Midterm Studyguide Spring 2020
You are allowed to bring to this exam period:
á this Studyguide (printed)
á one page of handwritten notes
Format: In-class essay, one longer, one shorter.
TOPICS:
Bored
and Brilliant Introduction: The case for Boredom
Bored
and Brilliant Ch. 1 What We Talk About When We Talk About
Boredom
Bored
and Brilliant Ch. 2, Digital Overload
How we
read: deep reading vs. skimming (bi-literacy)
Two
short articles about how kids should not learn on screens:
á A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley: ÒI am convinced the devil lives in our phones.Ó
á The
Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected: AmericaÕs
public schools are still promoting devices with screens — even offering
digital-only preschools. The rich are banning screens from class altogether.
New York Times, Oct. 26 2018.
Bored
and Brilliant Ch. 3, Out of Sight
Bored
and Brilliant Ch. 4, Making Memories
VIDEO: Black Mirror: It's
All About You (ON NETFLIX)
VIDEO: Black Mirror: The Entire History of You (SEASON 1 EPISODE 3: AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX)
Bored
and Brilliant Ch. 5, App Addled
Bianca Bosker, "The Binge
Breaker," The Atlantic, Nov. 2016. [please
find AUDIO VERSION of this article HERE]
A Call to Minimize Distraction and
Respect Users Attention
Inside a Gaming Addication
Rehab
Can't Put Down that Device? That's by
Design
Bored
and Brilliant Ch. 6, Doing the Deep Work
Jodi
Kantor and David Streitfeld, "Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising
Workplace," New York Times, Aug. 15 2015.
Emily Guendelsberger, "I Worked at an Amazon Fulfillment Center," Time, July 18, 2019
Bored
and Brilliant Ch. 7, Reclaiming Wonder
Bored
and Brilliant Ch. 8, Wander Away
Bored
and Brilliant Ch. 9, You Are Brilliant
VIDEO:
"Marina Abramovic: The Artist is
Present Trailer"
VIDEO: The
great Glenn Gould playing a 36-excerpt from Bach's "Goldberg Variations"
Toxic Construction
VIDEO:
Foxconn video, 2:57
VIDEO: Benzene poisoning (9:31)
Toxic Use
VIDEO: Digital Eyestrain
4 min.
Toxic Deconstruction
VIDEO:
Ewaste
VIDEO:
A Day made of glass
Wikipedia, Debate and Democracy
Podcast--Wikipedia: Jimmie Wales, from "How I Built This" podcast with Guy Roz., 44 minutes. Familiarize yourself with the Creative Commons website
Copyright,
the Creative Commons, and the Fortepan Concept
FORTEPAN
PROJECT Part I: Copyright, CC and the Public Domain
FORTEPAN
PROJECT Part II: Why this is important