This seminar is for students enrolled in: HU310 Seminars will begin at 9pm EST, Wednesday We will do an audio test around 8:55pm EST Tonight’s.

This seminar is for students enrolled in: HU310Seminars will begin at 9pm EST, WednesdayWe will do an audio test around 8:55pm ESTTonight’s Agenda:

1. Discuss the syllabus, policies, and assignments 2. Explore the connections between the humanities and

technologyReminders:

Turn your speaker volume up If you can’t hear or type, log out and then back in. If this does not

work, try a different web browser. If you continue to have problems, contact Tech Support at 1-

(866)- 348-1196

Welcome To HU310, Unit 1 SeminarProfessor: Sheron Caton

Sheron Caton

Kaplan University

Unit 1: Introduction

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Where Are You?

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About Me

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Email [email protected]

Phone: 325.261.3585 (9am-7pm EST)

AIM: InstructorSheron

Office Hours: By Appointment

Contacting Me

HomepagePoliciesUnit PreviewsUpdatesUrgent Messages

Kaplan Email

Info & Announcements

Project RubricsAPA GuidelinesAPA TemplateWriting TipsSeminar PPTsSyllabus

Doc Sharing

How will technological innovation continue to transform culture, professional life, health, business

and education? Can technology spin ‘out-of-control’? Will developments such as artificial intelligence, bioengineering, nanotechnology, the knowledge

economy and online education lead to new cultural and social forms? In this course we will explore some of the possibilities and perils of advanced technology. We will draw lessons from a wide range of scholarly and fictional responses to the questions of culture, society and advanced technology, and we will work

to craft creative responses and informed, critical questions of our own.

About the Class

We will have: 9 Discussion Boards 3 Unit

Assignments/Projects 1 Final Assignment/

Project 9 Seminars (not

graded)

We will not have: Tests or Quizzes Extra Credit Make-up/ Re-do

Assignments

Class Assessments

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Discussion board in each unit50 pointsGuidelines:

Carefully review each prompt to ensure that you answer all the questions asked

Respond with an original message that is on topic Use citations for all sources consulted, paraphrased, and/or cited Incorporate course readings and materials into your posts, make

connections between units, and include specific examples to help illustrate your points

Write all responses in paragraph form Read your posts out loud and run spell check to help proofread Follow the netiquette guidelines Post only in the current unit Initial posts due by Saturday, midnight EST Visit the db multiple times each week to catch up with posts and

respond; do not post all messages on one day

Discussion Board

Discussion Board, Unit One

Discussion Board, Unit Two

Click here to switch between questions.

Assignments in Units 3, 5, and 7 Analyze a Creative Text Field Trip Report Creative Response Paper

Worth 120 points eachDue the last day of the unit (Tuesday)

Unit Assignments

Case Study on Technology in Your Field of Study, Career, or Community

Worth 190 pointsDue in Unit 9 (Tuesday)

Final Assignment

Option 1- Attend our live seminarOption 2- Post a written response to the seminar questions in

the classroomSeminar archives availableWhy attend?

Discussion leads to deeper understanding of the material Improve critical thinking Clarification of assignments Opportunity to ask questions Stronger discussion board posts Stronger projects Higher overall grade in the course Sense of community

Seminars

Post only within the current unit for db creditUnit assignments are due the last day of each unit (Tuesday)

I will accept the Unit 3 and Unit 5 Assignments up to three weeks late and the Unit 7 Assignment up to two weeks late

Each unit that the assignment is late, 10% will be deducted from the final grade

Final Assignment is due the Tuesday of Unit 9 No late assignments

If you have extenuating circumstances (personal/ immediate family member hospitalization, death in the family, weather/environmental disasters, military reassignment with limited Internet), please contact your Instructor

Late Assignments

Write down instructor email and contact info in case you can’t access the classroom/ university email

Backup your files Flash drives Google Docs Dropbox Email it to yourself

Create your db posts in Word

Alternative Access Library Family/ friends Work FedEx/Kinkos Coffee shops Bookstores (Books-A-

Million, B&N, Hastings) Restaurants (Subway,

Quiznos, and many more)

Have a Back-up Plan

What questions do you have about the course?

What are the humanities?

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What is advanced technology?

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The Humanities and Technology

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How does technology help or hinder your life?

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Watch comedian Louis CK on YouTube

Do we take technology for granted?

Technology and Everyday Life

Let’s take a trip to the Sistine Chapel.

As the page is loading, I will tell you a bit about the Sistine Chapel.

What does this field trip reveal about the connection between the humanities and technology?

What implications does this connection have?

Virtual Field Trip

Shick and Toth (2003) write, “we seem to require periodic reminders that we are still biological organisms living ultimately in a biological system” (p.32).

Do you think there is a natural conflict between biology and technology? Why or why not? Use examples from your own daily life.

“The Origin of the Genie”

What questions do you have about the

connection between the humanities and advanced

technology?

Become familiar with our online classroomReview syllabus and announcementsRead

“The Origin of the Genie” in Living with the GenieVisit

MIT’s Technology Review website Introductions

Post your bioDiscussion Board

Discuss the MIT website

Reminders

Lightman, A., Sarewitz, D. & Dresser, C. (2003). Living with the genie: Essays on technology and the quest for human mastery. Washington. D.C. :Island Press.

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