Connecting to Connect

Unit 3 Presentation

The Shallows by Carr“For most people, the movement of the sun, the moon, and the stars provided the only clocks they needed….That began to change in the latter half of the Middle Ages…. By the fourteenth century, the mechanical clock had become commonplace, a near-universal tool for coordinating the intricate workings of the new urban society…. The mechanical clock changed the way we saw ourselves…. [and] it changed the way we thought. Once the clock had redefined time as a series of units of equal duration, our minds began to stress the methodical mental work of division and measurement” (P. 41-43).

Travel: then vs. now

Tech advances èmore complex èless self-sufficient, more dependent èlearn to collaborate

The Gutenberg Galaxy by McLuhan

“Global Village”

Marshal McLuhan/Blog

Examples of how technology connects us more than ever!

Email, faster regular mailSocial media: open blogs, Facebook, TwitterMass media: national and international magazines, newspapers, television, radioTexting, phone calls, SkypeCars, airplanes, trainsWe have to connect to create all of these things that connect us! We are so connected, we are like a global village.

Using Technology to Make Real ConnectionsLifehacker.com WebsiteLife hack= any trick shortcut (used to cut through information overload and organize data)Article on Lifehacker.com shows how people are using technology to connect in real ways:“ It was really fun, and pointed to a way the internet/technology can be used in the real world in a meaningful way.”

Unlimited Connection…