http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121753441

Let me know if you have any questions.

"With unemployment in the United States hovering around 10%, hunting for jobs can be a daunting endeavor.

Competition can be cutthroat, and job seekers have been using all kinds of unusual strategies to gain an edge in their searches, from donning sandwich boards advertising their skills to passing out resumes on street corners.

While some applicants have used these unorthodox strategies to secure a coveted position, others have used creative brute force, wielding new technology, unusual online outlets, and brand-new content creation tools to set themselves apart."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/09/creative-resumes-ideas-fo_n_530920.html

Please read through the article and enjoy the different portfolios and ask yourself:

Ask yourself for each of the portfolios: What is this person's contribution? How does this person want to be evaluated? How has this person gone about representing themselves?

Pick one of the portfolios you viewed and critique it in regards to the 3 questions above.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

What does your text say about odor and the sense of smell?

What does the article say about odor the sense of smell?

Make a list of key terms and concepts you used in your post.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/lf_nm_life/us_fat_taste_1

After reading the article please discuss:

1) What was the article about and how does it relate to the material we discussed so far in class?

2) How does the article relate to how the eye detects shapes and objects?

3) What did you find interesting about this article?

4) Why do you think makes it an important classic in the history of perception?

5) What does your text say about the material covered in the article?

6) Make a list of the terms and concepts you used in this post.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

2) Discuss what you learned about camouflage from the Dr. Behrens' talk

3) What question did you ask him or would have asked him if there was time?

4) Why do you think camouflage is an important area of study for sensation & perception? 

2)      Search the Internet and follow your interests as they relate to change blindness.

Discuss the sites you visited, the information you found, and how it relates to Sensation & Perception. Make sure you integrate the information from the sites (Do not discuss the individual sites).  

3)      Provided a breif overview of the talk I presented in class last week on how the brain lies

4)   Discuss how changeblindness relates to the talk I gave

1)      Make a list of the topics covered in Chapter #7. DO NOT discuss the reader.

2)      Look up the topics covered in your reference text book.

3)      For each topic write at least one paragraph about what your text has to say about it. If you text doesn't directly address the topic, then find a topic in your text that most closely matches the topic from your list and discuss that. It should be clear for each topic paragraphs that you understand the topic well enough to explain it to a student that has not yet taken this class.

4)      What parts do you think you will remember from the reader and the text?