Apply Essay presentations “Scavenging History” proposal by Ariella, Andrew, Nastia, and Molly   “Creating History through Community” proposal by Heidi, Whitney, Nadya, and Sean   “History Happens Here” proposal by Alexandria, Rebecca, Jay, and...

Revisit the list of potential readers for the publication >     Present and discuss the publication diagrams from each group >   Vote on the publication “Table of Contents” diagram >   Determine group and individual roles for the...

Overall feedback for the synthesize essays > Strong explanations and interpretations of the topics. Could spend more time comparing/contrasting topics within each theme. When using “…need to…” in a sentence, explain why in the next sentence. Conclusions offen missed the...

What will children in 2020 think of our current technology? The vido below provides an anecdotal testament of the degree to which designed artifacts (and the extended infrastructure for the artifacts) are culturally...

Individual presentations and group...

Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional...

MIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned language — so he wired up his house with videocameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son’s life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch “gaaaa” slowly turn into...

“Modern cars are getting more and more computerized, and that’s a good thing, since they can now interconnect with all of our mobile devices and the Internet. But this also leaves them more vulnerable to hacking, even by something as simple as playing music on the...

Students grouped into pairs and read each other’s essays aloud (correct for flow and transitions).   Prepare for presentations/debates in 2 weeks (Make sure you know all 3/4 texts inside and out!)   - – - – - - – - – - - – - – - -...

Exercise > propose an organization/company that utilizes the rising volunteerism in the U.S. (the proposal should synthesize the course topics) Sources: Rozario, P. (2007). “Volunteering Among Current Cohorts of Older Adults and Babyboomers.” The American Society of Aging:...

How do you diagram the synthesis of 3 topics? Students choose their team of experts Share expertise with team and identify overlapping keywords between and among the three topics. HW: Diagram the synthesis between and among the topics using a Venn Diagram...

Presentations (5 min. each) > Students presented Share Essays to the class Submit Essays for Grading > Markup in Word doc. Essays assessed according to a holistic rubric Class averages for assessment...

Introduction > Who might read the publication? How might you use the essays in the future? Paper swap / round robin (40 min.) > Highlight > Big ideas, Evidence, Goals, Values Confusing sections > places that need more detail or redundant Eureka moments > pull...

Recap from last class > Similarities and differences within each topic. Free write summarizing text Set the note cards back up into the argument structure Significance of each point > Annotate each point How it applies to design (goals you can set) / why it is significant (value)...

Free write summarizing text Diagram the structure of an argument spatially on the whiteboard > Describe hierarchy Organize cards according to the structure > Look for over-use and gaps in argument Photograph Discuss argument with people who share the same topic > Summarize...

Play video (snippets from course material). Get into small groups and look for patterns among the notes > Each group should generate 5 guesses as to what the course topics are. Discuss the guesses. Reveal the three topics > Systems theory Embodiment Network Technology What do you...

“While our culture generally trusts experts and distrusts the wisdom of the masses, New Yorker business columnist Surowiecki argues that “under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably intelligent, and are often smarter than the smartest people in them.” To support this...

“Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on “external brains” (cell phones and computers) to communicate, remember, even live out secondary lives. But will these machines ultimately...

“In Materializing New Media, Anna Munster offers an alternative aesthetic genealogy for digital culture. Eschewing the prevailing Cartesian aesthetic that aligns the digital with the disembodied, the formless, and the placeless, Munster seeks to “materialize” digital culture...

“In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces. “A technical virtuoso with boundless imagination, Will Wright has created a style of computer gaming unlike any that came...