MORNING CLASS:
Seminar Prep: Your seminar prep is due today. Print and turn in, or share/email with Lori. Starter 4:
Frontline: Generation Like We're going to watch the documentary linked above. Then we're going to talk about it. After we're done watching, write down 2-3 discussion questions sparked by the film. In your small groups:
HOMEWORK: Be ready for seminar tomorrow! AFTERNOON CLASS: Starter 4:
Seminar Prep (all texts are linked on the DOCS page of my DP!) For EACH of the three articles, please type the following in a document. Email or share it with Lori before class on Friday.
So, you should end up with THREE paragraphs/pictures (one for each document), a thesis statement for each document, and 2-3 seminar questions. Finally, after you’ve read and prepped all the articles, write 2-3 seminar questions. These could be about a specific article, or they could be questions that span the breadth of all the articles. They could be questions you don’t know the answer to, or questions that you think would spark a healthy discussion. HOMEWORK: Finish seminar prep before class on Tuesday. Email or share it with Lori. Starter 3
For EACH of the three articles, please type the following in a document. Email or share it with Lori before class on Friday.
Finally, after you’ve read and prepped all the articles, write 2-3 seminar questions. These could be about a specific article, or they could be questions that span the breadth of all the articles. They could be questions you don’t know the answer to, or questions that you think would spark a healthy discussion. HOMEWORK: Finish seminar prep before class on Friday. Semester 2 Syllabus Update
See the linked document above for important information about Semester 2 and how it will be assessed! Starter 2: Social Media Survey Take a few minutes, and take the survey that is linked above. Once everyone has taken the survey, we're going to take a few minutes to look at the results. For your starter, as we go through the results, I'd like you to answer the following questions:
Social Media Smorgasbord! See the document linked above and on my docs page for the activities. Read the directions carefully! If you finish two, and you have more time, start on a third. If you complete three, I will give you credit for all three (essentially, extra credit), but only if all three are high quality. I'd rather have you do two that are really good than three crappy ones! HOMEWORK Finish two Social Media Smorgasbord activities. DUE: Submit to Lori in digital or hard copy form before the start of class on Wednesday. ![]() Welcome Back! Hey everyone! Welcome back from break. I'm super excited to see you guys again- Ashley and I have a really great month planned for you in January, and then in February, we launch full on into Senior Project research mode. Here we go! One semester left! Business/Announcements:
Course of Study Introduction: Through STS, we will be exploring the effects technology in general, and social media in particular, has on our societal well-being as well as the role it plays in our individual lives. We will explore the relationship between being alone and being lonely. We will examine the ways in which solitude and nature can effect our well-being and the merits and limitations of individualism and nonconformity. We will start by studying various contemporary responses to the role of technology in our lives before going back in time to Transcendentalists like Thoreau and Emerson and trace their impact on Chris McCandless, a young man from a well-to-do family who, in April 1992, hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. We will end by experiencing solitude for ourselves through walking meditations, journaling in nature and responding, in some sort of creative fashion, to various artists, poets and guest speakers who may have some wisdom to offer us on this idea of solitude.
Starter 1 1.Summarize: What is this cartoon trying to say about social media? 2.To what extent does this message ring true to you? Explain your reasoning! Four Corners: Take 10 minutes to jot down your initial position on each of these questions. Be ready to discuss in 4 corners format!
Turkle TED Talk: Connected But Alone TED Talk (20 min)
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