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09762aabdb1d | 4483D41956AE | Making a facial movements and expression while communicating with others is important because it will tell the others how you feels. | Position | Ineffective |
4dd73ed4369e | 4483D41956AE | Mona Lisa don't smile often, but the computer can make her face smile by using the imagery. Facial impression and movements are not just for communicating it can also be in while looking at someone or reading a books. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
e87dcaa1be25 | 448CB43A2D43 | Do i think that using technology to read emotion expressions of students in a classroom is valable you may ask, | Lead | Ineffective |
18888500b310 | 448CB43A2D43 | It is a marvoulous idea. | Position | Adequate |
ec6e9488d042 | 448CB43A2D43 | Technology has come so good in the past 17 years. | Claim | Ineffective |
b1e0ba9f6b1f | 448CB43A2D43 | I remember back in 2000 when the flip phones had just come out and fast forwars 17 years later we now have a computer that can read anyones facial expression and tell us how they are feeling. I can't even begin to imagine how much more advanced technology is going to get later on in life, it already seems to be that we... | Evidence | Ineffective |
b3cd07ffd906 | 448CB43A2D43 | Why is this a good idea you may ask. For starters if technology will be able to read kids expressions while learning and being in class for teachers there will be one very good benifit. " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" Dr. Huang predicts this is going to be a very goo... | Evidence | Adequate |
f456aecc3f38 | 448CB43A2D43 | The teacher can focus on those targeted students spicificly, and not have to go over the same information multiply times. Knoledge is a great thing to have.
| Claim | Adequate |
9a2ea192761d | 448CB43A2D43 | One good benifit from this is that teachers can teach more to kids in a more faster way so they can get more things done, | Claim | Adequate |
5132162ec81d | 448CB43A2D43 | because the FACS will tell you if the kids understands the information and or get bored that way techers can work with those kids in a different time and move on to more things with the kids that do understand it. | Evidence | Adequate |
2543a2006917 | 448CB43A2D43 | Having computers that can read kids expresions to tell you whether you are bored or confused is a genius idea. It will be a good thing for both reachers and kids. The science behind it is also neat for people to understand how it came about the FACS. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
8744acff243c | 44D318388E8C | Soccer team, basketball team, football team, drama club, yearbook club, student council, math club, marching band and more. So many sport teams and school clubs available to any student, usually free, but still some students conclude that they don't want to do any activities after school. | Lead | Effective |
d800919b7116 | 44D318388E8C | Students should have to participate in at least one extracurricular activity because it is beneficial to every aspect of their life. | Position | Effective |
589c3de41d21 | 44D318388E8C | Extracurricular activities can help improve students' social skills | Claim | Effective |
2dc61f545e33 | 44D318388E8C | they have to interact and work with each other outside of school so much that many students will even start to make new friends. | Evidence | Adequate |
58b9eea4844e | 44D318388E8C | If a student is playing a sport it will help him/her get outside and get fresh air after hours of being stuck inside school. | Evidence | Effective |
53fc4d61a14c | 44D318388E8C | Playing a sport will require exercise making the students healthier and therefore happier. | Claim | Effective |
56e023780343 | 44D318388E8C | and are sometimes unhealthy because of the lack of exercise | Evidence | Adequate |
67ad957355cb | 44D318388E8C | Extracurricular activities are powerful learning tools because students are learning while having fun. | Claim | Effective |
d73bb59cdcbe | 44D318388E8C | Students on sport teams might learn about teamwork and the positive effect of good sportsmanship while students in drama club might learn about how to project your voice and speak confidently on stage, two very important traits if you want to be a leader. | Evidence | Effective |
ac6761e92f42 | 44D318388E8C | Joining an extracurricular activity may give you new interests and goals in your life | Claim | Adequate |
370fb490b00d | 44D318388E8C | For example, I started my first season of marching band last fall and now it is a very important thing to me and I have made it one of my life goals to march in D.C.I. (Drum Core International): where the best and biggest marching bands in the world compete for title of grand champion. | Evidence | Adequate |
15f666b705fc | 44D318388E8C | Many students use homework as an excuse not to participate in after-school activities | Counterclaim | Effective |
