World Café Reflection Questions

Post-World-Café Reflections: Copy and paste these questions to post on your blog and answer them by Tuesday, 10/1 at midnight.  I'm looking forward to seeing what you think!

1. How did you feel about your discussion experience?  What did you enjoy and what was difficult?

2. Which letter from #5 on page 1 of the worksheet was hardest to decide in your group? Why do you think it was the hardest?

       a: "most possible for me to do in the same situation" -> "least possible"
       b: "most likely to be remembered in the future" --> "least likely"
       c: "most affected/changed by their experience" --> "least affected"
       d: "most courageous" --> "least courageous"

3. Was it easy or difficult to come to agreements with your groups?  What made it easy and what made it challenging?

4. Were you happy with your group’s definition of courage?  What would you like to change, if anything?

Unit 2 Reflection Questions

Thanks to Hamad, Daniel, and Fahad for a great presentation on Friday!  I think it helped us all think about what life might be like on another planet.

Here are some questions that I'd like you to think about and answer on your own blogs.  Please copy and paste these into your own new blog post and publish your answers to your blog by the end of the day on Tuesday, Sept. 17.  I'm interested to see what you think!

1. Do you think humans will need to move to another planet?  Why or why not?

2. If it does happen that some humans move to another planet, would you volunteer to go?  Why or why not?

3.  Read this article about people who have signed up to move to Mars: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/09/tech/innovation/mars-one-applications/index.html  What is your reaction to this story?

4. What do you think Ray Bradbury wanted the readers of "All Summer in a Day" to understand?  What did you think after reading this story?

Eyal Press Lecture (Sept. 9, 2013)

Several students went to Eyal Press' lecture on September 9 and I have compiled their observations and reactions below (each color represents a different student).  Thanks for sharing!

Main point:
- telling people's stories about standing up for your rights; gives you confidence to stand up for what you believe in; he is really confident
- He focused on one main point, which was having courage!  In other words, to say something different than others do.
- Sometimes life makes you pick between choices just like the ones in the story.
- He was describing the characters he chose (why did he choose them? people who defied authority, defended their conscience)
- Press' main idea, in my view, is to make all readers understand the real situation of each character, or each person who made so tough choice at that moment.
- Why he wrote the book and why he chose these people

Something you agreed or disagreed with him about:
- I agree that even if you are alone, you should do what you believe in, not what everyone does
- I agree with him that we need such a kind of person that he mentioned in his book in order to change our world from good to better.  Those people are considered game changers.
- I agreed with him almost on everything especially the main point.
- I disagreed with him about Edward Snowden.  He is not a good man because he showed private information.
- I agreed with all of them, the characters both in the book and in the lecture, are in a specific condition.
- I agree with him in everything

A question you would like to ask him:
- What made him think to write the book?
- If he were Edward Snowden? Would he do the same as Edward did?
- Which person does he feel neutral about?
- I wonder about his indication of the characters as "heroes" who were pushed by different driving forces but it looks like got the same result.
- If he had a chance to meet Snowden, would he meet him?

Description of what it was like to be there:

Estimated number of people in the audience	~100, 150, 150-250, 300, >300, ~350
Average age of people in the audience	freshmen, 18-25, <25, 25,  20-30, 30
How the audience acted during the lecture	- quiet, disciplined, interested - quiet and listened carefully - interested and thrilled - interacting - listening carefully - they were good listeners
What the auditorium looked and felt like	-it would be scary to stand in front of all these seats, it is really huge - it looked like a very formal place and I felt like I was a critic - very quiet and interested - he was a little confused
Your reaction to tonight’s event	- it was amazing, I got excited on the things you believe in, it gave me hope - it was a really nice and good experience to present such a kind of lecture, especially since it was in English - educating - it gave me a chance to know some new characters - thinking about the meaning of one man fighting against all - I was very happy because I didn't miss a lecture like this