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 -
Danny Goodlow journal comment –
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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