73c62197d0f4 | 44D318388E8C | But that problem can be easily fixed because there are several clubs and teams that meet once a week or even meet on the weekend. | Rebuttal | Effective |
a02bc7e65c3d | 44D318388E8C | Another excuse is that the price to participate in these activities is too much. | Counterclaim | Effective |
f2ddee6b546b | 44D318388E8C | But that problem can also be fixed easily because there are several free clubs available to students. | Rebuttal | Effective |
50c115038ad3 | 44D318388E8C | Extracurricular activities should be made mandatory because they help students socially and health wise, are educational and can guide students to new interests and goals, and can be a very small commitment that doesn't interrupt homework. They can do all that while still being very fun and exciting. Schools are offeri... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
d64a413e66c0 | 44D3C95615CA | Yes,the use of this techology is valuable beacuse maybe what you'er are upset and there is no one there to make you feel better. | Position | Ineffective |
cb0d98237c00 | 44D3C95615CA | That at least according to some new computer software that can recognize emotions. The person who is making the software is Thomas Huang,of the Beckman institute for advanced science at the university of illinois"(paragraph 1) .Huang is doing this by trying to recongnize other people facial expression. This computer so... | Evidence | Ineffective |
1aa4ad0be1b0 | 44D73D95E310 | the author suggests that studying venus is worthy pursuit despite the danger. | Lead | Adequate |
85ae08838df4 | 44D73D95E310 | i think he did good on support the story abouts why it worthy but it might not be worthy | Position | Adequate |
6db934708834 | 44D73D95E310 | it might just be that all the spaceship they was using or the stuff on the ship making it not able to make it all the way up there they could be making the spaceship to havey or they need to study somewhere else first just to see if the ship the reason why the cant make it there and back. i think they should try a new ... | Evidence | Ineffective |
85b2f24f59fa | 44E2726DA1B3 | Your principal has decided all students must participate in at least one extracurricular activity. | Lead | Adequate |
c5b2ecb3888e | 44E2726DA1B3 | I agree | Position | Adequate |
a19164023b9a | 44E2726DA1B3 | now days all kids do is stay home and be on there phones and do nothing. I know that because I used to do the same thing before and i didn't like to do anything at all but then I started playing a sport and it help a lot but i think that | Evidence | Adequate |
4bc1fb6cfb08 | 44E2726DA1B3 | Participating in a extracurricular activity may help you by staying healthy | Claim | Adequate |
19cdfc67c17b | 44E2726DA1B3 | get you out of trouble | Claim | Adequate |
fd8916f603dc | 44E2726DA1B3 | and get you in a good college.
| Claim | Adequate |
e551308200c3 | 44E2726DA1B3 | by playing a sport you can help prevent a lot of things like maintain a good weight, and keep you from getting sick. Keeping a good weight is good for your health because it keeps you from getting other diseases,more than 1/4 of the people in the U.S. are obese. Why not start at a young age and prevent from being sick ... | Evidence | Adequate |
6420f2ab3b54 | 44E2726DA1B3 | you can avoid a lot of drama. I learned that social media can get you into a lot of trouble, half of the time a lot of the drama comes from social media. Maybe if you join a club or a sports team you can think before doing something that can get you in trouble. One time my friend made the soccer team but she got in tro... | Evidence | Adequate |
5a3eec247ac4 | 44E2726DA1B3 | now a days colleges are looking to see if you have participated in any sports or clubs. When i graduate high school i want to go to college and a study to be a general surgeon and participating in a sport or joining a club can help me get into a college. | Evidence | Adequate |
3807056afdd3 | 44E2726DA1B3 | You meed new people when you join new clubs and make new friend ships. | Claim | Effective |
56b0b7471bb4 | 44E2726DA1B3 | When you want to go into a club or in sports do something that you like not something your friends like or something that can help you in life with. | Evidence | Ineffective |
79fca67c97e2 | 44E2726DA1B3 | staying healthy,getting out of trouble,and going into a new college can help you when you participate in a extracurricular activity. staying healthy by playing a sports and eating healthy can prevent you from getting sick. Staying out of trouble can avoid a lot of drama from school and social media think before you do ... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
5d4931b1466e | 44E343ECD9B7 | "What's the matter bud?" Thomas says to his best friend, Charlie, as he doesn't carry his huge smile today as usual.
