reflection of Argument

I really enjoyed the argument assignment. By this time in the course I new and understood the program of macromedia and I had a lot of information connected to my topic of stem cell research. I had a lot of fun working on this asignment. I was able to scientifically create a professional argument for stem cells. This was focused on scholarly research and was supported through different kinds of multimedia. I felt as if we were taking steps through the semester to this one assignment. It was as if the hypertext, and multimodal were a ruff draft for this argument assignment. Overall I think I did the best on this assignment because I had the most information on my topic and I new the most about macromedia. This class was completely different than a normal writng english class. It was very benefitial to have this computer suppoerted writng class in order to understand how a computer works.

argument proposal

For my argument I will be discussing the adult and embryonic stem cells. I have researched this topic all semester and have found an endless amout of information. I did not know much about stem cells before this research and did not have a great foundation for my opinion. Now after reaearching each side of the argument of adult and embryonic stem cells I have found a scientific argument for adult stem cells. Eventhough embryonic stem cells are easier to find they have not been applied to illnesses to the extent of adult stem cells have. Most scientists have said that adult stem cells do not have the placticity of embryonic stem cells, but the stem cells from the blood or bone marrow are able to differentiate. This means that adult stem cells are able to act as all embryonic stem cells. So I would think to use bolth, but I am for adult stem cells...why? Adult stem cells unlike embryonic stem cells are less likley to be rejected from the body. For embryonic stem cells they would need antirejection drugs in a transplant situation. For these scientific observations I am for adult stem cell research.

reflection on multimodal

For the Multimodal project I felt went very well. I completed the task in the time given and understood what needed to be accomplished. I liked how we incorporated the podcast and the powerpoint. They contributed much to the assignment as a whole. However, I did not like having to buy the head set for the class. I only found one pair and it was fourty dollars for one assignment. I do not believe that it was worth the money for one assignment. I also liked how throughout the semester we focus on one topic it allows us to become minor experts in the area that we study for class. I guess it just prepares us for the argumet that comes at the end of the semester. I believe that the first assignment was a draft of this one because I did not understand the program or how the paper was going to work. Also, I would consider an alternative way to instructing new programs in the classroom for further understanding of the programs used. I think that smaller steps should be taken for better understanding of the assignements as well as the macromedia program as a whole. This could be done by establishing in class tasks instead of large projects. Overall I believe that the first assignment propared me for this one in a ruff draft perspective. By this I mean that I think I did better and understand more on this assignment.

I have my pod cast on my purdue space.

reflection

For the hypertext I was confused about the entire project. I did not understand all the requirements and how they were to be formatted on the paper. I ended up not doing well on the project overall. I believe I was too concerned with the technology and I lacked on the writing portion. I think that this project should be taken step by step each day allowing every student to understand what they are doing. I would not want students to be left in the dark on the tecknology. Considering that for most people it is the first time to use this kind of progam and their first time formatting a paper in this way I think that taking it slower would have been benifitial. Later projects could be more independent as the students are more familiar with the progam. I would have liked this assignement better if I had understood the technology. Overall I believe that it took me the time spent on the hypertext to figure out how to use the macromedia program. Hopefully the next project goes better than the last.

Proposal

We know that pollution causes bad air to breath, but we continue to harm our lungs. I am a supporter of removing letter grades form student evaluation. I will be writing about letter grades and whether or not hey should be removed form student evaluation. There are both positive and negative aspects to getting rid of letter grades. I will research to find out if letter grades help support student sucess or if they hinder stuents understanding of the topics discussed in the classroom. Two different sides are associated with letter grades the supporters and those that object the standard system of evaluation. I will be discussing each side to show the point of view and arguments of each side. This should help to understand why I support the removing of letter grades. I will also discuss the alternative grading systems for teachers. As well as the cost of the change of replacing the system of evaluation in the school system. The question I have is, Do letter grades cause students to challenge their learning ability or settle for the easy grade.

Tecknology and I

I have been slow in the field of tecknological advancements. I got my first cd player in my sophomore year of high school and I still have it. I remain in the dark regarding home internet acess. Last year I got a cell phone for the first time and it is a prepayed phone so it isn't even up to date. Actually the comany doesn't even make the phone I use any more. I believe this is becuase of my parents. My parents are very old fashioned and have never seen the need to change. In other words if our method works then why change it and have to spend more money to change it. Also, if the opportunity doen't show up at my parents door to do something new they will not try to find out a way. I guess I mean that if they do not know how to do someting they will not try and find out how unless they have to.
On the other hand when my Mother go ther first cell phone it took her a while to figure it out but she ended up talk ing on her phone all the time. This does not mean she will answer her phone EVER. It just means that she has it with her in order for her to call others. Also, she still does not know all the tools that her phone has and offers, she can call people and that is all she wants to do. FOr me I love my phone even if it is not made any more. I call people rarely because I have to use my minutes, but I like figureing out all the neat things it have to offer.
In the last year I established my first e-mail account and that also took me awhile to figure out, in the last month I learned out how to attach a document to an email. I know this is strange for a nineteen year old to say but it is true. I contunually learn more about computers and tecknology every day.