RWE (Option S) – Globalization / Assignment due Monday Feb 26
Special Note: Because some people are struggling with the concept of globalization and finding an article within that topic range I am allowing you to instead choose a news article that deals with Brazil, India, or China. These three states, probably more than any others have transformed more in the past few decades due to globalization. Their economies and their peoples lives are in flux. If you’re struggling with globalization topic, go to China, India, or Brazil and get specific about their economies and their lives and how they are affected on a world economic stage.
Economic globalization is a complicated issue that affects consumers and producers all over the globe. It impacts your family as well as your personal spending habits and future economic worth. Standards of living, quality of life, micro and macro economics, unemployment and poverty rates in addition to national GDP, in the first and third world, is all impacted by globalization. We will spend a lot of time in Economics on this pivotal world economic relationship. That means for this Option S – you certainly will have a lot of stories to choose from. I do not care if you approach the issue from a micro or macro level. It doesn’t matter to me if you choose an article that is critical of the effects of globalization’s or if you support it. Explore the aspect of this issue that is most interesting to you. Facilitators will be assigned by Thursday for Monday February 26 presentations. You may volunteer.
Go here to listen to a podcast by Mr. Wood defining the basics of globalization. It should help you to better understand the issue and consequently choose a quality article for evaluation.
Please go here for specific guidelines and links to credible news sources for all Real World Economics (Option T & S) Assignments.
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I will also have shared this post with you. If you did not get an email with the shared Inaugural Address contact me at bobwoodmsu@gmail.com and I will take care of that.
Your requirements for this Google Docs Debate:
You must make two long posts – (label them LP)...
This means that you must bring an unique idea of your own to the text and post it, highlight a portion of the actual speech. Try to keep your highlighting to no more than a paragraph…that is fine if it merely starts the place that you refer to in your post. Your comments need not take any assigned direction, other than they need to make sense and state a position as to how you feel in regards to the particular part of the Address. You don’t have to necessarily agree with President Obama or contest him; you may use the quote as a platform to raise like minded issues. Your post must have some connection to the speech however. These two long posts should shoot for 100 to 150 words. Think before you post – write it up in Word. Check the grammar and spelling. You will be held accountable for each. Then handle any comments or questions or challenges that thread off of your post. There is no word limit for your threaded answers; be thoughtful and thorough. In order for you to fulfill this part of the requirement you must carry any thread off of your post to a conclusion. Which means stay in touch with the thread.
Special Note: when dealing with politics in this country we have tended to yap instead of listen, yell instead of talk, and talk instead of think. I don’t want any loud angry rants on these posts. Your ideas are yours – and you are encouraged to take them in any direction you choose. However I expect you to respect others opinions and to be intelligent. I’m tired of a country in which its citizenry is loud, arrogant, and stupid. Be reflective, measured, and thorough. This is not Facebook and it is not Twitter – it is an academic exercise. In Google Docs Debate online discussion with others concentrate on making your case through thoughtful discourse and depth of your position.
You must make two short posts (label them SP)…
This means that you must make two short posts off of another’s long post – this can be a question or a comment. You can agree or disagree with the said post. However as in the long post you must take this conversation to a conclusion. If the thread opens up and people begin to comment to you – continue with it until the exam deadline or the thread has concluded on its own. That means you may need to go back and check it after you think that the post was completed. No word limit on the short posts. Please check your grammar and spelling. One more thing here…your two separate short posts need to come on a different thread. Don’t make the mistake of counting your answer in a thread discussion as qualifying for a second short post in one that you already counted.
Two short. Two long.
Questions?In the midst of a thread it can get confusing. How does somebody know I’m talking to them? Identify them at the beginning of your thread post. So start your post with the name of the individual who you are addressing. You need not type your name on the post as it comes through on the google docs posting that is shared by us all.
Questions? Can I answer somebody’s long post with a long post of my own? In a way you can. Begin a separate post and identify who you are talking to and what you are talking about. Too difficult for me to ascertain a long from a short if its embedded in a thread. I would suggest that you type it up in Word…check the spelling. Check the argument before you post. Often when we are in the midst of an online discussion we confuse any comment with an adequate comment. And then you look back at your post a half hour later and wonder, “what on earth was I thinking.” Make sure any long post is well thought out. Short is conversation…keep it moving. However, always think your position through before you start yapping.
Question? How will my grade be figured? Your grade will consist of how well you fulfill the requirements of two short and two long posts. Are your thoughts founded? Do you fulfill the long post word limit? Does your line of reasoning make sense? Do you carry each of the four posts to a legitimate conclusion? Do you reflect (especially on the long posts) an intelligent well-thought out position.
Question? What if Mr. Wood disagrees with my position? Who cares? Mr. Wood will be posting as well. In fact he might post and ask you to clarify yourself. However, your position will have no baring on your post grade. The depth and clarity of your position will define your grade. And the fact that you fulfilled stated requirements.
Question?When will I know my grade on the Google Docs post? Mr. Wood will post grades on – the Google Docs post within 48 hours of the close of the Google Docs discussion.
Questions? Is this something that I can expect to see in the future? Absolutely. College classes are doing more and more online discussions. Many college classes today are hybrid in nature – which means they have classes in person and online assignments, such as this. Your depth of knowledge of the issue – stemming from that active reading of the article – should provide you a solid platform for some thoughtful discussion.
Get organized. Bring some sensibility and depth to the web. And lets have an intelligent discussion.
Good luck. Make sure to ask any questions and meet your deadlines.
Congratulations to the following individuals who earned an “A” for semester #1 of the 2013 school year in Government, Economics, and Senior Current Issues. Well done guys! My pleasure to have you in my class for Semester 1…Let’s repeat the effort the next time around.
The Declaration of Independence…“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution …”nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution …”nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution… “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.”
The 1st Amendment to the Constitution… “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
The 1st Amendment to the Constitution… “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.”
President Barack Obama on 1/21/2013 – “Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. For if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.”
Too many kids, at Oakridge and beyond, have over the years spent too much time in the shadows and on the receiving end of hurtful language and actions only because they were gay. The Declaration of the United States, the Constitution of the United States, the President of the United States, supports the civil liberties of gay Americans as fully equal to those of every other American. To all Gay Americans and those who have gay friends, fear not, soon the United States of America will protect your speech, afford you due process and the equal protection insured by your creator; the same rights and freedoms assured to every other citizen in this nation.
January 21, 2013 – a great day in United States History.
spending habits and future economic worth. Standards of living, quality of life, micro and macro economics, unemployment and poverty rates in addition to national GDP, in the first and third world, is all impacted by globalization. We will spend a lot of time in Economics on this pivotal world economic relationship. That means for this Option S – you certainly will have a lot of stories to choose from. I do not care if you approach the issue from a micro or macro level. It doesn’t matter to me if you choose an article that is critical of the effects of globalization’s or if you support it. Explore the aspect of this issue that is most interesting to you. Facilitators will be assigned by Thursday for Monday February 26 presentations. You may volunteer.
