cognitive psychology

Scholars,

Nice job on the independent tests. I hope you went back and reviewed the material afterwards. Always give your hippocampus a fighting chance.

Today I will be putting you into groups of three at 8a.m…. when our class/test starts. Work together and learn from each other. This is a closed book / closed note exam, but you will have three brains. By my calculations that’s about 2 and 1/2 brains to many for this task.

I have not released your independent tests yet becasue I want everyone to be equals during this collaborative process. The most poorly prepared participant may be able to explain a concept or two to the best prepared participants.

On Monday I’ll pass these exams back and I encourage you to get back together with your group and find the solutions to answers that evaded all of you. Remember we still have a final exam coming up.

My very favorite module is coming up. I believe we’ll have a lot of fun looking at memory. We’ll be doing lots of phenomenological work so come prepared to participate.

Hello Scholars,

Looks like we are ready for our first online exam on Tuesday. It will take place in Vista. If you are enrolled in the class you should see something that says, “Learning and Cognition – Spring 2009 PSYC-3310-A“.

Once inside you should make sure your system works before the morning test time by taking the practice quiz. At 8 a.m. the invisible test will appear and allow you to begin. It must be completed by the time our regularly scheduled class is over at 9:25.

The test is open book and note. Closed other students. Take the test the traditional way, then use any remaining time to learn the material you were unable to answer.

If anyone is caught trying to cheat in this pro-learning environment I will Fail you and ask the Vice President for Academic Affairs to expel you from the university.

Spend some more time studying before Thursday. Be there at 8 for our collaborative exam. I’ll be placing you into groups. The collaborative exam will be closed book and notes, but you will most likely have three brains… that should be more than enough power to plow through the material.

I’ll be in my office during our online testing time to calm any emergencies you might create for yourself.

Best, prof_chuck

I think the presentations went very well this morning. Going first can be scary. I expect the next two groups to learn from this experience and keep raising the bar…

The formatting was much improved over last semester’s work. Keep on thinking about the reader. Additionally, I think it’s OK to place words about a link on the page rather than a full URL. Full URLs are probably best for referencing, but you might want to think about shrinking the font on those so that the don’t wrap on the page, etc.

You should also think about working from the site, rather than as a logged in editor. This is what others will see, your links will work in a more natural way, and you’ll have more room on the scree with the editing tools removed.

Don’t forget to introduce yourself.

One last thing on my mind, I really thought the presentation of brain parts/mods/areas went well. It was simple material, but I liked that it was written and shared in thorough way on the site, then presented not by reading words, but by using images. We can all go back and read the info ourselves. Your shared info and your presentation can be different things.

For those not there (physically or mentally), we should be getting in contact with our groups and working out how to collaborate for your presentations.

Remember this should be term-paper quality work. Follow the directions and ask for clarity if you need it. Either from your peers or me in the cup-board under the stairs.

I’ll be adding Jame’s directions for accessing Google Docs soon.

1    Wolf
1    Stewart
1    Brittain
2    Ball
2    Ussery
2    Camacho
3    Busman
3    Blake
3    Collins
4    Gabriel
4    Whitbeck
4    McBrayer
5    Romine
5    Mashburn
5    Rodriguez
6    Sepulveda
6    DeDiego
6    Glasgow
7    Love
7    Foltz
7    Hathcock
8    Alley
8    Kirkendall
8    Skelton
9    Lowman
9    McKay
9    Alexander
10    Welch
10    Tatum
10    Hicks
11    Madrid
11    Walker
11    Corkill
12    Sims
12    Albright
12    King

Here is the link….

I hope to see everyone this afternoon. I realize that many of you choose not to come to class and learn with me, I only hope you can give your peers more respect. In addition, I hope that they have created a great resource for you and that we can all learn something

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Now playing on iTunes: Doctor Tiki – Episode 34 – Mailbag’s Revenge
via FoxyTunes     from the presentation.

Is everyone prepared for the collaborative quiz today?

I have kept you in your groups (to a degree) so you can build some relationships. I will mix it up on later exams.

Here’s what we are looking at for the afternoon:

• 1 Armstrong, Krysty Lynne
• 1 Ashley, Catherine Danielle
• 1 Bennick, Wesley Gayle
• 1 Butler, Kristy Lynn

• 2 Cope, Elizabeth Alexandria
• 2 Fisher, Tori Jo
• 2 Garner, Jessica Michelle
• 2 Grau, Harriett

• 3 Jewell, Jennifer Elaine
• 3 Jones, Charles Ridgley
• 3 Martin, Kelly Ann
• 3 McNichols, Catherine Elizabeth

• 4 Murray, Kate Ann
• 4 Narvaez, Karla Michelle
• 4 Renfroe, Tiffany Jade
• 4 Rodriguez, Heather Julie

• 5 Saenz, Nikolas Arturo-Waitman
• 5 Shumock, Nathan Alan
• 5 Stancel, Dawn Angelique
• 5 Sutton, Kimberly Renee

• 6 Teems, Samantha Emily
• 6 Wacaster, Jodie Blair
• 6 Whittington, Ryan Gabriel
• 6 Willard, Amy Lynn

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Now playing on iTunes: The Secret Machines – Blue Jay Way
via FoxyTunes

Module one is coming along really well, I think this group will set a nice, high bar. I’m excited about the presentation.

Click here to see the creation.

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Now playing on iTunes: Shelby Lynne – Breakfast In Bed
via FoxyTunes

Hey Group Scholars,

Everyone should have gotten an email from me (chuckrob at gmail dot com) that shared a link to your particular groups shared document… Keep that email and try to get to the shared document.

Here are the 3 blank documents:

• module one
• module two
• module three

Here is a brief description of what we will be doing for the collaborative media development portion of our class.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df4fj645_114jqjrrzc7

Here is the rubric I am working on.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pKR5dBjqTI3dpWWhhdtKzPA

I realize it’s not awesomely clear, but I don’t work in the education department… I’m trying

Our groups look like this:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df4fj645_114jqjrrzc7 Armstrong, Krysty Lynne
1 Ashley, Catherine Danielle
1 Bennick, Wesley Gayle
1 Butler, Kristy Lynn
1 Cope, Elizabeth Alexandria
1 Fisher, Tori Jo
1 Garner, Jessica Michelle
1 Grau, Harriett
2 Jewell, Jennifer Elaine
2 Jones, Charles Ridgley
2 Martin, Kelly Ann
2 McNichols, Catherine Elizabeth
2 Murray, Kate Ann
2 Narvaez, Karla Michelle
2 Renfroe, Tiffany Jade
2 Rodriguez, Heather Julie
3 Saenz, Nikolas Arturo-Waitman
3 Shumock, Nathan Alan
3 Stancel, Dawn Angelique
3 Sutton, Kimberly Renee
3 Teems, Samantha Emily
3 Wacaster, Jodie Blair
3 Whittington, Ryan Gabriel
3 Willard, Amy Lynn