Communication and Community

pink box new. --MF, 12/21/17

BH: I'm inclined to flush the TIF (make a video) or at least move it to after the next FYTD.

MF: could use review/light revision; tough to have 2.17 SI labs back to back

In this lab, you will consider the impacts of technology on how we build community.

On this page, you will consider how technology is used to communicate and how it can impact community.

  1. What are some different ways we use technology to communicate? Generate a list.
    2. Remember to cite your sources.
  2. Choose one means of communication (such as cell phone call, SMS, Facebook, Skype, Twitter, etc.) and use the Internet to figure out what you can about how that technology works.
  3. Identify one way to communicate over the Internet that didn't exist three years ago.
  4. Identify a social problem that has been solved using Internet communication, somewhere other than the United States.
  5. For small group discussion: What are the good and bad points about having the BJC lessons online, compared with a paper textbook?
Check out Teaching Privacy, a site about protecting yourself from giving away private information through social media.
  1. Make a short video explaining what you learned about how one of these ways of communicating works.
  1. Four Corners (class activity). Do you "strongly agree," "agree," "disagree," or "strongly disagree" with each of the following statements?
    • Computers are isolating. (That is, they cause us to spend less time with other people.)
    • Computers are democratizing. (That is, they give more political power to ordinary people.)
    You will choose a viewpoint, then present your reasons for taking that view.