• Week 5 Assignments
• RJ due by Tuesday, March 3
• GA due by Thursday, March 5
•  GROUP ASSIGNMENTS

• GA5: TK

READING JOURNAL ASSIGNMENTS

RJ5: Review the notes that you took on the essay from _Technology: A Reader for Writers_ that you read last week.

• READING AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
• Reading and Writing Assignment 5: Group Presentations
• Professor Rodgers
• You have each read one of the following essays from _Technology: A Reader for Writers_:  Nicholas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”; Sherry Turkle, “Alone Together”; Gary Marcus, “Moral Machines”; Jaron Lanier, “The Problem in Brief”; Francis Fukuyama, “Our Posthuman Future”  For our class next Tuesday, I’d like each of you, working independently or with some of your group members, to put together a brief presentation to introduce the essay that you read to the class as a whole.  Here are some points to cover in your brief, five minute presentation:

Author:
Title of Article/Essay:

Title of Publication that Article/Essay Originally Appeared In:
Type of Publication Article Appears In:  Newspaper    Magazine    Academic Journal   Web/Print Publication

 

1. In your own words, please briefly summarize the argument of the article or essay.

 

2. What are some of the key points that the author makes to support his/her thesis or argument?  Please list as bullet points.

 

3.  TK

 

4.  TK

 

5. TK