ENGL 4275: Rhetoric of Technology Syllabus
Assignments
Canvas Access
January 8th: Introduction to the Course
Isaac Asimov’s “Cult of Ignorance” on Canvas
January 13th: Technology and Meaning, a Humanist perspective
January 15th: Technology and Democracy
Langdon Winner Summary
January 20th: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day–No Class
January 22nd: The Politics of Technology
January 27th: Writing and Reflecting (writing as thinking)
Writing Workshop for Technology and Yourself (essay)
January 29th: Technology and Postmodernism
February 3rd: The Religion of Technology (Part 1)
Technology and Yourself (essay) Due
February 5th: The Religion of Technology (Part 2)
February 10th: The Religion of Technology (Part 3)
February 12th: Pre-Valentine’s Day reflection: Is love a technology? Why or why not?
Read the four articles on the above webpage (also on Canvas)
February 17th: Technology and Gender
February 19th: Technology and Expediency
Technology and Yourself Essay Revisions Due
February 24th: Overflow Day and previewing the rest of the semester
February 26th: Midterm
Notice what’s due after Spring Break…set aside some reading time
March 1-8: No Class—Spring Break
March 9th: Neuromancer by William Gibson
March 11th: Writing Workshop for Social Construction of Technology (essay)
YOU MUST HAVE A 5-PAGE DRAFT ON THE COMPUTER (no longer printed)
March 16th: Neuromancer by William Gibson
March 18th: Neuromancer by William Gibson
Social Construction of Technology Essay Draft DUE
March 23rd: The Film Inception (2010)
March 25th: Writing and Reflecting Discussion
Research and Synthesizing your analysis and the ideas of others
March 30th: Count Zero by William Gibson
April 1st: Count Zero by William Gibson
April 3rd: Social Construction of Technology Essay Revisions DUE
April 6th: Technology in the home–social construction or technological determinism
April 8th: Writing Discussion for Prose Revision
April 13th: “True” Authorities in Technology and Science
April 15th: Video Game Readings
April 20th: Presentation Discussion
April 22nd: Work on Technology Project and Presentations
April 27th: Presentations
Technology Project and Presentation Due
April 29th: Reading Day–No Class
May 4th: FINAL EXAM
Due to our online situation, your final exam will be online. It’ll open up at 8:00 am on 5/4 and close at 11:00 pm. You will have 2 and a half hours for the exam once you start.