| Hi Everyone! By now you will have started to get to know each other and get a feel for our class climate. It is my sincere hope you will not only SURVIVE, but actually enjoy yourselves too! For this week, after reading chpts 3 and 4 in your book, think about the film "An Inconvenient Truth" and its subject of global warming. 1. Review the list of topics on listening in your table of contents and select one. 2. Turn to that page in the book (chpt. 4) and re-read that particular section. 3. Then tell us in one paragraph or so, how that aspect of listening you chose can either relate to the film and/or your own feelings and experiences regarding either global warming, conservation, recycling, Hurricane Katrina or other environmental crisis. Don't repeat what others before you have said, be original please and capiatlize the aspect from chpt. 4 you choose to focus on so I can verify it in the textbook. EXAMPLE: (I will go first to give you an idea). From chpt. 4, I chose listening with EYES AS WELL AS EARS (p. 65). This makes me think of the way Al Gore's film helped me to understand just what scientific issues are included in global warming, before I didn't really understand what it was beyond hotter temperatures, but now, from the nonverbla cues of seeing the pictures of the ice caps and glaciers melting as well as listening to Gore's explanations about polar bears actually drowning due to the ice melting too rapidly from warmer temperatures caused by high carbon levels in the ozone, I better understand the issue. Also, Gore's body language and face showed how serious his message was. Okay--Your turn, just don't use "Listen with Eyes as Well as Ears"--pick something else from chpt. 4 and capitalize it in your response! Click on the "comments bar below and speak up! --Sandra The Blogger |
Friday, January 26, 2007
Blog Post #2: Chpt. 4 and "An Inconvenient Truth"
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From chapter four, I chose LISTEN FOR MAJOR IDEAS (p.66). When I was watching the movie in the Recital Hall, I got distracted from students coming in and out. It was hard to focus my attention on the movie; therefore, I listen for major ideas. One of the major point that I got from listening was when Al Gore talked about the increase of carbon dioxide being the cause of melting glacier that could possibly flood countries such as India, Shanghai, and Florida. Listening to major ideas made it easy for me to understand the message that Al Gore was trying to deliver in the movie.
See Hang
Under listening in chapter four I chose PERSONAL CONCERNS. When I was watching the movie I found myself thinking of other things throughout the film. Al Gore How he presented the message kept grabbing my attention back to the topic he was discussing. My mind was being distracted by my own thoughts but parts of the film the jokes the sarcasm while presenting the information and then the explanation right after on how important this information is brought me back.
Curtis Nelson
AWESOME,THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS! Thanks--Sandra
When I was watching the film, I found some parts of the movie to pull at my heart strings. This is why I chose MONITOR YOUR EMOTIONAL REACTION TO A MESSAGE. For me watching this movie as well as any other movie or even with reading or hearing a story I always find myself paying more attention to those parts that hit me emotionally. For example in the film Inconvenient Truth, near the end when Al Gore was talking about our children and their children asking themselves "What were our parents thinking?" really got to me. Being a lover of children it made me want to get up and make a difference right then. It goes the same way with the opposite emotions, if I see a film or hear a speaker and the message makes me angry or irritates me I am likely to turn it off and tune it out.
Rachel Ezell
After reading chapter four, I chose AVOID JUMPING TO CONCLUSION. When I first saw the commercial of An Unconvenience Truth on the television, I had the feeling that this is a boring film because it is a documentary film. However, I had to watch it for my assignment. I discovered that Al gore delivered usefull messages about the influences of global warming that we are concerning now throughout the film. This remind me that don't jump into the conclusion before we see how it's going.
Tram Nguyen
Before viewing the movie "An Inconvenient Truth", I must admit that I had a preconceived notion (PREJUDGE pg.62) that Global Warming was a problem that would affect earth, at it's earliest, maybe a hundred years from now and that by then other energy sources would be developed. Yet Mr. Gore present crediable and conclusive evidence that global warming is a serious problem now! By segragating my opinions on the topic of global warming from the facts presented, I was more effectively able to focus on Mr. Gore's general message. Global warming is affecting our planet IN REAL TIME and it is up to us to do something about it.
Michael Bell
Bravo! to you all that commented on Chapter 4. It is interesting to see what catches each others interest in when we read.Information Overload is my topic of interest in Chapter 4. I always tell people that I have a small brain as well as a weak attention span. You got to make the information short and interesting otherwise I will "tune out" as pointed out in page 61 of the book. AL Gore tried to make his film clear and easy to understand by using interesting and vivid supporting materials as suggested by the book. But, the question is , how non boring can a documentary be to a person with my characteristics.
Euchay Igwe.
Before I watched the movie, I knew little about global warming, its causes and preventions. From the very begining, I wanted to get well informed on global crisis. Therefore I decided I was going to be A SELFISH LISTENER. The undivided attention that I gave to the Al Gore's messages when he was talking about the increase of temperature and its link to the the subseqent disasters that had occured in the last few years: Hurricane Katrina, Tsunami to mention but a few, made me understand the speakers urgency for us to recognise that global warming is a problem that everyones needs to fight against besides terrorism.
I also wanted to get the facts concerning global warming, and ascertain that it is a major cause for environmental concern. That is why I chose "Evaluate the Quality of Evidence" from Chapter 4. I thought that the film's evidence was very well placed and presented to the public. Since viewing the film, I have done further research and found many articles and proof of its affects. I am in awe of the significant role that our emissions are playing upon our climate and environment. I recently was informed that Al Gore has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year. I applaud him and others that are drawing the world's attention to this issue, and I hope that he wins the Nobel. Perhaps, it will encourage even more wide-spread attention to global warming.
Darcie
Hoping this posting will make it.
I was in very impressed with the movie. The main thing that stuck im my mind is, what would happen if the ice caps melted and we lost land mass? Would that make global warming even happen faster due to loosing all the trees and veggitation? What would happen to the fish? Would they evolve to be able to withstand higher water temperatures? This film made me go huuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmm! What if?
Kelley
While reading RECIEVER APPREHENSION (CH. 4 PG. 63) and remembering the movie, "An Inconvenient Truth", I rememebered that throughout his speech, he used a lot of visual impliments to help the audience understand what he was explaining to them.
Diana Sidener
Hi Sandra,
From Chapter 4, I chose monitor your emotional reaction to a message. Sometimes I'm thinking it may be too late before we can react to this global warming. Since 1997, I have been following this story, but only bits and pieces of information. After watching the inconvenient truth, I totally realized that everything I learned since then are all correct. If I am lucky enough, I am going to witness this story in my time. J.GAMET
Listening. Perhaps the most important thing I noticed about listening to Mr. Gore was that so much of what I comprehended was dependent on two things you don't necessarily use your ears for: the use of photographs, whether of the earth, Al Gore's son, the people of China and Bangladesh created imagery that was both evocative and established at least a quasi-factual basis for his arguments. It's hard not to care about a statement that 100 million people might be going under water when you are seeing human faces in distress. The use of visuals, but particularly the photographs was very well done, imo. Secondly, Mr. Gore used personalizing of the issues by analogy and stories that had personal biographical impact to him. The woman dying of lung cancer changed his father. His son's near death experience changed him; and I am sure, the reflections of our world climates changes in that softly flowing river changed the perspective of many watchers... listening: it's not just with your ears. Mr. Gore was sincerely evocative; not manipulating his viewers, but pleading for humane inclusion to reach out, and for gosh sakes, find the life preserver: "Planet Overboard!" --- Paul DeLong
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