Michael Pollen

Watch Michael Pollan and write your reaction to his ideas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-t-7lTw6mA

A Virtual Library Tour and tutorials to help find articles, etc.

To take a virtual tour of the UA library and begin to search for an article. 
Main Library Virtual Tour http://www.library.arizona.edu/applications/virtualTour/ 

This virtual tour starts at the Main Library. Students click on the different floors of the building and then can click on the blue “I” (information) buttons to get an audio description of the different services/resources highlighted on each floor. If they click in the upper right corner on “Library locations” they will see a campus map with different library collections highlighted. Clicking on the green “I” (information) buttons brings up a written description of each library.

Using the Library Catalog tutorial

http://www.library.arizona.edu/applications/quickHelp/tutorials/view/7

This interactive tutorial addresses the following:   1. Find Books by Keyword searching; 2. Find Books by Phrase searching; 3. Find Book Chapters; 4. Find Illustrations in Books; 5. Find Books by Author searching; 6. Find the Call Number Location Guide to locate library materials; 7. Find a library book when you have an incomplete citation; 8. Find an article in a Journal when you have an incomplete citation

Academic Search Complete Tutorial http://www.library.arizona.edu/applications/quickHelp/tutorials/view/4

This tutorial takes students through the following steps:  Locate Academic Search Complete on the library site; Identify Keywords; Search Academic Search Complete (ASC); Revise Your Search; Evaluate Search Results (Ensure Articles are On-topic); Locate Additional Articles; Retrieve articles that are not full-text in the ASC database; Locate scholarly articles; Create properly formatted citations.

Finding Library Materials http://www.library.arizona.edu/tutorials/finding_library_materials/

Another tutorial/guide that overlaps somewhat with the above tutorials. It covers finding books, articles, magazines, journals, newspapers, maps, etc.

# 10 Al Gore...is optimistic

Read pages 97. Thinking about the crises of climate change and the questions Gore poses at the end of the text, how do you think the countries of the world are acting quickly enough to resolve the crises?  Why or why not?

#9 Be here now

Read page 93 and then write about one way try to relax or de-stress during the day.

Course Observations

Please read the syllabus, and the rubric I handed out, to find out more about course observations. This week you will just take the first step to research and figure out a couple of classes you want to observe. Write the the instructor, or professor, to ask if you may observe his/her class a few times.  What classes are you interested in observing? 

First, check out the course descriptions here:  https://uaccess.schedule.arizona.edu/psp/uazsaprd2_2/UA_CATALOG/HRMS/c/ESTABLISH_COURSES.SSS_BROWSE_CATLG.GBL

Next,  look at the course schedule to see when and if the classes you are interested in are offered this spring
https://uaccess.schedule.arizona.edu/psp/uazsaprd2_1/UA_SCHEDULE/HRMS/c/SA_LEARNER_SERVICES.CLASS_SEARCH.GBL

Web links to possible interests...

1. Project Implicit general information site http://projectimplicit.net/ and link to demo survey: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/

2. National Genographic Project on Human Migration, Population Genetics, Maps, DNA, etc:
https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html

3. Online money manager: https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html

4. Place to keep your notes (and media) online: http://www.evernote.com/

Answer#2-3

#2 A.The abstract conceptualization is the most important part of learning style for me. B.Visual learning. C.Visual/spatial intelligence D.Yes. because I have to study art for a long time, so draw a picture to give a example is very easy for me to understand. And also most of the time before I do everything, i will have a plan and think about about how to do it, why do it and so on. #3 I think become a master student means you know the different between the learn and taught. The master student know that mastery cannot be taught. It can only be learn and experienced. The master student can learn by themselves and know how to learn and also they know use their own experience to help them learning.

# 8 Lalita Booth . . .is willing to work

Read about Lalita Booth on page 59 of your textbook and answer the following questions

1. What do you think the most difficult obstacle was for Lalita and why do you think so?

2. What characteristics does Lalita have that have helped her to achieve her goals?

3. What do you think of the advice Lalita gives at the end of the article?

# 7 Ideas are Tools

a. How are ideas like tools?

# 6 Attitudes, affirmations, and visualizations

1. If you could visualize one improvement you could make in your life, right now, what would it be? (pages 52-53)

2. How could your classmates, through affirmations, help you to achieve your goal(s)?  In other words, what affirmations could they give you that would encourage you on your way to achieving your goal(s)?

# 5 Motivation

What do you feel/think motivates you best? Please explain as completely as possible. (pages 50-51 in your text)

# 4 The Value of Higher Education

Please answer the following questions in your own words. (pages 48-49 in your text)

1. What is a liberal arts education and do you think it is a good system of education, why or why not?
2. What does it mean to "hang out with the greats"?

#3 The Master Student

Please refer to pages 45-47 in your textbook and answer the following question in your own words.

What do you think are the most essential attributes for becoming a master student?

#2 Learning Styles, VAK, and Multiple Intelligences

a. Discuss your learning style and what mode you prefer to work in most?  b. According to the VAK system, what type of learning is best for you?  c. Considering the idea of Multiple Intelligences (MI), which type of intelligence is your strongest?  Overall, do you think these inventories were accurate in their assessment of you? Explain.

#1 Introduction to American Culture

After reading the introduction and Chapter 1 from American Ways, go out into the Tucson and/or UA community to observe Americans and take notes.  I suggest you go to a place like a coffee shop, park or mall where you can observe Americans and even "overhear" what they talk about. Remember our discussion about acting like an anthropologist or sociologist.  When you have completed your observation notes, write a blog entry comparing the reading from American Ways with your own experience observing Americans.  What similarities of differences did you find?  What was interesting or noteworthy from your observations?