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http://www.break.com/index/today-show-1994-what-is-internet-1996848 Above is the link to "What is the Internet?" With Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel. It's pretty amazing how they had no clue of what the Internet was and it was just from 17 years ago. This will not work in AACPS, but if we go virtual due to weather, we can us it.

Chapter 4 This UTube is exactly what is covered in chapter Four. Let me know what you thing. I kind of do not like the way the presenter is delivering the material, but it defiantly pertains to what is in the chapter. [] Here’s another one, which is much shorter and no talking. [] l like this one a lot. The only problem though will we be able to still with it being on YouTube? This one is from the Library of Congress and is over an hour, but has some good information. I cannot see us using the entire video. [] Deep reading. Here’s a short clip of a baby reading a book. You can see the baby is pretending to read and probably imitating what she/he sees parents doing. []
 * Ok, this is the one I like best of all. I like this one as well. Maybe we can show the first one and then this right after for a little more information. **

=Here is a funny one as well about reading what books can be used for but I don’t know if some people may get offended:=


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 * Here are the some questions for chapter four. After we play this video, we will ask these questions:**
 * Is how we have learned to read being changed in dramatic ways when we are screen readers?**
 * Screen Readers and attention span: Will the reading circuit of the brain, because it’s being distracted and pulled to another piece of information on a computer screen, be able to pull from the next piece of information and adapt? Or will it fail to activate or short circuit the entirety of the deep reading process?**
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 * Page 61 - "Readers' eyes had to move slowly and haltingly across the lines of the text, pausing frequently and often backing up to the start of a sentence as their minds struggled to figure out where one word ended and a new one began and what role each word was playing in the meaning of the sentence. Reading was like working out a puzzle." Have the ways that reading has changed helped or hurt how reading is considered a puzzle? Explain your answers. **** I’m a little confused with this question. I tried to rewrite it, but I’m not sure if this is what you are asking. **
 * The way we read has changed dramatically. Do you think it has helped or hurt reading as it is mentioned to be a puzzle? **

Page 63 - "To read a long book silently required an ability to concentrate intently over a long period of time, to "lose oneself in the pages of a book as we now say." How has reading for you changed since the internet became popular? Do you find yourself lost in a book or wandering around the web? ** Like ** Page 64-65 - "They thought deeply as they read deeply" Does reading foster critical thinking at all times? Are students able to be taught critical thinking skills without the deep reading? ** Like ** Page 65 - "The brain of the book reader was more than a literate brain. It was a literary brain." Explain what Carr meant by this passage. Do you agree with his thinking or not? Explain. ** Like. Very good! ** Page 66 - "The advances in book technology changed the personal experience of reading and writing. They also had social consequences." For example - reference books became aids to reading; books had set prices, etc. What social changes do you feel will occur with the book being switched from hand- held to mostly online? ** Like. Very good! I change the questions just a little. **

Page 69 - "By turning a manual craft into a mechanical industry, Gutenberg had changed the economics of printing and publishing. Large editions of perfect copies could be mass produced quickly by a few workers. Books went from being expensive, scare commodities to being affordable, plentiful ones." How has the invention of new technology changed the economic industry? Is this a good effect or a bad effect on us and why? ** Like. Very good! It also changes it to economics and conversation could lead to political aspects too. David is tying politics into this seminar class, as well. **

Page 71 - "As Einstein writes, the printer who "duplicated a seemingly antiquated backlist" may have been lining his own pockets, but in the process he gave readers "a richer more varied diet than had been provided by the scribe." Will books ever stop being produced? How will this affect the world that we live in? ** Like. Very good! It also changes it to economics and conversation could lead to political aspects too. David is tying politics into this seminar class, as well. **

* (important one, maybe we could have the class break into groups and give each a technology stating the pros and cons of it or the generalizations about it) Page 72 "any generalization about the adoption and use of a new technology will be imperfect.” ** Yes, I like this and it doesn’t have to be too long. What kind of technology were you thinking of? I certainly have a lot to choose from in CATN (Sentios, calculators, something older from Warehouse (maybe a typewriter), etc.) **

***Page 77 - ""Writing and print and the computer," writes Walter Ong, "are all ways of technologizing the word"; and once technologized, the word cannot be de-technologized. But the world of a screen, as we're already coming to understand, is a very different place from the world of the page. A new intellectual ethic is taking hold. The pathways in our brains are once again being rerouted." Explain whether you support or do not support this statement. Once a world is technologized, is it possible to be de-technologized? What new intellectual ethic is Carr referring to in this passage?** Like. Very Good! **

