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Triumph of the Nerds Part III:
Great Artists Steal

Objectives

During this activity:

This activity helps students develop the following skills, values and attitudes: self-learning, proficiency in English, ability to analyze, synthesize and evaluate, critical thinking, and a vision of the international context.

Activity Description

This activity is about the documentary video entitled “Triumph of the Nerds Part III: Great Artists Steal” produced by PBS, and written and hosted by Robert X. Cringely in the year 1996. This video was watched during class on Tuesday, November 5. Publish a blog entry as stated below.

Deliverables

In your course blog, publish an original blog entry of at least 300 words in English and share it in the course’s Facebook group. Your entry may consist of a comment, opinion or critique about the video. Alternatively, your entry may rebut or support any of your classmates’ entries. In this case, you should always be respectful and include an adequate line of reasoning that justifies your assertions. If you happen to consult other sources (books, digital library, Internet, magazines, etc.) you should state the complete reference.

Due date is Monday, November 11.

Evaluation

This activity will be evaluated using the following criteria:

-10 The blog entry contains three or more grammar or spelling errors.
-30 The blog entry was published or shared after the due date.
-30 The blog entry cited some resource, but the corresponding reference was not included.
-90 The blog entry is mostly irrelevant.
-50 The blog entry consists of less than 300 words.
-100 The blog entry is not in English.