Day 1: Welcome to Brave New World!

This is our assignment space and network hub, as well as the place where I share my musings on a variety of subjects.

In class

1. Read: Syllabus 
2. Fill out this FORM. (This will be the first online activity in your Portfolio)

Annotating

1. Read and discuss (and annotate!) "Annotating" (class packet, page 1).
2. Read: "How to Do One Thing at a Time" (2).
3. Check: Annotations for  "How to Do One Thing at a Time" (3).
4. On your own, annotate "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"(4).
5. With your partner, compare your annotations. See if you agree on 

• What the main point of the reading is
• What are 2-3 important ideas other than the main point 
• What are 2-3 ideas you may want to quote later 
• What words could need to be looked up in a dictionary

    7. As a class, we will annotate an online version of the reading HERE.