Per the SPRING 2012 Syllabus you may earn up to 30 (5%) Extra Credit Points.
If you have questions on any of the following
extra credit opportunities please contact me!
Check Back for more Opportunities throughout the term!
The earlier you turn in Extra Credit, the more likely you will get it back
& see how much more you have available to earn. You will thus have time
to gain more points.
Follow the Homework Handout for Submission Style.
You may use a variety of methods to report back what you learned: Word Document, Powerpoint, Collage, Video, Xtranormal, etc. (Check with me!)
You should report the following:
1. Explain what one would learn from the Extra Credit you selected. Be thorough and specific.
2. Explain what concepts in this course can be applied to the Extra Credit you selected. Again be
thorough & specific. Don't just give me a list! Tell me how! (NOTE: #1 & 2 can be combined)
3. Explain what you felt about the Extra Credit you chose. Did you find it valuable? How? Provide
examples of how you can apply this to your life (past, current or future).
Point values are the highest potential points you may earn with the selection.
The points you earn depends on the quality of answering the above questions.
1. "Where
There Is A Will There's An A!: How To Get Better Grades in College"
VCass# 540 & KIT 431
It is on both VHS & DVD.
There are 6 30 min sessions.
You may earn up to 10 pts for each 30
min session.
Type up a summary of the pts presented
in the session & which you did not know/do & you feel will help
you.
Label number of session.
2. Video or Books: Dr. Mel Levine
A Mind At A Time - Also in LRC # LB1060 .L383 2002
The Myth of Laziness - Also in LRC # LB1062.6 .L49 2003
Ready
or Not, Here Life Comes - Also in LRC # HQ799.5 .L56 2005
30 pts for whole book. See me if you want
to do a few chapters!
"Misunderstood
Minds" VCASS# 2228 - 30 pts
Articles/clips etc on All
Kinds of Minds.org - pts vary depending what you do.
3. Books & Videos: Tom Friedman
"The
World Is Flat"
"Hot Flat and Crowded"
Whole book 30 pts...see me if you would like to
do just a few chapters.
NGA Annual Meeting "Competing
in a Flat World" (5th one down) - 30 pts
Charlie
Rose Shows (variety) - 30 pts
Clips
on Tom Friedman's Website - 10 pts each
4. Books: Phlip Zimbardo
"The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life" (with John Boyd)
"The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil"
Whole book 30 pts...see me if you would like to do just a few chapters.
5. Video, Articles, Podcasts or Book: Dr.
Dyer
"Dr. Dyer's 10 Secrets for Success
and Inner Peace" - VCASS# 2371 - 30
pts
Newest book: "Excuses Begone!" - 40 pts (less for each chapter)
If you catch his PBS Special on this book you may use it also! - 30 pts
6. Video: "Brilliant
Madness" DVD 1 - 25 pts
7. Video: Dr.
Howard Gardner - 25 pts each
"Creativity & Leadership: Making
the Mind Extraordinary" VCASS# 2289
"Howard Gardner Answers" VCASS#
1667
"MI: Intelligence, Understanding,
and the Mind" VCASS# 1666
8. Audio: "Gentle Art of Relaxation" ACASS #105 - 10 pts each side EXCEPT "Progressive Relaxation"
9. Videos or Books: Loretta
LaRoche (Listen to clips on website to sample) - 25 pts each
"How
Serious is This?" VCASS# 2348
"Humor
Your Stress" VCASS# 2335
"Get
A Life" VCASS# 2332
"Relax: You Only Live Once"
VCASS# 2333
"The
Joy of Stress" VCASS#
10. Videos: "Inside the Animal Mind" EXCEPT "Are Animals Intelligent" - 30 pts each
"Do Animals Have Emotions"
VCASS# 1991
"Are Animals Conscious"
VCASS# 1992
11. Videos or Books: Leo Buscaglia - 25 pts each below (books see me)
"Loving Relationships"
VCASS# 1886
"Speaking of Love"
VCASS# 1885
12. Video: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - 25 pts
"Flow" VCASS#
2290
13. Videos: Power of Dreams EXCEPT "The Search for Meaning"
"Sacred Sleep"
or "Creative Spark" VCASS# 1590 - 30 pts each
14. Audios: Dr.
Alan Lanning's Lectures - Depends on selection
Need to select one that is relevant to our
course & not covered in my course - See Me!
