Philosophy+Matrix

Investigation of Viewpoints Final Project Here are a few possibilities developed from your ideas for a final project. If you have suggestions for refinement or new project recommendations, please let me know.

**Project Options 2013-2014**

** INVESTIGATION OF VIEWPOINTS ** ** PHILOSOPHY ** Select **ONE** of the following projects to complete for a final assignment.


 * GOAL: ** **Represent how the beliefs of the philosophers we have studied have influenced your current beliefs in the 21st Century.**

You will have 2 weeks to complete this. You may work with a partner; only 2 to a group.

Resource: **http://Scratch.mit.edu** || ** Build: ** develop a model of something that represents the philosophy that we have studied. You must write a short paragraph that explains the connection between your project and the philosopher. Resource: **http://makezine.com** || ** Produce: ** Using Aviary.com or Audacity create a podcast that is like a news report that gives important information about the philosopher in a humorous way. Resource: Listen to **NPR program: Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me** || Resource: TedTalks; Future of Computing. **http://ted.com** || ** Write: ** Develop a short script for a play or a skit on a philosopher of your choice. You will have one minute to perform your work. It must be videotaped so it can be presented to class. Resource: **The Week in Rap** || ** Construct: a ** scenario in which 2 philosophers of your choice have a discussion. Pick a topic they would disagree on and role play what this interaction would sound like. Video or audio tape it for class viewing. || Please be sure to let your teacher know which idea you have selected and how you would like to represent your ideas.
 * ** Debate: ** Select a moral dilemma that is current in the news today and have a debate with another peer. Be sure to represent both sides of the argument. || ** Imagine: ** Select a philosopher and predict what he would have to say about the ways things are in today’s society. Would his philosophies transfer to the 21st Century? Make a visual to represent these ideas.  || ** Create: ** Design your own project that reflects some of the issues we have discussed on philosophers. Check with teacher to approve your idea before you begin.  ||
 * ** Design: ** Create a Scratch computer project that represents the philosophers we have discussed in a Choose your own Adventure format.
 * ** Predict: ** Forecast what the future might look like in the field of technology. What might Plato or Socrates think about how technology and medicine has changed our world?

__Feel free to think outside the box and use any tools you feel might help you get the job done and communicate your ideas__.