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Elizabeth Sommers: Readings and Computer Work Elizabeth Sommers
Electronic Research and Writing
Week 8: Readings and Computer Work
This week again both in and out of class I’m asking you to demonstrate both that you have read the readings and that you know how to use the tools Campbell and Campbell have discussed. Please fill out this sheet and/or put answers on the COW, following the directions below. This sheet is due to me next Monday, as are the COW responses (to be placed on COW). After some initial freewriting and group talk on Monday, everyone can work at his or her own rate, with a partner or along. I will help you. In Class Talk & Writing: 1. Which of Roszak’s ideas did you find most interesting this week? Which did you find most troubling, untrue, or questionable? 2. Freewrite: What do you know for sure you don’t want to research? Make a list of topics that bore you. 3. Tell some lies you enjoy even if (or especially because) they are lies. 4. Pretend you could make a lie come true because you’re talking to someone who usually believes everything you say but seems a bit skeptical in this case. What sort of arguments will you use to convince her/him? 5. Why does JAK start throwing everything away (p. 223)? 6. Do you agree with Jak that "fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level? With Philosopher Suzanne Langer who wrote that "fear is the driving force in the human mind"? Why or why not? COW, Internet and Web Work: 1. Go to the library (virtually) and explore Investigator Plus, Galenet and the Encyclopedia Britannica. On the COW, report on one interesting piece of knowledge or information (and tell us which it is). 2. Use Harriett Talon’s award-winning hypertext program on library resources, CLIP, which she designed at SFSU. If you bring a disk I’ll give you a copy of this freeware. 3. What’s a Usenet group? Find one that useful to you and join it, or tell us about one you already belong to. Campbells, chapter 9 4. What are the humanities? Do you agree with their definition? 5. Critique one of the following areas, finding the best sources for your own work & explaining why on (you guessed it) COW:
6. Teach us something about accounting, the law, business or another Management School resource that we’ll find useful during this tax season and election year. 7. Have some fun on the Internet and ask yourself
the question again: what’s the difference between work and play?
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