Chapter 5 A Medium of the Most General Nature Here’s an idea for an activity for the cohort. This video shows how to make a flip book, which were popular at the end of the nineteenth century.

 http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=145955&title=How_to_Make_a_Flip_Book Here’s an 8 minute video (black and white) explaining how the Internet got started. It’s Ok.

 http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=181070

Here’s one I think would fit for chapter 5 for a rich and lengthy conversations in the cohort. After we show the 7min 41 sec video, we could ask the following questions: Questions:
 * 1) Do you agree with this video that by incorporating the following technologies (cell phones, iPods, wikis, blogs, web quests, Internet, podcasts, email, and GPS) students will pay attention better?
 * 2) What crucial piece is missing in this film? (I was thinking structure and having qualified teachers teaching the use of technology, etc)
 * 3) Is this video impying that you should drop everything and just wing it? What type of preparations should a teacher do in order to be able to manage/teach a class successfully with suggestedtechnology from the video?

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Here’s an idea for an activity for the cohort. This video shows how to make a flip book, which were popular at the end of the nineteenth century.

 [] Here’s an 8 minute video (black and white) explaining how the Internet got started. It’s Ok.

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Here’s one I think would fit for chapter 5 for a rich and lengthy conversations in the cohort. After we show the 7min 41 sec video, we could ask the following questions: Questions: -Do you agree with this video that by incorporating the following technologies (cell phones, iPods, wikis, blogs, web quests, Internet, podcasts, email, and GPS) students will pay attention better? -What crucial piece is missing in this film? (I was thinking structure and having qualified teachers teaching the use of technology, etc) -Is this video implying that you should drop everything and just wing it? What type of preparations should a teacher do in order to be able to manage/teach a class successfully with suggested technology from the video?

[] Page 85 – “The net differs from most of the mass media it replaces in an obvious and very important way: it’s bidirectional. We can send messages through the network as well as receive them.” What are some of the other pros and cons of the Internet? Do you feel that the pros outweigh the cons of it.? Page 86 – 2009 younger adults with internet access average 19 hours a week online How does this effect our brains and our deep thinking capacity? Page 86 – “It’s often assumed that the time we devote to the Net comes out of the time we would otherwise spend watching TV. But Statistics suggest otherwise.” Where does this time come from? What are we cutting out and is this positive or negative? Page 87 “Most Americans, no matter what their age, spend at least eight and a half hours a day looking a television, a computer monitor, or the screen of their mobile phone. “ How is this affecting our society? Does is need to change? Why or why not? If yes, then how can we change it? []

Questions from listening: - Do you feel that you truly cannot do more than one thing efficiently at a time? - Is it riskier to talk on a cell phone even if on a hands-on device in a car? Support your answer. More Questions from Chapter 5 Page 89 - Carr cites McLuhan from //Understanding Media// when he states “A new medium is never an addition to an old one, nor does it leave the old one in peace. It never ceases to oppress the older media until it finds new shapes and positions for them.” How do newspapers fit within this quote? Page 91 – “Interactivity, hyperlinking, searchability, multimedia – all these qualities of the Net bring attractive benefits. Along with the unprecedented volume of information available online, they’re the main reasons that most of us are drawn to using the Net so much.” For the next 2 minutes, list the benefits of the internet. Afterwards have them share with partners and then finally we can create a tree map of what each category they fit into. Page 92 – “our use of the net will only grow, and its impact on us will only strengthen, as it becomes ever more present in our lives.” Later “As the net expands, other media contracts.” Do you agree with this statement or not and why? How has Twitter changed the technology age and our society? How will libraries be affected by the new technology age? (page 97-98)

Chapter 6 – The Very Image of a Book Divide class up in half and have them debate about whether books or E-books should be used in schools (give each group a side to take). We can follow the guidelines from the final debate but make it a little shorter. This could pretty much take the rest of the class up. [] I like this video as well (I like this video and your questions, especially the questions coordinating to topic in book. The video is a little bit lengthy, but it all fits well) Page 102 – “E-Books should not just be print books delivered electronically.” Do your support or reject this statement and why? Can an E-Book become to electronic? Page 104 – “Changes in reading style will also bring changes in writing style, as authors and their publishers adapt to readers’ new habits and expectations.” How will the new technology and E-books change writing styles? Page 106 – How will/will social networking function be incorporated into digital readers? Will this support or hurt deep reading? Would changing to not having closure affect your reading style or not? Are you the “juggler” as Carr puts it or the solitary single-minded concentrator? How has this changed since technology has been added? If you had to live one week without a computer, cell phone, iPad, etc… what would you do and how dramatically would this affect your lifestyle?