Cyborgs and Robots

Instructions The goal of this assignment is to assess the understanding of some of the ideas  discussed in the “Cyborgs and Robots” section of the course. The essay should be between 900 and 950 words in length. Include essay word count at the bottom of your essay. Essays should be written in formal English with citations (footnotes).  Review Kimberly Chapman’s “How to Write an Essay” (Blackboard, Resources, General). Please proofread the essay carefully for grammar, style, and syntax, and follow the Department of History Citation Style Sheet, available at: http://lib.guides.umbc.edu/histstyle. You may also use the Chicago-Turabian Style Sheet PDF and the link to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) for additional help with your footnotes. QUESTIONS The mechanization of labor that has occurred over the last 150 years is now culminating in what seems to be a new phase, the rise of the robot https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-a-robot/. The essay should address the advantages that robotization offers (the techno-optimist position) and the concerns such a future might bring (the techno-pessimist position). To bring a different perspective to your discussion chose a type of robot (perhaps the sewing robot) and analyze its potential impact using Allenby and Sarewitz’s levels of technology. How does this analysis differ, if at all, from the techno-optimist/techno-pessimist dichotomy you presented in the first part of your essay? Remember, this is a prompt for writing. Your essay must cover all the points discussed in the prompt but you have freedom to decide how you would like to do so. Any arguments you present MUST be supported by credible sources. https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-a-robot/

Rise of the Robot

The mechanization of labor that has occurred over the last 150 years is now culminating in what seems to be a new phase, the rise of the robot. In your first essay for our class, I want you to grapple with the implications of what our robot future might mean. The essay should address the advantages that robotization offers (the techno-optimist position) and the concerns such a future might bring (the techno-pessimist position). To bring a different perspective to your discussion chose a type of robot (perhaps the sewing robot) and analyze its potential impact using Allenby and Sarewitz’s levels of technology. How does this analysis differ, if at all, from the techno-optimist/techno-pessimist dichotomy you presented in the first part of your essay? Remember, this is a prompt for writing. Your essay must cover all the points discussed in the prompt but you have freedom to decide how you would like to do so. Any arguments you present MUST be supported by credible sources. Include your essay word count at the bottom of your essay. Essays should be written in formal English with citations (footnotes). You may also use the Chicago-Turabian Style https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-a-robot/

The Techno-Human Condition

The Techno-Human Condition

Create an annotated bibliography entry for chapters one to four of “The Techno-Human Condition” by Branden Allenby and Daniel Sarewitz. Your entry should start with a citation for the article in Chicago/Turabian Style. You should then write two paragraphs about the article. The first paragraph should be a summary of the article. The second paragraph should be an assessment of the article including its strengths, weaknesses and methods. The word count for this essay is 350.

 

Are Robots Hurting Job Growth?

https://youtu.be/w2lDmF8ZShI
Summarize the current affairs video in 500+ words “Are Robots Hurting Job Growth?” (link above) In your summary, critically evaluate how new technologies are replacing workers, at the same time making US economy more competitive with low wage countries like China and India? How this new high tech economy will impact income inequality? What economic lesson you learned frown this video?

Information Technology;Research Paper Assignment.

You are required to submit a research paper. The paper must focus on one of the following topics:

A comparison of Windows versus Linux based operating systems.
Modern approaches to process synchronization.
Limitations of mobile operating systems and how they may be overcome.

Technological Pedagogy Knowledge:

Technological Pedagogy Knowledge: This area involves advanced learning processes through the use of technology that contribute to a wider variety of differentiated instructional opportunities including iPads that have text to speech programs, SMARTboard with text magnification, and online educational games that provide immediate feedback.
Assignment Instructions
Using the classroom environment and the demographics created in Week Two, the instructional strategies that align with the CCSS in the blog created in Week Three, the unit plan created in Week Four, and the summative assessment created in Week Five, you will create the framework for a TPACK lesson plan.
Include the following in your lesson plan:
1.Title: The title of your lesson.
2.Grade level and basic class demographics.
3.Anticipated Outcome (Lesson Objective): This must be measurable and written to align with the CCSS.
4.Common Core State Standard: This can be from your Unit Plan.
5.NETS-T standard being met.

The Electronic Era and Postmodernism

Topic: The Electronic Era and Postmodernism
Summary:
Read: The Electronic Era and Postmodernism by Margot Lovejoy
Postmodernism Goals for reading reflection: How dada, surrealism and fluxus lead the way into postmodernism. Shift to conceptual interests. Dematerialization and conceptual art. Video, kinetic, and performance art. Collaboration between artists and scientists. Lack of critique of technology. The Art and Technology exhibition and three categories of work shown. Photography and Walter Benjamin’s notion of authentic aura. Feminism. Postmodern characteristics. Channel surfing leads to web surfing. Mediated reality (this is a central theme of this course). Increased public interaction with art. Collectives of artists and collaboration and Group Material. Use of popular media and the art world.
here the link to the reading
http://lisahutton.net/reading/TheElectronicEraAndPostmodernism.pdf