9/25: Neil Postman's “Five Things We Need to Know about Technological Change.”

If students get a sound education in the history, social effects and psychological biases of technology, they may grow to be adults who use technology rather than be used by it.
   --Neil Postman

Class

1. Print and hand in the diagnostic essay, if you have completed it

2. Report on Postman:

• Sit with your reader (the person assigned to you last class, remember?)
• Interview them on their 7Ws 
• Class review of Postman (you may want to fix your journal accordingly)

3. Writing practice: How W1, W2, W3, and W4 can be used in introductory and signal phrases.

• Read about introductory sentences in your writing packet, page 33. We will attempt to write an introductory sentence that follows the pattern of signal phrase #4. 
• Write an introductory sentence in this form: https://goo.gl/forms/6kVVcSKH8MCjbR5x2
• Responses here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PWI3GSi0KWKhg3wgJTbKY0wuLD0YrgSZZ75SUNRghxs/edit?usp=sharing

4. Complete the Exit Questions: https://goo.gl/forms/cgcyno5ErSrpvlWb2

For next class

• Read: Turkle, “Connected but Alone?” (Ted Talk transcript). For the actual TED Talk, go here: https://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together
• Write: Journal 2 on Turkle using the 7Ws and answering my questions about the reading

9/20: College Work

The essential questions for this class:

• How has the World Wide Web changed American society and culture? 
• What is my place in the resulting information society?

Class

If you did not attend last class:

• Fill: Information Form.
• Join: Google Drive/Google Group

• Create your Google account HERE, if needed.
• Create a Google Drive Folder and add it to the appropriate Google Group
• In your folder, create a document for Assignment  1, ONE document for your journals, and one document for Reader Feedback

Today's meeting

1. Discussing College and College Writing: "Not a Kid Anymore, or How Learning Happens in College"; “Roles of the Writer”; “Reader Feedback”

2. Meeting your appointed Readers

3. Beginning Assignment 1: Reflective Diagnostic

4. Complete the Exit Questions: https://goo.gl/forms/cgcyno5ErSrpvlWb2

For next class

Read: Postman, “Five Things We Need to Know about Technological Change.”

Write: Journal 1 on Postman using the 7Ws and answering my questions about the reading