This Google is making me dumber!

So, first, we’ll read each other’s 30 Future paper. Actually, it would be awesome if you posted it onto the wiki as well.

Next, it’s Google time.  In each small group, choose one paragraph or similarly small part of the article to do a close read on and lead the class in a discussion about.  Your discussion should hit on issues of argument, evidence, rhetorical strategy, and effectiveness.

Then, I want to use Loren Eisley’s “The Bird and the Machine” to make some comparisons. We’ll read at least the first 4 pages and write a quick reaction of what we notice and what Eisley’s claims are.  Next, I’d like small groups to juxtapose paragraphs from the Google article with this one.  Which paragraphs have similarities in topic or idea? Or, which ones, when put next to each other, show something interesting in opposition?

Finally, I wanted to give you at least a bit of time to create your presentations for the 30 futures essays.  Remember, we’re looking for just about 3 minutes and NO bullets (ok, maybe one).

HW:  Presentations also please check out Edge Magazine’s 2009 Annual Question “What will Change Everything?”  Read 5 of them and then write your own (300-400 words).