Princess Attire Optional

Time to actively observe.  For Wednesday night's post, please notice and record (in writing) one instance of language that strikes you as inappropriate.  I don't mean profane: identify someone's use of language that is phrased in a way that strikes you as out of context, as somehow surprising given the setting and audience.  Make note of exactly why it strikes you as such, and share the reactions of those involved, whether it was deliberate or not (as best you can tell), and the implications of the language as used.  Be as concrete and specific as you are able.  As before, preserve the anonymity of those involved.  One final note: you may not stage a language incident. The speaker must not be a member of our class or be influenced by you to perform.  Please post your writing by 9:30 Wednesday evening and come to class having read one another's posts.

Goat Hunting, Probably

As McKim enjoys her new, odds-defying dream car, let's review. We've considered several explanations of the best strategy when confronted with the Monty Hall Problem: the mathematical explanation (including the 100-door version); the simplified version; and the draw-every-possibility-and-count-with-Bogel version.  As you think back and perhaps rewatch these, consider the ways of knowing that you employed in your responses.  How did your responses change as we talked and learned? In what ways did different ways of knowing help and hinder your efforts to understand which strategy was best? Analyze and explain fully, posting your writing by 9:30 on Tuesday evening.  Please arrive at class on Thursday having read all your classmates' writings. Have a great weekend.

Subatomic Knowledge

To force Rose to answer her own question, I'd like you to spend some time this weekend at 3 Quarks Daily.  Please browse the site and select an article.  Read it.  In your post, share a link to the specific piece you choose.  Then extract a knowledge question that includes explicit reference to at least one way of knowing. Finally, connect that KQ to a moment of knowledge from one of your courses.  To be clear: the connection should be based on the applicability of the knowledge question, not on similarity of subject matter.  This is due by 9:30 Sunday evening.

The Peripatetic Knower

A two stage post this week: first, revisit your KQ from the last post.  Assess it through the Enterprise lens:

and ask yourself on which side of this line it lies:

 
As you deem fit, either edit for strength or justify as strong.
Second, please report on the moment of knowledge that you discovered on today's ramblings, its source, and the new KQ that it inspired in you.  This is all due Wednesday by 9:30 pm.