Homework: continue your globalisation research (eg the google video) and start thinking about your introduction contents.
This essay will...
a) .......provide/give.............. an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of identity cards.
This essay will…
b) .........summarise/present/explain/consider/examine............ the pros and cons of arming the police.
c) try to .......show/investigate/identify.............. the main reasons for the sudden increase in crime among young women.
d) .......argue/prove/state.............. that all testing on animals should be banned.
e) .........put............ forward the case for re-introducing student grants.
f) ..........weigh........... up the benefits and drawbacks of legalising cannabis, in order to .........decide/understand............ whether the government should introduce this measure.
g) ..........state/look at/examine/discuss/analyse........... the arguments for and against arranged marriage.
Homework: continue your globalisation research (eg the google video) and start thinking about your introduction contents.
Wednesday 20 August 2008
Globalisation links
Here are the sources I pointed out earlier from p21 of the booklet (which should save some time retyping the addresses).
Possible sources of information
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6279679.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/457000/457022/html/default.stm
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=299
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=300
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=301
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=125
http://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/about.html
http://www.inst.at/studies/collab/breidenb.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topics/globalisation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/globalisation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/7461496.stm
A series of 5 lectures on globalisation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith1999/lectures.shtml
A TV programme on the effects of globalisation: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7932485454526581006
Possible sources of information
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6279679.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/457000/457022/html/default.stm
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=299
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=300
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=301
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=125
http://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/about.html
http://www.inst.at/studies/collab/breidenb.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topics/globalisation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/globalisation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/7461496.stm
A series of 5 lectures on globalisation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith1999/lectures.shtml
A TV programme on the effects of globalisation: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7932485454526581006
Canterbury: Wednesday 20th August
Today we discussed the balance of your own ideas/other people's ideas in an essay and how to use other people's ideas appropriately with direct quoting/paraphrasing and summarising together with in-text referencing and bibliographies to avoid plagiarism.
We also discussed the reliability of sources, including the website domains :
ac.uk
edu
gov
org
com/co.uk
For homework, try to find 3 useful, reliable websites for the globalisation essay and post on your blog/bring to class tomorrow.
Also start exploring some of the suggested links on p21, eg www.johnpilger.com
Also aim to use Metranet in the next few days to find out more about your Undergraduate course (which are the modules you'll follow in your first semester, what are the readings lists, who is the course leader).
We also discussed the reliability of sources, including the website domains :
ac.uk
edu
gov
org
com/co.uk
For homework, try to find 3 useful, reliable websites for the globalisation essay and post on your blog/bring to class tomorrow.
Also start exploring some of the suggested links on p21, eg www.johnpilger.com
Also aim to use Metranet in the next few days to find out more about your Undergraduate course (which are the modules you'll follow in your first semester, what are the readings lists, who is the course leader).
Monday 18 August 2008
Class: Monday 18th August
Today we discussed self-study plans.
Some suggested shops for buying self-study materials:
Blackwells (Holloway Rd)
Waterstones (Gower Street) - Goodge St underground
Homework:
Please write 2 paragraphs about the following subjects:
Introduction to you:
Nationality
Interests
Subject you are going to study
Work
Other
Self-study aims for this month:
What are you going to focus on?
What activities are you going to do to improve your weak areas?
You can either write them on paper or on your blog (if you are able to set one up successfully following the instructions below).
Here are some example blogs made by other students last month that you might like to take a look at for ideas:
http://pgselfstudy.blogspot.com/
http://zlichenyao.blogspot.com/
http://reshmachowdhury.blogspot.com/
Some suggested shops for buying self-study materials:
Blackwells (Holloway Rd)
Waterstones (Gower Street) - Goodge St underground
Homework:
Please write 2 paragraphs about the following subjects:
Introduction to you:
Nationality
Interests
Subject you are going to study
Work
Other
Self-study aims for this month:
What are you going to focus on?
What activities are you going to do to improve your weak areas?
You can either write them on paper or on your blog (if you are able to set one up successfully following the instructions below).
Here are some example blogs made by other students last month that you might like to take a look at for ideas:
http://pgselfstudy.blogspot.com/
http://zlichenyao.blogspot.com/
http://reshmachowdhury.blogspot.com/
Sunday 17 August 2008
Creating a self-study blog
Creating a blog is really, really easy.
You can either go to blogger.com and just follow the instructions there, or if you want, you can first watch this little video on youtube (it's only 2 minutes long) which gives extra assistance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU4gXHkejMo
As you can see, creating a blog takes only a minute on blogger.com, and can easily post (i.e. write) stuff on your blog. Here's another video about how to do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdqXLzvg-kM).
Once your blog is ready, you can send me your blog address (mine is http://susainlondon.blogspot.com/). You can also put links to all your classmates' blogs on your blog. Here's a video about how to do that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY5cMEOl9Js.
VERY IMPORTANT: Please make sure you turn off the automatic word-verification tool for comments on your blog. You can find out how to do this here. Otherwise, anytime you or someone else wants to leave a comment on a blog, you'd have to type in a long list of letters and numbers which can be very frustrating!Hope this helps to get you blogging!
You can either go to blogger.com and just follow the instructions there, or if you want, you can first watch this little video on youtube (it's only 2 minutes long) which gives extra assistance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU4gXHkejMo
As you can see, creating a blog takes only a minute on blogger.com, and can easily post (i.e. write) stuff on your blog. Here's another video about how to do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdqXLzvg-kM).
Once your blog is ready, you can send me your blog address (mine is http://susainlondon.blogspot.com/). You can also put links to all your classmates' blogs on your blog. Here's a video about how to do that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY5cMEOl9Js.
VERY IMPORTANT: Please make sure you turn off the automatic word-verification tool for comments on your blog. You can find out how to do this here. Otherwise, anytime you or someone else wants to leave a comment on a blog, you'd have to type in a long list of letters and numbers which can be very frustrating!Hope this helps to get you blogging!
Tuesday 1 July 2008
Introduction to me
Welcome to my blog!
I'll be using this blog to post information on what we have covered in class and any homework tasks, so please try to check it when you can.
Happy blogging!
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