How is your week going? We are living in challenging times, but have to do what we can to stay healthy, sane and well-informed. I’ll start with comments on last week’s post. It’s exciting that now, on the OpenLab, you can browse through the list of “authors,” and that you […]
Ewa Barnes
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Jayme, one of your classmates, is also the Vice President of the Neuroscience Club. Jayme writes: “We’re having our opening day on Wednesday (3/9) from 2p.m. to 3:50 p.m. It’s located in the main building, room S720. If you’re available, feel free to stop by for some pizza, donuts, goofiness, […]
Please see this overview of this week’s unit. In Week 6, we are thinking about how we make decisions in life, and discussing an organized approach to problem-solving. How do you make important decisions in your life? There is a great TEDTalk by Ruth Chang on this. Another piece to […]
Hi Everyone–I am rescheduling this week’s Thursday office hour to Friday, 3/4, from 9:00AM to 10:00AM. I hope to see you then, via Zoom. – Prof. Barnes
Thank you for all your amazing work on week 4. Your discussion board on cults was fascinating to read. Many of you created your own cults: Kumiko’s cult would be located in a Japanese forest, Tessilyah’s cult would be called Stitch and be family-oriented, Jayme’s cult would “focus on influencing […]
Dear CRT Students: I enjoyed reading through your personal examples of bias in question 10 of week 3s quiz. Kumiko and Tarik wrote about the placebo effect, Luz provided an example of the self-serving bias, Precious discussed the bystander effect, Destiny and Jayme and Jamila described the spotlight effect, Tessilyah […]
In Week 5, we are beginning to prepare for the argumentative project assignment. It’s all about opposing viewpoints, analyzing arguments, and developing your own opinion on a given topic. In the Arguments quiz, you will be asked to demonstrate what you learned about arguments. In Post 5, the task is […]
Hi Everyone, The posts about Beyonce’s song “Formation” were absolutely impressive, very dynamic and fun to read. Many of you went above and beyond the assignment requirements. You noted that the song is about feminism, African American female empowerment and pride, heritage, Black Lives Matter, police brutality, identity, reversal of slavery, […]
Dear All, In week 4, the leading question is: How do we know what we know? You will explore some errors in thinking, and reflect on how we can avoid making such errors. We will also discuss types of claims, and learn how to distinguish between them. The quiz is […]
Dear All, Week 3 already! I am excited about reading your quizzes on language and your analysis of “Formation.” Reminder–our week 2 ends tonight, so tonight is also the deadline for week 2 assignments. This week is all about bias: decoding bias, understanding bias, avoiding bias. Before you begin the module, […]
