March 7 class

Final exam: Thursday, March 14

Conferences (optional) – Tuesday, March 19, 2-3 pm

HW for Tuesday, March 12: 1. Final draft due. 2. Read “Facebook in a Crowd” by Hal Niedzviecki (Google it) and write a paragraph summary of it.

March 5 class

1.      What aspects of a good argumentative essay does this article have?

A.     Clarity, title, thesis, hook, sourced info, paragraph transitions, use of transitional words or phrases.

B.      Also, is there acknowledgement of other side and refutation?

C.      Also, how convincing is it?

What can you use Google for?

Definitions, pictures: images, maps, school drive, how to do, fix, med info, stream music, shopping, online dating, news, watch videos, e-mail, social media, google voice, texts mes, translations, general assimilation of knowledge, games

HW: Google: “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” and read the article. Write a paragraph response (what you think) to the article.

Connection to reading: What would a cellphone-free day look like?