9/12: 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
-Reading Postman, “Five Things We Need to Know about Technological Change.”
-Creating a journal entry for Postman as a class:   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UtJM6dwVN0TGdK2FuLocODhAVwUb4PzWWdtliGJDBIo/edit?usp=sharing
-Joining Google Docs/Groups
-Testing FlipGrid for the WikiCOIL project: https://flipgrid.com/0b1a8042

For next Tuesday's class

• Read: Rosenzweig, “Wizards, Bureaucrats, Warriors and Hackers”
• Watch: “World Wide Web in Plain English”: https://vimeo.com/145791867  

(Draft due Sept 19): Continue Essay 1, Part I by writing for someone who is curious to know about you and your experiences on the Web:

• Who are you on the Web? How much do you use the Web? For what kinds of activities? What websites or apps do you favor? What annoys or worries you about the Web?  Why? Do you think that the Web/Net affect the way people behave? If so, how? If not, why not?