Ethics
1) You are speeding down the road homeward. You are in panic because you just heard on the radio that earthquake experts have detected an earthquake in the sea a few minutes ago. There’s a 99% chance...
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TOK Dropping Knowledge
http://www.droppingknowledge.org/bin/forums/list.page Click on the link to be taken to the forums of Dropping Knowledge. This is a great resource for coming up with thought-provoking questions and...
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Today, you will be discussing your ethics topics in your groups and attempting to come up with Knowledge Issues. I would like everyone to be working on this document. We will also take a look at how...
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Inception
Answer the following questions as a comment to this post: Class 1 1) Give a summary of the film so far. Who are the central characters? Look up the names ‘Ariadne’ and ‘Mal’ and explain how they are...
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Drawing Knowledge
Yesterday, your task was to draw me a picture of ‘Knowledge’ without using words. In groups of 2 or 3, tell about your picture to your fellow students. Discuss following questions : - What did I...
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Please review this keynote and answer the following questions as a comment. 1) What things are common to all art? (Think of emotion, technique, etc) 2) Does art NEED to have an audience to be art?
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Environmental Footprint
http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ Go to the above link and take the short quiz to see how much of an impact your lifestyle has on the planet. Sign up for the tips to try to reduce how much we damage the...
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Please go through the following Keynote and then answer these questions as a comment: Knowledge Day 1 1) Respond to the Bertrand Russell quote: “What men really want is not knowledge, but certainty.”...
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Gullibility vs Skepticism
1) Can you remember a time when you ‘fell for a trick’? Describe it. 2) When was the first time (or any time) you felt skeptical? What gave you the clues you needed to feel that way? Post a comment...
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Understanding Bias
As you are designing your studies and filming your research, you might become aware of something called ‘bias’ appearing as you proceed. Bias is a tendency for people to distort or misrepresent...
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