OOCA: Engineering & The World We Live In

For the course, and by the end of the semester you will need to write a reflective paper and produce a multimedia presentation with Google Earth.

More details will come, but basically, from the readings and thinking you have been doing thus far you will need to select an area of technology, or an artifact from engineering. What this means is that you will 1) select a topic, relating to technology and engineering. 2) You will then learn more about this topic. 3) You will look at the history of this. 4) You will look at this topic from a global perspective. 5) You will link the technology to advancements in engineering, and 6) You will discuss the impacts of this area on society.

Be sure to select ar area that is interesting to you. Today can you write your initial feelings:

1) what topic is most interesting so far?
2) what questions do you need to answer about this topic?
3) what do you know about the history of this?
4) how do you see this technology in different areas of the world?
5) what is the connection to engineering?
6) discuss the impact of this technology on the world.

You can write feeling or short answers today. It is not a test, I just want to see where you are.

Steve

Richard, Week 3 BBC Video

Good evening - hope you had a good weekend.

For your blog post this week I would like you to summarise the news video you watched on the BBC web site. You should have been able to give what you saw some thought, as you made notes and discussed things with your classmates.

So please post the following:

- a summary of what the video news report was about
- your opinion of (or reaction to) the content of report and why you have this opinion

Please also post the LINK to the video, as I will ask all of you to go and look at other students' videos later in the week.

Thanks,

Richard

Richard, Week 2

Good afternoon guys.

Please choose one of the short articles from the collection we looked at on Wednesday. Read it and think about it. You can also look up any important words you don't know.

You can use this link to help you understand:

http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/mg20126921800-ten-scifi-devices-that-could-soon-be-real


Think about the questions below and write your reponse.

What interested you about your choice of technology?
Do you think we will have to wait long to see this technology in the real world?
Do you think there may be probelms with this technology? What problems? Why?

Thanks. I look forward to reading your posts.

Richard

Readings Thus Far

You should have several readings so far - in just week two. Each student should have 6-8 readings from Richard and myself. In this BLOG for tonights class, can you 1) Write you name, 2) Write the title of each article, and 3) Under each article write 4-8 key vocabulary from the article, and 4) Tell us which your favorite article is and why.

This will be interesting
Steve

Webspiration

How did you feel about using Webspiration the first time? Write your thoughts. How is it good? How is it useful? How could we use it in the future?

Steve

Richard, Week 1

Welcome to the 2TA blog from me. I know that most of you have already been here, and you are seeing how useful it can be to think about your studies and, in this case, about your reading. I hope you will use it to expand the way you see technology. You have probably realized that technology is something I am very interested in, and I am very happy to be working with students who share my interest. This semester I want to explore the whole world of technology with you.

Yesterday (Monday) you started making mind-maps in groups on large sheets of paper. I would like you to choose an area from your mind-map and find one article which is related to it. I would like you to do the following with it:

1) Tomorrow (Wednesday) – update your mind-map by adding the topic of your article
2) Also tomorrow (Wednesday) – please give me a copy of the article so I have an idea what you are reading.
3) Think about the following, and put your thoughts on the blog:
- Which area of technology is your article about?
- How does your article connect to the mind-map?
- Is the writer positive, negative or neutral towards the technology in the article?
- Imagine you are explaining your article to a friend. What are the main points you would talk about?

Please post your ideas by the end of the week. If you do not you will lose credit.

Thanks

Richard

Day Three

Wednesday, Feb 4, you asked for an OOCA for period 13 (7:20-8:15). Today you have been given a page, or selection of pages, from the National.

Your job is to read one or two of the articles, and answer the following:

What was the title of the article?
What was the main idea of the article?
What was an interesting point made in the article?
What are other topics that are related to the article?
What way does the article connect to you (if it does)?

Your post should be 100-200 words. If you do not post before 8:15 on Wednesday you will be marked absent.

Have fun - keep the article for your reading portfolio

Steve

Day Two

Yesterday we looked at many areas and topics related to technology. You found three articles and posted a quick summary on eBlogger. Today, please copy and paste the following starting point, but be sure to add a lot more.

Yesterday I found three articles related to technology on the internet. I looked at articles that address: ___(topic 1)__, ___(topic 2)__, ___(topic 3)__. In the following short writing I want to expand on yesterdays findings and share more of the information from the articles.

In article 1, about ___(topic 1)__, three points that were made were: 1, 2, 3. (write 30 - 50 words from the article).

In article 2, about ___(topic 2)__, three points that were made were: 1, 2, 3. (write 30 - 50 words from the article).

In article 3, about ___(topic 3)__, three points that were made were: 1, 2, 3. (write 30 - 50 words from the article).

The article that is most interesting to me is article (?). I think this way because .... (write 30-60 words connecting the content to your interests or your life).

Steve Pellerine (put your name)