Learning Goal: to consider the Twitter essay and the never-ending rise of technology
1. Twitter essay
-> take a look at @JeetHeer1 's storify page
-> consider how he is expressing his ideas
-> with a small group, choose one of his essays and discuss its merits and flaws
THEN
-> in your small group, choose a topic and try to plan what you would say in a series of tweets
-> really think about content and organization as well as flow (note those are all the criticisms you gave of the genre on Wednesday...)
2. Ted Talk: Jan Chipchase
3. Group research: how have the various technologies below changed our culture?
(ie how did it influence what people make, think, and do?-> Thinking Anthropology!!)
-> be prepared to share your findings with the class in a mini presentation on Monday
-> put together some slides (in the msjweir style) of thoughtful images that make the audience think
-> there are a wide variety of topics so please try not to duplicate other ones happening in the room
-YouTube
-Netflix
-Smartphones
-the internet
-digital photos
-DVR's
-WiFi
-Xbox live
-Google Maps
-Songza, Spotify, Slacker, etc.
-iTunes
-Skype/FaceTime/Google Hangouts
4. Individual Work:
Reading
Blogging
ISU Phase 1 -> I would like to see everyone's completed proposal today