"Oh it's nothing." replies Charlie who's obviously not as happy as he always is. Thomas would sure like to know how is friend is feeling; but he can't because there's no humanly way possible to if Charl... | Lead | Adequate |
7084b4d16844 | 44E343ECD9B7 | There's a new kind of technology called Facial Action Coding System, or FACS, which enables computers to identify human emotions. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is very valuable | Position | Effective |
27f441db6728 | 44E343ECD9B7 | Like in "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, it could be used to show when a kid is becoming bored and let the teacher know so that the instructor could switch the lesson up to grab the kid's attention | Claim | Effective |
8c729e424c45 | 44E343ECD9B7 | Another effective was it could be used would be for it to show how some kids are feeling to limit them getting into any kinds of trouble. | Claim | Effective |
686002ccc919 | 44E343ECD9B7 | And finally it could be used to detect if one student just isn't grasping the matter of the subject that everyone else is getting with no problem. There are endless ways this technology could be used to better a classroom and this technology should be used in a classroom with students. | Claim | Effective |
eef157551e4f | 44E343ECD9B7 | In the article, Nick D'Alto used a quote from Dr. Huang which was "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. | Claim | Effective |
2c3bba7a3ad7 | 44E343ECD9B7 | In the sense that kids often time get bored in class, hence the reason they have a bad grade or get in trouble in that class, something has to change. Maybe it's the child's fault, but your traditional lesson isn't the most fun. If the instructor could find out what's boring the child and change the lesson to keep the ... | Evidence | Adequate |
b3f3a5c70b13 | 44E343ECD9B7 | In addition to keeping everyone awake, FACS could be used to keep people who aren't feeling too good get better. | Claim | Effective |
6cc62a3c5253 | 44E343ECD9B7 | Everyone deals with things that others probably don't know about. With FACS a student could come into class like Charlie and no one knows about his frustrations so they try to do their normal jokes and games with him. If a student ever comes into class not feeling the best or not wanting to be bothered, FACS could sens... | Evidence | Effective |
bdd1f7debaf4 | 44E343ECD9B7 | Finally, everyone knows that all children learn at their own speed. FACS could be used to find out whose stuck on someting that everyone is flying through.
| Claim | Effective |
0b82750b8eb6 | 44E343ECD9B7 | When the teacher is teaching something that everyone but one student understands and the teacher stops for questions, that one student may feel too embarrassed to ask a question so the lesson would go on and only get more difficult as time goes by. Instead of that happening, FACS would let the teacher know what kid tha... | Evidence | Effective |
cf97ee0756ef | 44E343ECD9B7 | In order to make the classroom a more happy place, a better place, FACS should be used with students. FACS could detect bordem so that no kid is bored enough to drift into space or sleep and miss valuable work time. FACS would be good for keeping kids that are dealing with things away from people that'll trigger them. ... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
91a9e61f76c2 | 455D0FE2839E | The technolgy is good for seeing emotions in paintings I can see that but, my question is if we actually except it or need it at some point. What the story says has my attention but not quite everybody's. The FAC i'll Say its not valuabe because students wouldn't be really into that maybe some will but the majority wil... | Evidence | Ineffective |
af02bc8e1af3 | 455D0FE2839E | So I would say that it really isnt valuable. | Position | Ineffective |
14c2ca518317 | 457D9B0CF71F | My fellow citizens, allow me to make an urgent announcement. | Lead | Adequate |
476d18742f55 | 457D9B0CF71F | Stop with the constant use of cars. | Position | Effective |
b6167db90602 | 457D9B0CF71F | It's damaging not only us, | Claim | Adequate |
cd89e1ebb742 | 457D9B0CF71F | the environment. | Claim | Adequate |
d5ee281c9241 | 457D9B0CF71F | I'm not saying to completely stop using your vehicles, although we might see a larger change than expected, what I'm saying is to manage your car usage wisely. Every time we pick up the keys, start our engine and take off to the nearest grocery store, we add a larger threat to the environment. In 'Paris Bans Driving Du... | Evidence | Effective |
eeeeb5552e93 | 457D9B0CF71F | There's some of us who suffer from stress and anxiety. There's some of us who look at our community and are probably never wanting to go outside again. That is not a community to live in. We deserve to feel relieved, relaxed, and renewed from time to time. In 'Car-Free Day Is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota' by Andre... | Evidence | Effective |
