ENGLISH HELP!

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Instructions

1. Watch the three

 

video tutorials listed below about the UMUC Library databases.

2. Then, find one article about your chosen technological transformation theme.  You can search for articles that respond directly to the textbook articles if you would like, or you can search for articles that are generally related to the technological transformation theme that you have selected.  After you have found an article, please write a short summary of it (7 – 12 sentences) and post it as a response to this conference topic. 

3. Please provide 
two
 of your classmates with generous responses to their summaries.

 

Video tutorial #1 

http://polaris.umuc.edu/de/csi/2012_library_tutorials/tutorial_01/tutorial_01.html

 
 

Video tutorial #2

http://polaris.umuc.edu/de/csi/2012_library_tutorials/tutorial_02/tutorial_02.html

 
 

Video tutorial #3

http://polaris.umuc.edu/de/csi/2012_library_tutorials/tutorial_03/tutorial_03.html

How are online technologies changing the way we live?

USE THIS AS SEARCH ARTICALE:
After you have found an article, please write a short summary of it (7 – 12 sentences) and post it as a response to this conference topic. 
HERE IS LIBRARY LINK: http://www.umuc.edu/library/index.cfm and ill send you the log in info in a message.
 

Hello, Class,

WRTG 291 is designed to allow students an opportunity to focus on a particular technological transformation theme throughout the semester.

 

 Therefore, you are required to select one theme to serve as the basis of the writing and research projects that you will complete over the next eight weeks. The themes are in the course textbook, Research Writing, and they deal with the way that technology has transformed society, humanity, and education. The themes are as follows:

a) How are online technologies changing the way we live?

b) How is technology changing our definition of what it means to be human?

c) What role should technology play in education?

 

Take some time to think about which technological theme you will want to focus on and write about throughout the semester. Remember, the chosen theme will need to hold your interest for the next eight weeks!

 

Assignment
:

1. After you have chosen a theme of interest to you, please read the article listed below under that theme. 

2. Then, respond to the questions listed for the article that you have chosen. When you respond, please place either “
way we live
,” “
humanity
,” or “
education
,” in the subject line of your response so that your peers will know what technological transformation theme you’ve chosen.

3. Finally, provide generous feedback to the responses posted by at least two of your classmates.  To help you understand how you are expected to respond to your classmates, please read the handout (under Course Content) that is titled “
On Giving Feedback

.”

 
 

1) How Are Online Technologies Changing the Way We Live?

Article:  Nicholas Carr: “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” (pp. 92-94)

Prompt:  What is the main point of the article? Is the author successful in his argument? Why or why not? What evidence does the author present to make his point?

 
 

(2) How Is Technology Changing Our Definition of What it Means to be Human?

Article:  Ray Kurzwiel: “Our Bodies, Our Technologies” (pp. 103-06) 

Prompt: What is the main point of the article? Is the author successful in his argument? Why or why not? What evidence does the author present to make his point?

 

(3) What Role Should Technology play in Education?

Article:  Zach Miners: “Twitter Goes to College” (pp. 113-15) 

Prompt: What is the main point of the article? Is the author successful in his argument? Why or why not? What evidence does the author present to make his point?

Greetings!  In the first assignment, I chose Way We Live and read Carr’s Is Google Making Us Stupid? I found an article that took this question to the next level.

In William Badke’s How Stupid Is Google Making Us? Carr’s question of whether or not Google is making people stupid is examined using a science based approach.  Badke used scientific data identified by William Morrow’s iBrain: Surviving The Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind
 (2008) which shows magnetic brain function in internet users. It was obvious that the internet users’ brains were active in the area of the brain known as dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain which processes large amounts of data using short-term memory. According to the article, this area of the brain is not active during periods of deep reading or long-term memory.  Using that bit of information, Badke argues that Google is not actually making people stupid but rather it exercises the short-term memory function exclusively.  Badke calls upon educators (teachers, professors, etc.) to go beyond teaching the function of library databases and search databases and include reading books to exercise the long-term memory function of the brain.

Reference:

Badke, W. (2010). How Stupid Is Google Making Us?. Online, 34(6), 51.

Respectfully,

Jose

This article entitled “The Digital Crime Tsunami” by Greg Gogolin delves into the law enforcement capabilities utilized by the state of Michigan for cyber-crime investigations. By extrapolating those state results, they were then able to project what nationwide statistics would be. This data is supported by other sources and the FBI. The results of this study shed light on the fact that law enforcement is in a “dire situation when it comes to dealing with digital crime”. The rapid rate at which technology outpaces the laws put in place to govern it and the people in place to enforce it. This “provides for a bleak prognosis for the law enforcement and legal system”.

