{"id":10556,"date":"2024-01-10T16:45:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T21:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=10556"},"modified":"2024-04-22T13:21:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T17:21:36","slug":"rhetorictechnologyspring2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/rhetorictechnologyspring2024\/","title":{"rendered":"ENGL 4275\/WRDS 4011: “Rhetoric of Technology”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ENGL 4275\/WRDS 4011: Rhetoric of Technology Syllabus<\/a><\/strong>
Assignments<\/a><\/strong>
Canvas Access<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

January 11th: Introduction to the Course<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 16th: Isaac Asimov’s “Cult of Ignorance”<\/a><\/strong> on Canvas<\/a><\/strong>
January 18th: Technology and Meaning, a Humanist perspective<\/a><\/strong>
Langdon Winner Summary<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 23th: Technology and Democracy<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>
January 25th: The Politics of Technology<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 30th: Writing and Reflecting (writing as thinking)<\/a><\/strong>
Writing Workshop for Technology and Yourself<\/strong> (essay)
February 1st: Technology and Postmodernism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 6th: The Religion of Technology<\/em> (Part 1)<\/a><\/strong>
Technology and Yourself <\/span><\/strong>(essay) Due<\/strong>
February 8th: The Religion of Technology<\/em> (Part 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 13th: The Religion of Technology<\/em> (Part 3)<\/a><\/strong>
February 15th: Post-Valentine\u2019s Day reflection: Is love a technology? Why or why not?<\/a><\/strong>
Read the four articles on the above webpage (also on Canvas<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 20th: Technology and Gender<\/a><\/strong>
February 22nd: Technology, Expediency, Racism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

February 27th: Writing Workshop for Social Construction of Technology<\/a><\/strong> (essay)
Have an outline or direction written down (preferably on Google Docs)<\/strong> <\/span><\/strong>
February 29th: No Class Meeting\u2014MIDTERM on <\/strong>Canvas<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>
Technology and Yourself Essay Revisions Due: Friday, 3\/01, 11:00pm<\/span>
<\/strong>Notice what’s due after Spring Break…set aside some reading time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 4th-10th: No Class\u2014Spring Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 12th: Neuromancer<\/em> by William Gibson<\/a><\/strong>
March 14th: Neuromancer<\/em> by William Gibson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 19th: Neuromancer<\/em> by William Gibson<\/a><\/strong>
March 21st: Writing and Reflecting: Research and Synthesizing<\/a><\/strong>
Social Construction of Technology Essay Draft<\/span> DUE Friday, 3\/22, 11:00pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 26th: Artificial Intelligence Discussion<\/strong>, a little risk<\/a>
March 28th: Artificial Intelligence Discussion<\/strong>, some history<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 2nd: Artificial Intelligence Discussion,<\/strong> machine learning<\/a>
April 4th: Writing Workshop for <\/strong>Technology Project<\/a>
Have an outline or direction written down (preferably on Google Docs)<\/strong> <\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 9th: Wheeler, Tom. From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future<\/em><\/strong> (Part I)<\/a>
April 11th: No Class Meeting<\/span>\u2014Keep up with the syllabus and Canvas<\/a><\/strong>
DUE Friday, 4\/12, 11:00pm: Social Construction of Technology Essay Revisions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 16th: No Class Meeting<\/span><\/strong>\u2014Keep up with the syllabus and Canvas<\/a><\/strong>
April 18th: Wheeler, Tom. From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> (Part II)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 23rd: Presentation Discussion<\/a><\/strong>, first several presentations
April 25th: Last Day of Class: the rest of the Presentations<\/strong>
Technology Project and Presentation Due<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 29th: Reading Day\u2014No Class<\/strong>
May 2nd: FINAL EXAM\u2014<\/strong>On Canvas<\/strong>
Your final exam will be online. I’ll open it up May 1st, and it will close on May 5th (at 11:00pm). You will have 2 and a half hours for the exam once you start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ENGL 4275\/WRDS 4011: Rhetoric of Technology SyllabusAssignmentsCanvas Access January 11th: Introduction to the Course January 16th: Isaac Asimov’s “Cult of Ignorance” on CanvasJanuary 18th: Technology and Meaning, a Humanist perspectiveLangdon Winner Summary January 23th: Technology and DemocracyJanuary 25th: The Politics of Technology January 30th: Writing and Reflecting (writing as thinking) Writing Workshop for Technology and Yourself […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":598,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10556","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2HAOx-2Kg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10556"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11001,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10556\/revisions\/11001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}