1. Create a list of everything technological that you see or know about in this room.
2. Create a list of everything technological that you have used today.
3. . Imagine your life without one of these wonders! For homework, give up your text messaging, Facebook, gaming system, cell phone, or television for at least 12 hours. (You may select something else to do without, but it must be something you use often and daily. You may not be sleeping during the entire time. Keep a diary of life without _________________. Can you do it? Are you addicted?
4. Group Activity - Are our brains on overload? Is technology really good for us?
First, get a copy of the note sheet.
Second, listen for your numbers.
Third, read "I Can't Think" by Sharon Begley from the February 27, 2011, issue of Newsweek.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/02/27/i-can-t-think.html
Fourth, define your terms and give examples.
Fifth, "work the room" and get the notes from others. When you are finished, you should have a clear understanding of some of the dangers of technology.
Sixth, write a brief agree/disagree paper of two or three paragraphs stating if you think technology is making us crazy or if it is a benefit to mankind. Privide at least ONE clear personal example. Post in MyCompLab. You have 20 minutes to complete this writing activity.
5. Read "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
http://www.gladdemusic.com/raybradbury-there%20will%20come%20soft%20rains.htm
and the poem by Sara Teasdale by the same name:
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done,
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree,
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone.
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done,
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree,
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone.
Is this a vision of our future? What perdictions have come to pass that were once just the musing of Science Fiction writers?
6. Meet EasyBib. (Feel free to use another citation machine, but follow along today. This one works IF you click the correct buttons. It is free. That is always the right price. It is accurate. This saves you time.)
Homework
1. Locate three articles that focus on the dangers or advantages of technology. Summarize each and post your summary in MyCompLab. Also, post a Works Cited page for the entries. Due: Thursday, October 25th.
2. Read pp. 248-256 in Write Now. Complete exercise #1 on p. 256 and post your paragraph(s) in MyCompLab. Due: Thursday, October 25th.
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