6918852b670c | 457D9B0CF71F | We're in a time where money is the top priority in our lives. All those gas prices, and the car insurance car owners must pay is ridiculous. Sometimes people can't even sleep at night due to all the thinking of "how will I pay this?", or "how will I pay that?" It later becomes a constant battle. This is when technology... | Evidence | Effective |
c33e9069b183 | 457D9B0CF71F | Why drive and pay for gas when you can get on the web? You'll be glad you did. | Claim | Effective |
4d038ab32fd3 | 457D9B0CF71F | Now, many will be able to disagree with me saying that, "we need cars to drive long distances," or, "I rather pay and have my own privacy then be with twenty people I don't know on a bus." | Counterclaim | Effective |
2fab2d341a88 | 457D9B0CF71F | That's fine. I'm not saying to wipe out the fact that you have a car, all I'm saying is to use it wisely. Drive long distances, not short ones that can take you ten minutes to walk. | Rebuttal | Effective |
479420b0d14d | 457D9B0CF71F | "What about the people who work in car companies?" | Counterclaim | Effective |
24b71d39940f | 457D9B0CF71F | Well, if we all followed what Bogota is doing and develop shopping districts and renewal companies, I'm sure there will be many jobs available. No matter the pay, you'll still have no worry about your automobile bills, which will help you save a huge amount of money. | Rebuttal | Effective |
9b4203301bab | 457D9B0CF71F | We need to save ourselves from driving and polluting the earth, or else we won't have a great life to live. Blinding smog will cover the sky, and many won't be able to enjoy the rich outside there once was. All we will see are streets instead of parks. We need to stop ourselves from driving too much in order to live to... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
b7d376ae304b | 4597FB4E692E | Have you ever been faced with a boring computer assignment? Maybe you have dreaded coming to school or finishing your homework? As technology is advancing and more of the classroom is found through an electronic device, some students may find themselves losing interest in their daily lessons. What if this could be chan... | Lead | Effective |
72884fbed759 | 4597FB4E692E | The Facial Action Coding System may be valuable and allow for improvement to be made within classrooms and within students.
| Position | Effective |
271eee0bd023 | 4597FB4E692E | Initially, as technology is advancing daily and students find themselves online more often, this system could improve their lessons. | Claim | Effective |
5a7f6c760add | 4597FB4E692E | Electronics as of now are programmed to teach a student however are unable to sense how the student is feeling or how they are actually doing on their assignment. As the author states in the article, "most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication" something which computers are unable to detec... | Evidence | Effective |
f8cf7003cc8f | 4597FB4E692E | By the same token, using this sort of technology in the classroom will keep a student engaged during their lessons | Claim | Adequate |
4b183fe103ee | 4597FB4E692E | When Dr. Huang describes how this system can engage a student he states, "[the computer] could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" and further explains that "[the system] could modify the lesson" to acomidate to the students needs (para. 6). In a normal classroom, when the teachers method of teachin... | Evidence | Effective |
465c8dea82b8 | 4597FB4E692E | Finally, this system may change the ways in which many students view school | Claim | Adequate |
88aabcf8a273 | 4597FB4E692E | It is no secret that many students dread coming to school, whether it be from stress, bullying, or simply not understanding the subjects. This system can pick up on a fake emotion, the author explains how it can read a "fake smile" and that to them "faces don't lie" (para. 8). If this system is able to sense when a stu... | Evidence | Effective |
8bb23abfcd47 | 4597FB4E692E | Consequently, this system would be valuable to classrooms and would allow for improvement to be made within schools and the students. Overall, it is evident that computers are unable to read emotions and reciprocate to the individual adequately. This system might prove to reengage students in their learning, and improv... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
02c2c7df68c9 | 45A87F46D89C | Not using cars or not using cars as much can be extremely benefitial | Position | Adequate |
ce306c02966c | 45A87F46D89C | not only the enviroment | Claim | Adequate |
26550e60a301 | 45A87F46D89C | also to the health of people
| Claim | Adequate |
119bb2effec1 | 45A87F46D89C | Getting excersise is extremely important in modern times heart diesease is a major factor in todays society and that can be easily prevented with minutes of excersise everyday .
