Canvas Collaboration: What is a disaster?
http://disasters.ferrellhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/What-is-a-disaster-COLLABORATION.pdf
Category: Discussion/Reports
Sample Tracking Form
A hash mark is given for each TYPE of contribution. Thus, a student who changes topics during a discussion by citing a fact, giving an opinion of it in terms of its connection with previous readings, and then asking the class’s ideas about it will get fi Discussions require a variety of contributions (SEE WEBSITE…
Titling Files and Submissions (revised to include rewrites and final project)
http://disasters.ferrellhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/TITLING-FILES-AND-SUBMISSIONS-1.pdf
Titling Files and Submissions (video)
Note that the final instruction sheet includes a few extra examples (e.g., for rewrites of 500-word essays and for the final project).
Engineering — Wednesday, April 26
http://disasters.ferrellhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/engineering-Wesnesday-April-26.pdf
Railroad Engineering (Group 5 — Maddie/Matthew)
train wreck
Engineering of Katrina (Group 6 — Amelia/Jack)
Not yet submitted.
Engineering Failures (Group 4 — Lilly/Mitchell)
to_engineer_is_human-_the_role_of_failure_in_successful_design
Threat/Time — Monday, April 17
Threats are defined and viewed from the perspective of their time periods. Those perspectives include such things as the level of scientific knowledge and the accepted role of government. http://disasters.ferrellhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/threat-time-spectrum.pdf
Bugs — Monday, April 17
http://disasters.ferrellhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bugs-Monday-April-17.pdf
