Final Grades

I just updated your final grades that I will put in the Actas.

Have a nice vacation!!

Bonus Feedback

Feedback for this activity is in each student's page in the comment box at the bottom of the page.

Makeup Quizzes

Students who requested their Makeup Quiz can take it tomorrow after RQ3.

Final Grades

• I just updated both our grades table and class activities grades which are posted in their respective pages.
• Please check those grades carefully since tomorrow is our las day and I have to prepare the definite actas.
• Tomorrow we will add RQ3 marks to get the final grades.
• Those students who think they didn't get their mark for any activity please bring a print out of the activity in question (froum, emails, etc.). I will not accept any grade revision if you don't have anything to back it up.
• Send me an email or open a chat box on LiveChat if you have any questions.

Reading Quiz 3

This is to remindo you that we have our Reading Quiz 3, tomorrow Monday 18, at our regular class schedule.

Bonus Activity

This activity is now closed.

This project turned out very well…thanks to all the participants that contributed in putting together our Wikis.



Artificial Intelligence



Sustainable Development

Departmental Exam 2

Monday, July 11

• Sec. 4   –  AUL209
• Sec. 25 –  AUL209
• Sec. 23 –  AUL209

At our regular class schedule



Grades Update

Check the Grades page for an update of your grades including RQ2 and all BRs.

Please check it carefully.

Those students that need to inquire about any activity grade,

please bring a print out of F1, F2, F3, BR, and BR email.

Reading Quiz 2

This is to remind you that RQ2 is tomorow.

See you in class!

Bonus Activity

Please send me an email requesting the guidelines for the Bonus activity.

Value: 5 pts

Due date: July 10

Book Reviews Due Date

Please remember today is the BRs due date.

I will not grade any BRs sent after today.

Grades

Your grades have been posted on the Grades page.

Please note that students that submitted their BRs after I posted the grades today, will have their grades updated after RQ2 this Monday 20.

Wednesday 8 Class

Continuamos con el paro.  No habrá clase mañana.

Estaré en MSN.

Saludos,

Weekend MSN Chat

These Saturday 4 & Sunday 5, I will be available

for live chat and questions about DE1.

Just add me to your Windows Live IM contact list.

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEWS
ACTIVITY GUIDELINES (3%)

• The documents for this activity are in Google Docs
• Open the linked documents  
• ODD#: Reading 1:  The Book Not Read  
• EVEN#: Reading 2:  Rebellious Thoughts
• ZERO#: Reading 3: On Shaky Ground, FOR pp. 167-168 
• Answer these questions (Use Arial 12, double space, no cover)
• Send it to my email (labeled Name_LastName_Sec#_BR1-2-3)
• Use MS Word 2003 
• Due date: Wednesday, June 15 (Week 8)

If your Student ID Card ends in 1-3-5-7-9, you are ODD#

If your Student ID Card ends in 2-4-6-8, you are EVEN#

If your Student ID Card ends in 0 you are ZERO#

Practice Exercises for DE1

Prof. Berríos has prepared self-study exercises and quizzes that you are welcome to check and do. This is the link for his site:

http://www.quia.com/profiles/gberrios

The name of the folder is ID1113 April-July 2011 and it contains the following:

       Sample questions: Abstracts and book reviews

       Sample questions: Summarizing Spores in space

       Sample questions: Summarizing The Doppler Effect

       Sample quiz: The Universe, some Astrochemistry

       The Universe: Some vocabulary

Any student can do these quiz-like exercises any number of times.

After submitting their answers, they will be able to see their results compared with the expected responses. Feedback to many of the questions is available to make this a self-access study tool.

Departmental Exam 1 (DE1)

First Departmental Exam

Monday, June 6

Remember to bring your Student ID Card 

Reading Quiz 1

Students who missed RQ1 and want a makeup quiz on Week 12, need to print this form out and give it to me.

Reading Quiz 1

Tomorrow's RQ 1 will cover Unit 1 - The Universe.

Value points 17.

Monday 23 Class

Since there is no notice of any protest activities tomorrow, we will have our normal classes at our regular schedule.

See you in class!

Forum Update

Forums have been updated with Argumentation, Abstracts and Book Reviews topics.

It is important that after you participate in the forums, you check for feedback on your answers as well as on those of other forum participants. This will help you focus on details and refine your understanding of the topics.

Hi Students

This is to inform you that due to the teacher’s protest tomorrow, we won't be having class.

Check this link for info on tomorrow’s actions at the campus’ entrance.

http://elpapeldelabolivar.dsm.usb.ve/index.php?id=9946

Also, I will be updating our forum with new activities.

Do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions. 

Forum

Forums are opened here

• Register in the forum site using the usual Name_Sec# format
• Reply to Question 1 (Q1), Question 2 (Q2), Question 3 (Q3), or Question 4 (Q4) corresponding to your section (answer only 1 question)
• Maximum 5 replies per question
• Forum closes Saturday, June 4

Forums Topics:

• F1: Hypothesis
• F2: Argument
• F3: Research tools

Monday 2 Class

Hi Students

This is to inform you that due to the teacher’s strike tomorrow, we won’t have class.

I will post a question in our forum tomorrow.

See you on Wednesday,

New Classrooms

Please note our new classrooms.

 

Students placed directly in ID1-113

If you were placed directly in ID1-113, you will need to download this handout (24 pages). These are the sections from Focus on Reading that will be used in class during the first weeks of this term. Print the material and bring it to class.

FOR & RS

Focus on Reading (FOR) 

& 

Reading Selections (RS) for ID1-113 (BF 55)

will be available on

Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 

in EGE, 2nd. floor, Room 211-A

from 8:30 to 3:30.

Student Picture List

Please don't forget to send your picture for my Student Picture List to aprendoingles@gmail.com.

Label it like this:

Name_LastName_Sec#_Pic


Due date: Friday, May 6

First Year Section Wiki

Click the link below to access the First Year Section wiki where you can check general interest announcements such as departmental exams, teaching materials, etc.

http://usbideststudents.pbworks.com/

Welcome to ID1-113

Hello Students

Take some time to browse through the various pages of this blog to get all the relevant information of our course.

Please register in the Followers section so that you can receive notifications of updates to this blog.

Register using your name and section like this:

Name_Lastname_sec #

See you in class!

Prof. Patricia Murillo