15. Audios: Dr. Green's
Lectures - Depends on selection
16. Articles: National Geographic's Magazine:
Memory
Article - 15 pts
Mapping
Memory (Interactive Map) - 15 pts
Each of the 3 tabs on top & all the tabs
on side for each.
17. Videos: Savant Syndome - Daniel Tammet & others - The Boy With The
Incredible Brain
Single 10 pts, all episodes 50 pts
Video
#1: 10 min
Video
#2: 10 min
Video
#3: 11 min
Video
#4: 10 min
Video
#5: 6 min
18. Videos: Savant Syndrome - Kim PeeK - The Real Rain Man
Single 10 pts, all episodes 50 pts
Video
#1: 11 min
(Not currently Posted!)
Video
#2: 10 1/2 min
Video
#3: 10 min
Video
#4: 10 min
Video
#5: 4:40 min
19. Video: An Inconvenient
Truth VCASS# 210 - 30 pts
Watch Special Features: Update Part
Also!
20.
Brain Fitness Program - 90 min - 10 pts each
10 pts for each of below.
Video 1 - 10 min
Video 2 - 10 min
Video 3 - 10 min
Video 4 - 10 min
Video 5 - 10 min
Video 6-8 I'm not finding online right now? If you find it let me know!
21. Book: "Walk On: The Reluctant Journey to Integration at Auburn University" by Thom Gossman, Jr. - 30 pts
22. Article: "Animal Intelligence And The Evolution of the Human Mind" by Ursala Dicke and Gerard Roth - 25 pts
23. Book: Michael J. Fox - "Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist" - 30 pts
24. HBO Special: Breaking The Huddle- 30 pts
Schedule on link
25. Article: Inside the Savant Mind: Tips for Thinking from an Extraordinary Thinker - 15 pts
26. Surveys on Dr. Seligman's Authentic Happiness Website:
Authentic Happiness - 10 pts
CES-D - 10 pts
General Happiness - 10 pts
Close Relationships - 10 pts
Fordyce Emotion - 10 pts
Compassionate Love - 10 pts
PANAS - 10 pts
Brief Strengths - 10 pts
Gratitude - 10 pts
GRIT - 10 pts
Optimism - 10 pts
Transgression Motivation - 10 pts
VIA Signature Strengths - 10 pts
Work-Life - 10 pts
Meaning in Life - 10 pts
Approaches Happiness - 10 pts
Satisfaction With Life - 10 pts
27. Article: The New Science of Happiness by Claudia Wallis Time January 17, 2005 - 20 pts
28. Video: The Woman Who Thinks Like A Cow - Dr. Temple Grandin
10 pts each
Video 1 - 9:54 min
Video 2 - 10 min
Video 3 - 9:37 min
Video 4 - 9:44 min
Video 5 - 9:32 min
29. Video: Dr. Philip Zimbardo "The Lucifer Effect"
30. Carol Dweck
31.Audio: My Lobotomy by Howard Dully
32. Videos: Charlie Rose: The Brain Series
33. Video: What Would You Do?
34. Book/Video/Audio:
Barbara Ehrenreich - Bright-Sided: How The Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America LRC#: BF698.35 .O57 E37 2010
35. Video: Paper Clips DVD #115
36. Video: Tapped
37. Podcasts on Student Success Link
38. Movie: Redtails
39. Movie: Big Miracle
40. Movie: Crash (Trailer)
41. Book: Still Procrastinating: The No Regrets Guide to Getting It Done
42. Movie: Chimpanzees
43. Movie: Into the Artice
44. Movie: Bullying
45. Suggest an idea!