The less you drive the more your bound to walk or ride a bike to your destination
| Evidence | Adequate |
b8b00d1c2fe0 | 45A87F46D89C | While having completely carless communities can be an inconvinice .
Cutting back on car usage and even using hybrid cars can be benefitial to the enviroment | Evidence | Adequate |
292639024bd6 | 45A87F46D89C | Even in the United States cars are becoming less relivant.
Not because they are not useful but because cities are becoming so compact that there is no longer a use to drive cars to stores and shops. The only time people drive is for long distance or to work or school when it is cold or raining | Evidence | Adequate |
968b675601b5 | 45A87F46D89C | If I could ride the bus to and from school I would, but, they refuse to pick me up in the mornings so I drive my moms
SUV
istead while im not complaining because I dont have to ride in sticky seats or be constantly harassed by the kid behind me kicking my seat. Driving an
SUV
(which is also extremely hard to park)
... | Evidence | Ineffective |
935f3006530e | 45A87F46D89C | While I tried walking it was difficult getting to school on time and i was depleeted of energy.
So driving became the most efficient way. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
95f54bc1ade8 | 45C0A94A1668 | The new technology is very helpful showing about whats more to a picture or a frame. | Position | Ineffective |
be8d49889432 | 45C0A94A1668 | Why is this important well beacuse people want to know about more about the picture or of what the picture is showing | Claim | Adequate |
753ee594509b | 45C0A94A1668 | for example, Mona Lisa smile to not be so serious in the picture imagine having a cute picture but your so serious. You can change that with new tecnology. | Evidence | Ineffective |
cdc1a417c27b | 45C0A94A1668 | Comperters are very helpful theses days in many ways. | Claim | Ineffective |
c2a05d45eab0 | 45C0A94A1668 | For example it can be useful for making payments , searching up information you need , paperwork, photoshop, diffrent apps that are useful on making your life better. Its a better sorce of seaching stuff up learning more about the world and the physics. Theres more to this i mostly use it for searching up information a... | Evidence | Ineffective |
3d163b57c783 | 45C0A94A1668 | Many people use this method by making there photogrophy work look better than it is. | Claim | Ineffective |
da146607809f | 45C0A94A1668 | Its a very good sorce for people that have the job as a photographer beacuse they will make everything work in many ways. For example if something in the picture gets in the way the computer will show u how to get rid or it instead of doing all the extra stuff on taking a whole lot of pictures that look the same or wor... | Evidence | Ineffective |
3858e5a7c1e6 | 45CF27F8EB92 | The future. Everyone wonders what it will look like, what it will be like but that is up to our future generations . The young people today will eventually be our future. They will be the ones we look up to for solutions and ideas. By having extracurricular activities be a must in schools we are only making school syst... | Lead | Effective |
5abd2e60572a | 45CF27F8EB92 | Schools should make participating in an extracurricular activity mandatory for students | Position | Adequate |
3329a1abbf18 | 45CF27F8EB92 | it will give the students a chance to explore their passions, | Claim | Effective |
408aeb8634e9 | 45CF27F8EB92 | it will provide them an opportunity to make life-long friends | Claim | Effective |
cf1fafbab96f | 45CF27F8EB92 | it will benefit the schools participating.
| Claim | Effective |
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