Week One: Welcome to ENG103!

Class

1. Read/Discuss: Syllabus / Class purpose / Schedule and Research Topics / Packets 
2. Join: Google Drive/Google Groups
3. Read/Watch/Discuss/Write using the 6Ws (HANDOUT):

• Neil Postman. “Five Things We Need to Know about Technological Change.” 
• Sherry Turkle. “Connected but alone?” (TED Talk). https://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together 
• Michael Wesch. “Web 2.0...The Machine is Us/ing Us.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g  

For next class

Everyone read/watch:

1. Roy Rosenzweig. “Wizards, Bureaucrats, Warriors and Hackers: Writing the History of the Internet.” 
• For this reading ou will also have to write a journal entry on one section of the article. See instructions in this HANDOUT.
2. "World Wide Web in Plain English." https://youtu.be/0U6Hb3bf_jg 
3. “Net Neutrality”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9jHOn0EW8U 

Also, read the specific text assigned to you to report on it for next class:

1. “How the Web Works-In One Easy Lesson.” http://mkcohen.com/how-the-web-works-in-one-easy-lesson : David A, Edyson C, Nicole C, Shenise C, Jonathan C, 
2. The Deep and Dark Webs: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-deep-dark-web-and-how-do-you-access-it:  Brian G, David H, Valerie H, Brianna C, Amanda J, Eric P, Segundo P, Tatiana V,
3. Jonathan Strickland. “How Web 3.0 Will Work.”: Soletia L, Xiaoran L, Jessica M, Paulette M, Frank G,
4. Tracy V. Wilson. “How Semantic Web Works.”: Lely N, Jessica O, MD U, Shaan V,  Ann Velasquez
5. Bernadette Johnson. “How the Internet of Things Works.”:  Juan N, Harold P, Melanie Q, Joseph T,  Mercedes M,