 
 

References

Greg, G. (n.d). The Digital Crime Tsunami. Digital Investigation, 73-8. doi:10.1016/j.diin.2010.07.001

Wired to Connect: Evolutionary Psychology and Social Networks

 

Crosier, Benjamin S. Webster, Gregory D. Dillon, Haley M. ; Review of General Psychology, Vol 16(2), Jun, 2012. Special issue: Human Nature and Pop Culture. pp. 230-239. [Journal Article]

Subjects: Evolutionary Psychology; Popular Culture; Social Behavior; Social Networks; Online Social Networks

The article talks about how social networks dominate modern life and how social networks have always existed and have been around in non electronic forms throughout the entirety of our species’ history. The present article reviews the extant literature of social networks and social network analysis proper, the evolutionary foundation of social networks, the proposed psychological antecedents of network composition, the transition from traditional to online networks and how the two modes differ, the impact of social networks on popular culture, and the future of social networks.

 

References:

Alexander, R. D. ( 1977). Natural selection and the analysis of human sociality. In C. E.Goulden ( Ed.) , Changing scenes in natural selection 1776–1976 (pp. 283– 337). Lancaster, PA: Fulton Press, Inc.

Hello Judy,

Great post. I remember comparing/contrasting on the impact of social network. This was what i wrote.

In the past, traditional system of communication was used to write school papers and not to share information to large masses of people in the World. Students writing skills were restricted only to academic work or job related activities. In this modern world, computer and technology can transmit information to any part of the World within seconds. The quote “practice makes perfect” applies to writing. Writing frequently makes us better writers. According to Thompson’s article “online writing, particularly in chat and on discussion threads is conversational and public, which makes it closer to the Greek tradition of argument than the asynchronous letter and essay writing of fifty years ago”( 2011,p. 588). Online writing makes us better writers because it increases our awareness. Before I post any comment on Facebook or send a text message to a friend or write to a Professor, I make sure it’s grammatically correct before I send it. This has helped to improve my writing skills.

References:

Kennedy, X. J., Kennedy, D. M., & Muth, M. F. (2002/2011). The Bedford guide for college writers: With reader, research manual, and handbook. (9th ed.) . Boston, MA. Bedford/St. Martin’s.

Hello Judy,
Great post. I remember comparing/contrasting on the impact of social network. This was what i wrote.
In the past, traditional system of communication was used to write school papers and not to share information to large masses of people in the World. Students writing skills were restricted only to academic work or job related activities. In this modern world, computer and technology can transmit information to any part of the World within seconds. The quote “practice makes perfect” applies to writing. Writing frequently makes us better writers. According to Thompson’s article “online writing, particularly in chat and on discussion threads is conversational and public, which makes it closer to the Greek tradition of argument than the asynchronous letter and essay writing of fifty years ago”( 2011,p. 588). Online writing makes us better writers because it increases our awareness. Before I post any comment on Facebook or send a text message to a friend or write to a Professor, I make sure it’s grammatically correct before I send it. This has helped to improve my writing skills.
References:
Kennedy, X. J., Kennedy, D. M., & Muth, M. F. (2002/2011). The Bedford guide for college writers: With reader, research manual, and handbook. (9th ed.) . Boston, MA. Bedford/St. Martin’s.
 

The Effects of Bioengineering on Bone Remodeling

This research by Nistala and others evaluates how methodical and regional elements control the osteoblasts as well as osteoclasts actions during bone development, apart from adjustment by converting a multifaceted arrangement of intracellular pointer events. As current heritable proof associates extracellular fibrillin groups with conveying background distinctiveness to endogenous conversion development factor-β, alongside bone morphogenetic protein ligands of the growing as well as full-grown skeleton. The outcome suggested that fibrillin groups exhibit a decisive task in both the generation of morphogen components in the maturing limbs, besides containing development elements impact in adjusting bones. The erstwhile result is probable to advance the devise of extra functional remedial intercessions in osteoporosis together with bioengineering compositions for the restoration of bone fissures.

References

Nistala, H., Lee-Arteaga, S., Siciliano, G., Smaldone, S., & Ramirez, F. (2010). Extracellular regulation of transforming growth factor beta and bone morphogenetic protein signaling in bone. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, 1192253-256. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05350.x

In the Article “Teaching with Twitter: Not for the Faint of Heart“ the author discusses the pros and cons of using Twitter in an academic setting. The pros include issues like getting students that otherwise would feel uncomfortable to speak up and ask questions, and getting questions that usually do not come up being asked in class. The cons include issues like students trying to use Twitter to cheat and students sending tweets unrelated to the class content, sometimes even resulting in heated exchanges over twitter. The author also addresses the learning curve in getting students new to Twitter up to speed and that not all students have access to a laptop to tweet from during class. In the end, the author stated that Twitter can be a valuable tool in the right situation.

Young, J. R. (2010). Teaching with Twitter: Not for the Faint of Heart. Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed For Quick Review, 75(7), 9-12.