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Social Media Unit Reflection

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In my most recent unit in NEW Core, the Social Media Unit, I have perfected the process of attempting to solve a problem through a proper amount of ethical research using certain research and problem solving techniques. I applied these skills for problem solving in my Unit Project, The Truth About Electric Cars in which I formed my own lab based on my own research. Some of the skills I perfected included the finding of truly credible information, the best way to conduct ethical research, the forming of a lab, and how to raise awareness for an issue.   When I started my research for The Truth About Electric Cars I was trying to find the answer to the question “Do electric cars emit more or less CO 2 than gas cars?”. I knew that the subject was very sensitive to some, so I tried to make the project as politically neutral as possible. The way I went about discovering and answering the question was, as it always should be, without a definitive answer in my head. I did not ha
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End-of-the-Year Unit Project

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        To end NEW School with a final unit project, we have decided to use one or more of the past units to bring together our learning from the year and focus it on one problem that we wish to shed light to.          In my case, I am focusing on one portion of the environmental unit, specifically the environmental effects of running electric cars off of a fossil-fuel-powered electrical grid. My focus will reside in why, where, and how the system is responsible for more greenhouse gases being released as a consequence of "going green" and using electrical than not. My initial research points to the use of coal to create the electricity used by the electric cars.                                                                                     Image: "http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/plugcoal3.jpg" Surprisingly, what I found is that in 35 out of the 50 states, electric cars are worse than gas cars for the environment, Here's my w
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TED Talk Analysis

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          Before we make our own TED talks, we were asked to observe other TED talks to have inspiration and examples so that we might have a better idea of how our Ted talks should go. The TED talk that is analyzed below is "How School Kills Creativity" by  Ken Robinson.                                                            ( Watch This TED Talk Here ) This TED talk introduces a thoughtful solution which the community appears to love. The deliverance of this talk is what appears to be the reason it is so popular. His combinations of relevant jokes and anecdotes add tremendously to the engagement of the audience during the presentation. Most of his jokes and anecdotes happened in the beginning and middle, and has his claim in the first 4 minutes. HIs solution is spoken out and explained in the last 7.
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