Week 4 Syllabus

Probing / Telescoping

Here are some examples.  Remember to specifically mention Steven Johnson and which theory (either Probing or Telescoping) you are going to focus on.  Break your topic down according to each.  If you choose probing, talk about the four parts of it mentioned on page 45.  If you choose telescoping, be sure to explain how each skill builds on other skills.

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Probing Example #1

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Everything Bad is Good For You First Prompt

As you read the introduction and the first chapter of Steven Johnson's Everything Bad is Good for You, click on the Padlet link here and leave one response to the chapter and one example that proves one of Johnson's theories about our pop culture.


Or go to it here
 

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Here is our author giving one of his TED Talks

Last discussion on The Dumbest Generation

Here is Dr. Bauerlein one final (mercifully) time -




And here is a link to their debate for AEI.


Now here is his opponent, Neil Howe -

 

And here is Howe refuting Bauerlein's claim at the AEI discussion.  How can one generation be either the dumbest generation or the smartest?



Please leave two pieces of feedback.  One, offer a final summary of Bauerlein's claim against your generation.  Second, choose one topic Bauerlein criticizes your generation for and explain how Howe sees that topic as a positive of your generation.

8th Grade Exam

Go to this link on your laptops.  See if you could pass this exam.  As you read through this exam, leave a response to it.  Keep the following in mind

1.  What kind of knowledge is being measured here?

2.  Do you really think this test is really all that difficult?

3.  Would these students be able to pass an 8th grade exit exam from 2013?

4.  Many people believe this illustrates how little we know today and how our education system (and modern culture) has eroded.  Is this justified or not?

Then leave responses to at least two other people in class.

Dumbest Generation #1 in class assignment

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