Lab
Online resources and the ‘flipped classroom’. Check out some of these that your students might use for review or enhancement.- Sophia
- Khan Academy
- iTunes U - app for idevices or in iTunes
- MIT Open Courseware
Class
Presentation - Mitchell W/Jordan L/Gisaya GBias In Technology
Language and Metaphor
Postman
“Likewise, a well-designed system is not simply a bag of features. A good system is designed to encourage particular ways of thinking, with all features carefully and cohesively designed around that purpose.” from Learnable Programming.
McLuhan - What??? What does your TV say to you? How about your phone or computer?
x McLuhan tetrads - open this on your device and with 2 or 3 others try and guess at the answers (before looking) and be ready to try and explain the concept.
x ENHANCE, REVERSE, RETRIEVE, OBSOLESCE
Turkle - what were the main ideas / examples that stuck with you?
Meta-Teachnition Assignment #1
Consider your own experience with the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) idea. How has it changed your classroom experience? How has it changed your 'learning' experience? How has it influenced those around you (don't use names please)? Are you comfortable with it? Is ti too much of a distraction? Write 250 - 500 words to describe your experience. We will post these in a discussion forum that has been created in Desire2Learn - go to https://universityofmanitoba.desire2learn.com
Use your UM Jump or UM email login. There is an option there for you to place your file in the Dropbox if you do not want others in teh class to see it.
Read/Watch/Listen list for Oct 11 (if you want more of this)
Technology and Society
Marshall McLuhan - The medium is the messageWatch:
Any 3 (most are short) of these McLuhan videos - or find more of your own
Sherry Turkle - how people relate to technology.
OR Watch
Turkle - video links (focus on her work with kids)
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