With the school year quickly approaching I'm curious as to how the summer work is going. Are the directions clear? Do you know what you are turning in? Post any struggles, questions, or general observations here and feel free to respectfully comment on each other's posts. I'd like there to be a lively on-line discussion of course material throughout the school year. What did you think of the introductory videos? Did he blow your mind?
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Dylan Weaver
8/22/2013 09:56:50 am
I just finished the last module. All of the directions were clear and I ended up enjoying the material. However, I was confused during the first couple of modules about the statements in italics that came right after the heading, "Module (whatever number you're on)." I came to realize that these statements were objectives but in the beginning I thought that we were supposed to write something that addressed them. For example, the sentence, "discuss the role of neuroplasticity in traumatic brain injury" (in italics) was the first thing after the header on Module 2's page. I interpreted this as a command to "discuss" and therefore I wrote a paragraph on neuroplasticity even though, in reality, I did not have to write anything. Fortunately, I only did this extensively for Module 2. In fact, I ended up leaving the paragraph because I had put so much work into it. Do you think that I should just leave the paragraph out anyway? Here is what i wrote:
Dlan Weaver
8/26/2013 03:20:40 am
(p.s. I really enjoyed the article “The Throwing Madonna,” by Dr. William Calvin, that the “One Brain...or Two?” site directed me to in the 'Split Brain' section of Module 5)
Mr. Taglieri
8/28/2013 06:47:47 am
Hi Dylan,
Dylan Weaver
8/28/2013 02:22:18 pm
Ok, I'll leave it in. Thank you.
Dylan Weaver
9/7/2013 04:11:21 pm
Mr. Taglieri, are posts on this discussion board going to help our grades or be counted by you at all (I only ask because in your Modern World History class, posts were counted towards participation grades).
Dylan Weaver
9/9/2013 02:34:12 am
Ok, Tags. I am ready for the discussion question about our people! I'm working until 10 tonight so it would be nice if I could post my answer in the next half-hour.
Katie Butler
9/9/2013 12:10:15 pm
An example of the Gestalt theory, how the sum of parts can be different than the whole, is a sports team. The individual talents of each player on the team can be great, but when put together on the field, the sum of all of their skills together can add up to something greater when they all work as a unit.
Isabelle Page
9/9/2013 12:26:10 pm
We can see Gestalt theory at work during any art/creative class. An individual can come up with some solutions to a visual problem alone, but when that one person starts bouncing ideas off of other people, sometimes unimaginable ideas pop out of the mix.
Dylan Weaver
9/9/2013 12:51:41 pm
WOAH, WOAH! What are we supposed to post about? I thoughtthat we were supposed to post about our people we were assigned. Also, I don't understand why, if (following the examples of those who posted above) we are supposed to write a post about Gestalt theory, why there are ONLY TWO POSTS! Did everyone else just decide not to do it? Are they just as confused as I am? Whaaaaaaat, do?
Dylan Weaver
9/9/2013 01:31:17 pm
Soooooo... Because I don't know really what I'm supposed to post but I know that I'm supposed to post SOMETHING, I'm going to be the sheep and follow the example of my peers above: The United States of America is a good example of the Gestalt theory in which "the whole is more than the sum of its parts." If you look at the fifty states, they have come together to form a coelition that is now stronger, more influencial, and economically more powerful than the sum of the states. To back-up my example, I would like to point to the very begining of our nation's existence when it was under the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation brought the colonies together as a loose confederation with states rights being considerably more important than the power of the federal government. This "sum" of states was ineffective, weak, and wracked with structural and conceptual problems (highlighted by Shay's Rebellion). However, when the states wrote the Constitution and reexamined their goals for a country, they decided that they needed to have a more powerful and structural government so that they could be more of a whole nation. In doing this, the states sacraficed many state freedoms and sovereignties but they became more of a whole entity. Therefore, they transformed from simply being "the sum" of 50 states to being greater as "the whole" of the country we live in today.
Dylan Weaver
9/9/2013 01:35:50 pm
(By the way, I love how if you look at each peron's explanation of the theory, they put the thoery in the context of their ideologies and interests. It's just cool that you can see a peak into the responder's character by how they relate the thory back to themselves)
Dylan Weaver
9/9/2013 01:37:46 pm
WHERE ARE EVERYONE ELSE'S COMMENTS? DID I COMMENT IN THE WRONG SPOT?
Sam V
9/9/2013 09:41:18 pm
Cake is like the Gestalt theory because when the ingredients are by themselves they are not too fun to eat (eggs, flour, etc), but when they are put together they make a cake that's fun to eat. This is worthy of at least a half point tags Leave a Reply. |
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