What is Ethics?
Assignment: Reading Response
The Task
A Reading Response is:
-1 page typed (size 12 font, standard margins)
-single spaced
It has:
-a heading (your name, date, class name, Merrill DeGraff)
-a creative title (no larger than a 24 size font)
-a summary of the readings and videos (1-3 paragraphs)
*Be sure to note the titles and authors (formal citation is not needed)
-some analysis which might include (1-3 paragraphs)
- connections to yourself, other classes and readings, the world, etc.
- implications in the classroom
- wonderings
- adding in new information
- other (Sometimes you just need time in your favorite modality!)
*Some possibilities: find and explain a photo that connects to the topic, make and explain a graph or infographic, make a piece of art or cartoon, write a poem, ...
*Be sure to connect your created piece directly back to the big ideas of the reading in 2 or more sentences!
Reading Responses need to be:
-saved as First letter of your first name.Last name_Reading_Response_Course_Week_#
Eg. M.DeGraff_Reading_Response_EDU203_Week_1
-submitted on Brightspace by the due before our next class
Assessment
-Each Reading Response is worth 12 points based on the provided rubric.
Week 2 Required Readings
A Definition: Merriam-Webster
BBC Ethics a General Introduction
Please only read the first 3 sections!
- What is ethics?
- What use is ethics?
- Ethics and people
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Go Deeper! Optional Readings to Consider
In the News
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/08/google-ceo-our-ai-wont-be-used-for-harm/
Next steps for promoting organic news fluency
How Did I Live Today?
https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/how-did-i-live-today/