weekTwo

=**Week Two: February 4th**=

Defining the Information Age

A Brief History of Content

Discuss: Cory Doctorow, Content: Happy Meal Toys versus Copyright; You DO Like Reading Off A Computer Screen; It's the Information Economy, Stupid


 * Readings for February 11th:**

Steven Johnson: Best Technology Writing of 2009
 * Steven Johnson's Introduction
 * Dana Goodyear - I Heart Novels ( heartNovels )
 * Andrew Sullivan - Why I Blog ( whyBlog )
 * Nicholas Carr - Is Google Making Us Stupid? ( onGoogle )
 * The Onion - Area Eccentric Reads Entire Book ( onReading )
 * Kevin Kelly - Becoming Screen Literate ( screenLit )


 * Wiki Assignment:**

Choose one of the assigned essays from Johnson's collection and write a short (2-3 paragraph) response to an issue raised within that essay. Post your response on the page dedicated to that reading. If you are the first poster, you may need to create that page. If other people have already posted, read their responses and engage in a dialog. You can respond to one another within the page itself and on the discussion board for that topic. By next week's class you should have posted one full response and at least 2 comments or questions to your classmate's posts.


 * Make sure to add a link to the reading you comment on to your personal page so I can easily find your contribution!**