4/3: The Web and Privacy

Essential Question:  How has the current version of the World Wide Web changed our relationship with the establishment, particularly in terms of personal information?

Class

1. Report on George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four. 

2. Hill, “Do Your Smart Devices Know Too Much?” Ted Radio Hour.  https://www.npr.org/2018/11/02/662631773/kashmir-hill-do-your-smart-devices-know-too-much

3. Greenwald, “Why privacy matters.” https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters

• See the definition of Panopticon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon 
• Read about Edward Snowden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

For next class
Read and take notes of

• Andrews, “George Orwell...Meet Mark Zuckerberg”
• Silverman, “The Reputation Racket”

LaGuardia Wikipedia Translatathon Program for April 4 and April 5

--Food will be provided both days-- 

Thursday, April 4th 4:00-8:00pm

At all hours: Wikipedia editing and translating (E-111)

4:30pm: Wikipedia Principles and ‘How To’ Introduction on editing Wikipedia for new editors (E-106)
6:00pm: Wikipedia Principles and ‘How To’ Introduction on editing Wikipedia for new editors (E-106)
7:00pm: Wikimedia NYC Lightning Talk (E-111)

Friday, April 5th 11:00am - 5:00 pm

At all hours: Wikipedia editing and translating (E-111)

11:30am: Wikipedia Principles and ‘How To’ Introduction on editing Wikipedia for new editors (E-106)
12:00pm: #RadicalLegacyBuilding: Historically Undervalued Languages & Wikipedia as a Tool for Language Advocacy. Presentation by Wynnie Lamour (E-111).
2:00pm: How the Internet Helps Keep Languages Alive. Presentation by Daniel Bogre Udell of WikiTongues (E-111)
3:00pm: Wikipedia Principles and ‘How To’ Introduction on editing Wikipedia for new editors (E-106)
4:30pm: Beyond Wikipedia is...Wikidata. Presentation by Loren Koenig (E-111)

For more details and to register (you will need to get a Wikipedia account): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translat-a-thon/NYC/2019

Note: Dr. X's students who participate in the translatathon will earn one token to use as described in the syllabus.

4/1: Psychological Effects of the Net and Web

Class

1. Report on Turkle

2. Watching and reflecting

a. Alter, “Why our screens make us less happy.” https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_alter_why_our_screens_make_us_less_happy

b. Harris, “How A Handful of Tech Companies Control Billions of Minds Every Day.” https://www.ted.com/talks/tristan_harris_the_manipulative_tricks_tech_companies_use_to_capture_your_attention?language=en

For next class
Read and take notes for Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Chapter 1