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Month: September 2018

Summary: Sherry Turkle’s “Connected, But Alone”

Summary: Sherry Turkle’s “Connected, But Alone”

Turkle’s TED Talk was about the use of technology. Turkle had been on TED before in the 90’s talking about the new age of technology. Now she was talking about how technology is holding us back. She used a lot of stock images but she also used an image of her daughter and her friends which I thought was important because it showed the impact of technology in her personal life. I think that a lot of what she had…

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Reaction to “Reaching the Internet Generation”

Reaction to “Reaching the Internet Generation”

While listening to this webinar most of the things Jean M. Twenge had to say I thought sounded about right. Although this was a webinar for teachers and professors to better teach us, it sounded a bit like she was saying that because we grew up with technology surrounding us we aren’t as advanced as the generations before us. That we need shorter textbooks because we can’t handle it. Or that the textbooks need to be written in a more…

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Comma Practice

Comma Practice

Separating Items in a Series The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest make up a popular series of novels. Which of the following tittles was published first: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the deathly Hollows, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, or Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix? Long complicated, and engrossing are three word novels that some readers say describe the Harry Potter novels. Paula…

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BioPoem

BioPoem

Christine Hardworking, Intelligent, Artistic, Honest Lover of dogs Student of Medical Biology/pre-PA Who feels optimistic about this class Who hopes to learn a range of things in this class Who fears very little about this class Who loved the story “The Giving Tree” as a child Who read the “Hunger Games” series of books Who struggled to get through the book “Where Men Win Glory.” Who checks Snapchat everyday Christine  

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