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CS COMP 149 - “How to Solve It”
Semester One Week Six
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Role of English

How to Solve It
Week Six: Oct 30 – Nov 2 (Mon, Oct 29, Cumhuriyet Bayram on)

Assignment:  
Read Role of English web page:
The Role of English in the 21st Century (odt) (pdf)
and these links on the side:
*Why English?,
*How to remember,
*Paraphrase & Summary,
*Academic Writing,
*Research Skills.

EACH PERSON please post on the IstanBilgi weblog:

  • one question about something you do NOT understand;
  • one short statement about something you read that you DID understand
  • no question or statement should be the same.
Everyone should be prepared to ask a question, make a statement or to answer something...

Hour 1.
Let us try to make this a student led discussion using the questions you EACH will bring to class.

Start Role of English/Why English/Academic Writing
Education & Learning, Remembering & Context, Multiple Intelligences
Discuss Paraphrase/Summary/Plagiarism/Etc.
Role of English - CS Why English? (How to Become A Hacker-by Raymond) http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
Cite Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/


Hour 2.
Continue Role of English, Academic Writing, Paraphrase & Summary, Learning Research Skills

Hour 3.
Continue Role of English, Academic Writing, Paraphrase & Summary, Learning Research Skills

Hour 4.
Continue Role of English, Academic Writing, Paraphrase & Summary, Learning Research Skills


REMINDER:
First Formal Self Evaluations + Group self evaluations DUE last class of Week of Nov 19 !!

Next week's assignment READ:
Why a University? and Discovery Learning

EACH PERSON post on the IstanBilgi weblog:

  • one question about one of the following comments which you do NOT understand;
  • one short statement about one of the following comments which you DID understand
  • no question or statement should be the same, each of you write a different question or statement.
    • “scholarship is leisure”
    • “This course is intended for YOU to find out how much YOU know and even more important, how much you want to know.”
    • “it is time for you to take responsibility for your actions; especially as they apply to your education. YOU are the only one responsible for your success or your failure.” Is this different or the same as what you “learned” at other schools?
    • “'School' as we know it is an Industrial Age concept. “ and “school is a culture of obedience”??
    • The short commentary which says: “Some people know so little, ...”
    • A teacher's purpose is to be a “Guide on the side, not a sage on the stage.” What do you think this means?
    • "A University should be a SAFE place..." What sort of safety should a university provide?
Everyone should be prepared to ask a question, make a statement or to answer something...

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
End of Semester


Critical Thinking
Questioning
History of CNT
Hacker Ethic
Privacy & Censorship
Intellectual Property
Open Source vs Closed
New Paradigms
New Interfaces
Pervasive & Ubiquitous
Future Explorations
Machines vs Humans