Welcome to CRTW 201!  You've made it to Dr. DeRochi's webpage for the Fall 2010 Session of CRTW 201.

This webpage will be continually updated as the session progresses.  Please refer to this page continually because dates and assignments sometimes change through the course of the term.

We will be using three Web interfaces for this course: WebCT, which will be used primarily for quizzes and "chatting" (and for which you have already been assigned a password and login id); turnitin.com, which we will be using for attendance and all grading; and Facebook, which we will be using for a specific blog exercise throughout the semester. 

Here is our SYLLABUS for CRTW 201.  Please note how the larger projects are not simply pursued in class; instead, they're completely dependent on your effort.  Just like a golf swing, or an ability to shoot a basketball or knit a sweater, critical thinking is a skill not a product.  The amount you gain from this course is in direct proportion to your effort.

Here is our WORKING SCHEDULE, again noting that assignments may change through the course of the semester. 

From this page, you will be able to access assignments and handouts.

It is, after all, CRTW, not just CTW.  Here are some suggestions for better Critical Reading.

Students should read and own the "Correct Use of Borrowed Information."

THE MAJOR PROJECTS:

Thinking It Through
Midterm Exam: Reading
ARGUMENT 1: Solving a Question on Campus
ARGUMENT 2: Fast Food Nation Project

Final Exam

The Minor Projects
The SEEI Journal
The Facebook Blog

Always remember:

COFFEE IS FOR CLOSERS.