D & A Blocks Human Geography - The Geo-Inquiry Process forced you to ask geographic questions, collect geospatial data, and then visualize that data in order to create a compelling story that drives an action. It provided a systematic way to investigate and understand the world through the patterns, processes, and interactions between human and natural systems, take action on issues they identify, and make a difference in our own community. So you're telling a story...a story of research and discovery to "judges" tomorrow. So when you interact with the people who are coming to see you think about what you want to say and how you want to say it. What's your question and why was it important to you. That's a good start.
Start with a bang. The first part of your Geo-Inquiry Story will be the most memorable so open with something special, not an overview of what they will see. Start by grabbing the audience’s attention with a colorful anecdote, amazing fact, or pivotal moment.
Facts & data. Find ways to make facts and data easy to understand. Use analogies, metaphors, and comparisons to simplify. Using this technique allows you to take a complex or unfamiliar concept and make it relate-able. It is also useful to talk about scale without measurements (as big as a 747, as small as a coin).
Clarity. Do not muddle the message with extra information. Generally, editing out extra information that you may have worked hard on is the most important piece of work. Does the Geo-Inquiry Story tell the story of the journey that the team took? Is the Geo-Inquiry Story clear, concise, and easy to follow?
Ending. The ending of a Geo-Inquiry Story should be a call to action or the results of a call to action that has taken place
B Block Criminology 12 - Today we'll finish our look at the big picture of crime, media and society 12. Today we'll watch Patrick Jane's "antics" on the Mentalist. We'll watch "Paint it Red" from Season 1 in which a business tycoon's son-in-law is found dead near where a $50 million painting once hung in his father-in-law's office. Jane and the CBI try to find out how he might have been involved and who else is responsible. From TV tropes:
Possessing exceptional knowledge of human behavior, extensive meditative and hypnotic training, a refined memory and superhuman deductive skills, Patrick Jane is one of the most valuable agents of the CBI in the fight against crime. Though technically he's not a cop, just a consultant. The "Great Detective" trope is based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Of course the BBC did a modern version where Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) solves crimes through sheer intellect and his Sherlock Scan, but is a (self-proclaimed) "high-functioning sociopath" barely kept in check by his friend Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman). In The Mentalist, Patrick Jane does have that "Sherlock Stare" and he confounds his team members and keeps them in the dark about his plans until Voila...crime solved. Jane has what can only be described as potentially a high functioning personality disorder but with supreme intellect that assuredly saves the day for the police who clearly can't do their job properly without his help. Hmmm...sound familiar? Remember Dr. Cal Lightman in Lie to Me? So to end what can we deduce (Sherlock) from the crime media dramas we watched this week?
What do the shows Elementary, Lie to Me and the Mentalist reveal about what society thinks of the police? Consider the “tropes” of: Good Cop/Incompetent Cop/ Police are Useless/ The Only One- Great Detective. In addition to this what do the character traits/personalities of the heroes of these shows say about how we view the abilities of police to solve crimes? Does the media merely reflect society's beliefs that the police are incompetent or does it create an image that we but into? Should we care - is it fine to turn the critical parts of our psyche off and merely be entertained for 44 minutes?...or should we try to find meaning in the message?
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