Please watch Michael Wesch's short Youtube video called "the Machine is Us/ing Us" and post a short response to it on your blog. You'll need to watch it a few times, but it's short. Use the "Six Habits of mind" for critical thinking (page 1 of your coursepack) and "Notes toward a personal response" (page 2 of the coursepack to guide you. Your response should be at least 2 paragraphs. Note that you can also re-post videos/etc as part of your response to Wesch. (There are a few video and other responses online.) Wesch also explains some of the thinking behind his video here. (Whoever uploaded it got his name wrong--should be Wesch, not Walsh--but it's him.) You'll have to ignore the crowd in the second video. What is he saying about writing and the web? How will web 2.0 technology change how we think, feel, and interact with each other? Is he right? Wrong? How do tech changes affect the way we write and communicate? Why? Don't forget to also post the location of your closest public library branch and CUNY library branch to your blog. (Try inserting a link, such as I do on this site: it'll act like a bookmark and make it easy for you to find in the future if you do.) Also post ideas for your final project. If you haven't decided on one yet, that's fine: you can post more than one for now. Finally, if you're getting stuck with Blogger, try typing questions into Google for help.
Lastly, please e-mail me the URL for your blog at: hewilliams[AT]ccny[dot]cuny[dot]edu. I'll link all of them to this site when I get the info.
[Edited 8/2, 5:45 PM to correct typos. We all make mistakes--HW]
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