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Favorite Astronomy Posts

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

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 →

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TED Talks and Essays and Projects, Oh My!

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

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 →

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Hydraulic Fracturing Video Outline

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

For my advocacy project, I’ll be doing a video on hydraulic fracturing.  I’m not planning on being in it or necessarily having anyone at all in it.  Including actual humans makes things somewhat complicated.  I’ll try to include mostly nature … Continue reading →

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Fracking Project Proposal

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

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 →

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Unprotected Fracking- Why We’ll Regret it Later

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

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 →

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Persuasive Essay Proposal

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

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 →

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WIP Week 19- Moderating Philosophy Draft

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

As a moderator, I believe that less is more.  When a group of people is given the chance to deliberate on an issue, they are discussing what they believe is important, not what a moderator who is disconnected from the … Continue reading →

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WIP Week 18- Moderating Philosophy

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

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 →

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Civic Issues Thoughts

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

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 →

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Deliberative Elections WIP

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Timothy Gleason

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 →

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