Video Games and Responsibility

On Friday we heard a lecture on the history of responsibility for potentially harmful products and behaviours. And you read the article "Wired to another world" which discussed on-line game addiction. What do you think about video games? Do you think there should be some form of regulation of video games?

Research Paper

Congratulations!! You have all finished writing your research papers and giving your presentations. I think for many of you it was the first time you had to write a research paper. How did you feel. I would like you to blog about your experience in the past few weeks - from deciding on your topic through the different steps of the process (including presenting your research paper to the class).

Population

We will be covering the topic of population on the midterms exams. The handout I gave you on Friday and the following questions are to make you think a little about the topic before the listening and reading exams.


Why is world population an important topic today?

What is the population in your country? Is it stable, growing or declining? What are the reasons for this?

Has any change in population in your country affected the way people live?

The Globe and Mail article

"Slaughtered sled dogs' mass gravesite kept secret"

You have done a fast read of the article and briefly discussed the story with your partners. I would like you to summarize the story on your blog and react to the story.

Thursday, January 28 2011

Research Paper

Now that most of you have chosen a topic for your research paper, I would like you to do some thinking and then blog about why you picked this particular topic. Do you want to learn about something new or different? Or maybe it's a field you've always been curious about. I would like you to write 5 questions that you may want to investigate in your research. I'm anxious to hear what you have to say!