Tiny things in your blood!

Scallops?

Brain-Computer interface

Another knock your socks off moment

And you thought YOUR camera was cool

Femtophotography

Robots are here!

Check out the robots

Appreciating the miracle: Or, hold off on buying Google Glass

Contact lenses coming!

Toward a later-on discussion about gender and technology

Anita Sarkeesian on her experiences and Gamergate

NPR on When Women Stopped Coding

Callisto--an approach to reporting rape that is safer for survivors

Check this out:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/millennials

One thought: do you agree with the assertions?
Another thought: is this an effective appeal for your support?
And one more: how does it fit with our discussions about the Net Gen?

To read with A Better Pencil

Check this out! This fits right in with our discussion of A Better Pencil on Thursday. https://medium.com/message/how-to-tell-when-a-robot-has-written-you-a-letter-701562705d59

Hot vs Cool media

Check out this blog post from John Walter, who is a well-known Ong scholar. The definition of "hot" and "cool" might seem intuitively backwards, but they depend on the demands the medium makes on the viewer/reader. http://www.jpwalter.com/machina/?p=1768

Welcome to Language, Text, and Technology: The Blog

Each class member will create a blog as a learning/reading log for the course. You can use any platform, so if you're already accustomed to something besides Blogspot, you can use that platform to create your blog.

In order to be sure you see everything and we see your work, do these steps:
1. Become a follower of this blog.
2. Create your own blog, and (this will sound odd) become a follower of your own blog. This step will allow your blog to show up on your Google profile, so that we can all see your posts.

For each day's reading assignment, you will construct a one-page (approximate length) response to that reading, and post it before coming to class on that day. Responses do not have to encompass the entire reading assignment. Instead, pick an issue, develop an insight, come up with a provocative thought, or frame a question about the day’s reading and post that as your blog entry. Each week, I will choose 2-4 of your entries to copy into the course blog for general response. You will earn points for each blog entry, each entry selected for the class blog, and responses to entries chosen for the class blog. Points are awarded for all entries that are on time and done in good faith.

Doing this thinking before class will make class discussions more interesting and give you an easier time participating in class. It will also lead you to think more deeply and usefully about the readings and discussions--to make connections that you'll find useful in your own work.

Enjoy!