Thinking Maps

There are many ways of writing an article: some are more fact heavy than others, emotion, false information, or the flow. Nonetheless, the topic does not change, only the style changes. In this case the topic is Memes. Limor Shifman written article titled “Memes in a Digital World: Reconciling with a Conceptual Troublemaker”. Another author that wrote “Making Sense of Memes: Where They Came From and Why We Keep Clicking Them” is Marion Provencher Langlois. Both Marion and Limor wrote about Memes…

biggest downside to this is intelligence product delays or omissions while analysts wait for more clarifying information so they can be 'right'. With the implementation of critical thinking and structured analysis techniques the focus should be on getting products published so that others may apply their critical thinking and structured analytical techniques to the problem at hand. Other organizations may already have a piece to the puzzle and not even realize it until an intelligence product…

The TED Talks between Manuel Lima, “A Visual History of Human Knowledge,” and Fabian Oefner, “Psychedelic Science,” are completely different on their topics. “An image is worth more than a thousand words.” (Oefner 0:10) An image can be interpreted different ways, it just depends on the perspective of the person. Sometimes images can leave people speechless. Although Lima and Oefner had completely different TED Talks, both Lima and Oefner managed to use visual aids in their presentations. Both…

The following is a short set of questions to ask while reading a text that will provide a foundation to good critical reading. What is the point of the essay? The author is trying to tell us something in particular. Generally, this can be reduced to one or two sentences. It is NOT just a bunch of facts (these are much less important and are handled later), nor is the title always the main point. What is the argument? The author is not just telling us something for our edification. All…

Critical thinking is not only a process, but a skill that develops over the course of a person’s life. Dr. Linda Elder, the Assistant Director of the Center for Critical Thinking, created a stage theory of critical thinking development that defines critical thinking into six stages. In reference to the article by Linda Elder and Richard Paul “Critical Thinking Development: A Stage Theory,” I believe that stage four, the practicing thinker, best represents my development as a thinker. As…

In my time at Union thus far I have been able to use my unique academic background to enable me to grow and prosper. I originally started out at a middle/high school that was very atypical in that the school did not provide students with grades, nor use exams as a way of evaluating a student’s abilities. The school also did not participate in any form of a standardized test such as the New York State Regents. Instead, I was heavily evaluated by teachers where they would highlight my strengths,…

In “Should Texts, E-Mail, Tweets and Facebook Posts Be the New Fingerprints in Court?,” Frances Stead Seller’s main goal for the essay is to break down both sides of the argument of whether our language style should be used to determine the authorship of the text. The side that is against the use of findings from this field as a form of evidence emphasize that the findings do not include credible statistics and uses too much computer (which can be prone to error) for determining their research.…

The rhetoric in practice project is the second major assignment within the class in which we have to create a work of our own choice and convey some sort of message about Carpe-diem. This project was created in order for us to display our understanding of rhetoric and carpe-diem along with our ability to put them to practice. This project was the first that had me really focus on our course theme of Carpe-diem. Throughout the course we covered many different works that conveyed their own…

You will research and analyze the top three trends in your profession or industry, using the UMUC library and other reputable sources. You will create a short, APA-style annotated bibliography, summarizing and critiquing the sources you've found. My three profession trends in Homeland Security are: William V. P, Sr. & William D. K, Jr. (2013). Homeland Security Education: A Way Forward. Homeland Security Affairs Vol 9, p1-11. Retrieved from: http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu…

Overall, I enjoyed the Circle Training - on both a practical level in regards to facilitating trainings and on a more personal level. I both appreciate and have some challenging thoughts regarding the basics of circle practices: the talking piece and the circle. I can wholeheartedly appreciate both and believe that they can help to facilitate more substantial conversations, peace making, etc. However, I also wonder how much of the belief that talking pieces and circles are essential is more of a…