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Submitted by Anne Dalke on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 4:04pm
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Welcome. This page provides a continually updated list of links to materials created in "Food for Thought," a first-semester seminar offered @ Bryn Mawr College in Fall 2009. Feel free to browse and comment in the associated online forums. For more information about the course , please see the syllabus and its multiple linked pages.

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Notes Towards Day 8: The Odds of That?

Submitted by Anne Dalke on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 2:20pm

Notes Towards Day 8 of Food for Thought

I. coursekeeping
naming
postings--what WAS the carbon footprint of our field trip??
on using the web to enlarge your paper, but...
being skeptical of what you find!

new writing (papers due @ 5 tomorrow):
any questions? go round and describe topics?

reading for next Tuesday: first part (75 pp.) of
The Paradox of Choice, by Swat pysch prof Barry Schwartz;
popular version of the scientific dilemma we've been chasing this week-->

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Field Trip to Pete's Produce

Submitted by Anne Dalke on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 8:02am

Field Trip to Pete's Produce
September 19, 2009


 

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Notes Towards Day 7: What is Health?

Submitted by Anne Dalke on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 8:49pm

Notes towards Day 7 of Food for Thought:
What is Health?

I. Coursekeeping
naming: who's game to go all the way 'round?

what did we learn from our field trip/finale to Section I of the course?
(post this on-line by Thursday-->thinking also about the environmental costs of what you learned)

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Notes Towards Day 6: Changing Education

Submitted by Anne Dalke on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 9:14pm

Notes towards Day 6 of Food for Thought: Changing Education

I. Coursekeeping
problems/coaching for: logging in? (some anonymous posts, all self-caught)

Play around w/ making your postings more interesting:
add a gr/avatar or images??

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