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Week 5 – CST – 300 Module 5

OLI – Module 6 and 7

The OLI for this week was interesting. It helped us recognize conflict and showed us how to deal with them using different conflict strategies.

Module 6 showed us a video where Kurt and Freda had a conversation which quickly escalated into a conflict. Freda was questioning the level of a platform that had been checked already. Kurt told Freda that he didn’t trust her leveling phone app. After arguing for some time, Kurt noticed that the platform was not level because there was a piece of wood underneath it. I first noticed the conflict when Kurt told Freda that he did not trust her leveling app around the 15 second mark of the video.

Module 7 was challenging, here we had to use the best conflict strategy to deal with conflict based on how important the relationship is and how much do we care about the problem. An example was in the scenario where you asked Taylor, a friend of a friend for a ride to get wood because your car is in the shop for the weekend. Taylor played music that you were not into the whole way. The right way to deal with this conflict was to use the avoiding strategy because you do not have interest in the relationship and the music playing is not that important to you.

 

Part One: Support and Comment on Teammates’ Goals

James Mondragon journal comment -

https://jmondragon-csumb-wj.blogspot.com/2024/01/cst-300-fourth-week-journal.html?sc=1707191972983#c5222759731898602925

Danny Goodlow journal comment –

https://dgoodlow-csumb.blogspot.com/2024/01/cst-weekly-journal-4.html?sc=1707194239137#c6769138946702621099

 

Part Two: Possible Capstone Ideas

After skimming through most of the Capstone Project video, I was really intrigued by the following three ideas.

1.       Traffic Tracer – This application uses the existing camera system from a business to analyze the video and provide foot traffic data to the client or business owner. I find this interesting because it can be used for many situations, not just for businesses. It can potentially be used for large events, schools, public roads, and even for wildlife tracking.  

 

2.       Simply Fit – This application is focused on fitness. It shows the user how to perform basic exercises correctly and makes them accountable by keeping track of their progress until they have mastered an exercise. The idea of building something that can benefit a person’s health and therefore overall quality of life is rewarding and important.

 

3.       Stuff Ride – This application connects people that need an item to be transported with people that are willing and able to transport that item. This one is pretty personal because I have found myself in that situation where I need to pick-up a large item, but I do not own a pickup truck or know anybody that owns one. An application like this will definitely be useful to many people on both ends.

 

Part Three: Keep Up with Your Learning Journal

Lecture Module 5

This week’s lecture consisted of self-developing and introducing the CS Online Capstone projects to develop an idea. The self-developing portion included links to start thinking about internships as well as graduate schools. The documents pointed out what the pros and cons were with internships and graduate schools. Being someone that has a decent paying full-time job, I will have to give up a lot to take on an internship. That being said, I believe it is not only a valid sacrifice but a necessary one if I want to build up experience in the field I choose to go into. From my point of view, I much rather wait until I have a few years in the field before I consider graduate school. I can get a better idea of the field I really want to specialize in and maybe my employer at the time will have a tuition reimbursement program that can take the financial burden of graduate school.

 

Writing Lab Module 5

The writing lab this week went into more detail about the argumentative essay. It discussed inferences and Assumptions. An inference is when you conclude something to be true based on something else being true. An assumption is when we take something for granted without question. For example, when you see a woman crying, an inference is to say that someone hurt that woman and the assumption is that any woman who cries was hurt by someone. The lab also covered loaded words which are enhanced to invoke an emotional response. An example can be “They destroyed her argument” versus “The opposition was better prepared.” Lastly, we investigated logical fallacies. These are defects in logic that will weaken an argument. The main point of addressing fallacies was to know how to detect them in order to avoid using them instead of ethical frameworks.

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