Category Archives: Work In Progress

Favorite Astronomy Posts

For this semester, I continued with my astronomy-themed blog.  Unlike last semester, I tried to get a bit more involvement out of my readers by posting comments to address their questions more thoroughly, directly asking questions at the end of … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

TED Talks and Essays and Projects, Oh My!

I really don’t think I have much of a choice of what to include in my E-Portfolio.  Some of my papers and projects stand out as rather good and others are, well… terrible.  Really bad.  So here’s what I plan … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Fracking Project Proposal

Purpose For my project, I intend to make a video showing the effects of hydraulic fracturing and attempting to convince watchers that they should not lease their land to natural gas companies.  I probably will not actually be in the … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Unprotected Fracking- Why We’ll Regret it Later

The isolated valleys of north-central Pennsylvania, with their thick woodlands, little streams flashing with brook trout, and occasional abandoned fields are where I’ve lived since I was born.  There are people, sure, but not very many, and they are all … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Persuasive Essay Proposal

As I have done for my civic issues blog, TED talk, and paradigm shift papers, I will be focusing on environmental issues for my persuasive essay.  Specifically, I’ll be talking about hydraulic fracturing, something that hits rather close to home. … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

WIP Week 18- Moderating Philosophy

I picture a moderator as similar to a teacher that keeps watch on children on a playground. They can figure out how to have fun by themselves, but sometimes when one is misbehaving or a swing breaks, they need someone … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Civic Issues Thoughts

My first Civic Issues blog post was about hydraulic fracturing.  While I was fairly knowledgeable with the subject beforehand, I was amazed at how much I learned while researching.  One of the most interesting things was this page- a Wikipedia … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Deliberative Elections WIP

Note to users of WordPress- be very careful with hitting backspace. If this seems hastily written, that’s because I just deleted my entire post. Grrr.  Our project will be Chapter 4, Deliberative Elections.  The entire chapter is basically about how … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Online Deliberation Sites

For my online deliberation project, I have found three websites that seem suitable for commenting on. First, CNN is a very broad, popular news agency.  They always have articles on many subjects, including things that I am knowledgeable about, such … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

WIP- This I Believe Draft

I Believe in Not Believing One day, I was talking to my beautiful girlfriend.   We had been dating for about a year at this point, so I felt like I was fairly adept at judging her emotions.  In fact, … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments