Course values and reflective questions...

The habit of...

• Perspective
  
• Analysis
  
• Imagination
  
• Empathy
  
• Communication
  
• Commitment
  
• Humility
  
• Joy (Humor too!)
  
  ...should be present in your projects and online communication.
  
  

1. Evidence - How do you know that?
   
2. Viewpoint - Who said that and why?
   
3. Cause and Effect - What led to it, what else happened?
   
4. Hypothesizing - What if...?
   

These habits should be in evidence in your work!

Feel free to ask yourself why what you are thinking, planning or doing is important. Relevance is a major component of learning.

1. We are all WiReD...
We all have an Internet e-mail account and will read our email/newsgroups regularly. Students are expected to share resources and raise topics for discussion as well.

2. We assume responsibility for our own learning...

• We will track our own progress and meet assignment deadlines
  
• We will welcome new ideas and suggestions
  
• We will take risks and try new things
  
• We will plan ahead
  

3. We are ethical and moral individuals...

• We do not plagiarize others work.
  
• We do not pirate software you have not paid for and do not own.
  

4. The best way to learn it is to live it...

Students will seek and indulge in relevant experiences. People who rely upon just passively sitting in class (or online) will shortchange their learning and grades.

5. Part of living it is reflecting about it with others...

• Don t expect to learn much alone.
  
• Experience teaches through accumulation of insights. Insights are acquired from reflection on experiences.
  
• You are expected to share resources and articles that may be of interest to others.
  

6. We will ask three before me (Gary). Students should ask questions of classmates, peers and use other resources before automatically asking the teacher for help.

7. We will read manuals and software menus for information.

8. We will not whine...
'Nuff said

9. No puppets