Comments on: Welcome to Fall 2009

By: Lance Gravlee

Lance Gravlee — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:34:55 +0000

@Sergio: I apologize for the confusion. We’ve taken down the old version of the syllabus from E-Learning. We will only use E-Learning for exams and posting grades; this website is the main web portal for the class. Thanks for bringing the issue with the old syllabus to my attention.

By: Sergio

Sergio — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:44:38 +0000

I just wanted to mention that the syllabus that is posted under the “Course Content” on the homepage for the course when accessed through e-learning is from Spring 2008 and it might be a good idea to remove it or simply update it so as to not confuse anybody (I know I was).

By: Lance Gravlee

Lance Gravlee — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:52:39 +0000

@Jordan: Check out the post I added to the blog earlier today about accessing readings. If you continue to have any problems, please leave a comment on that post and we'll try to help.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:48:13 +0000

i’m having a hard time getting the link to the readings to work. i signed into the library website but then i cant find the article. how do we access the material??

By: Stephen Young

Stephen Young — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:37:04 +0000

Scratch my last question. I found the answer as I fully scrolled all the way to the top ;)

By: Stephen Young

Stephen Young — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:34:57 +0000

Hello Dr. Gravlee,
I was curious and this is probably a simple question to answer, but where can I find the syllabus. I have searched everywhere for it but I cant seem to find it. I got to the schedule but not the syllabus. Please let me know or toss me a link. Much appreciated.
-Steve

By: Lance Gravlee

Lance Gravlee — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:58:08 +0000

@Sina: If you're looking to get a head start, see the schedule for a week-by-week list of readings for the course. The links to the two assigned readings for this week (Haviland et al. and Tiefer) will take you to the UF Libraries' online course reserves. See this post from a previous semester for more information about how to access assigned readings on course reserves. Let me know if you have any questions.

By: Sina

Sina — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:43:56 +0000

Hey Dr. Gravlee,
I was just wondering if there is any assigned reading that I could start already in the human sexuality book that is required for your class.
Are there any specific chapters that we start with this coming up week?
Thank you :)

By: Lance Gravlee

Lance Gravlee — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:38:08 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Jamie. It’s encouraging to hear that a lot of your friends have a Twitter account, even if they don’t regularly update it. I’m not interested in turning people into heavy Twitter users. I just hope it opens up another way for students to interact with me and with each other around the issues we discuss in class.

I noticed your blog post about how Twitter may further endanger people’s attention span. Interesting thoughts. But the potential value of Twitter, in my experience, is that it can point you to other places where longer, more in-depth conversations happen. It will be interesting to see how it plays out in class this semester.

The topics you’re interested in learning about are definitely ones we will cover this semester. You’ll also have a chance to explore them more on your own through the writing assignments.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:51:52 +0000

I don’t know how many people really use it. I know most of my friends have one, but never actually update it – and it seems like this is a common problem, considering Twitter has only a 40% retention rate for its users.

On the other hand, there has been a bunch of buzz in the media about Twitter, with ads for cell phone services with unlimited texting so you can Tweet whenever you like, or the iPhone Twittering apps… So it’s possible that my friends and I are just behind the times.

Perhaps posting a poll in the first week of class would really be the easiest way to figure out how many people would really use or be interested in using Twitter in the classroom?

I am very interested in both the psychological aspect of sexual development, as well as historical views on subjects such as masturbation – it makes me wonder what taboos of today will become commonly accepted practice within the next century.