Scores for Interactivity #1 are now posted within your Engrade account(s). There is an uploaded file with a score breakdown to see where you may have missed points. Note that the overall class average was very high (84%). If you scored below average, please make sure you review your breakdown to see where you missed points. Feel free to schedule an appointment to come see me if you are unable to discern why you were docked points in any particular area.
The strongest technology autobiographies included detailed examples of how the top 3 technologies influenced specific aspects of their lives for better and for worse. Some of you were able to self-reflect in honest, critical ways to see both the good and the bad. However, many of you are only able to see the benefits of your chosen technologies. Strong autobiographies also adhered to the 750-word limit in a smooth, narrative writing style and included reflection on the content of the "Learning to Change" video.
You will see from the grade breakdown in Engrade the areas of where everyone lost points (your individual privacy is protected). For some it was not clearly mentioning the video and/or failing to discuss how your stance is similar to and different from those of the young people in the video. Some of you missed points because you went (in some cases) way over the 750-word limit for the blogpost or perhaps did not title the blog post correctly. I also noticed that many of you switched voices in your discussion of technology. Instead of keeping in first person ("I") as an autobiography should do, many of you switched and starting talking about "you" or "society," and that was confusing since an autobiography can only be about you (which, in this case, is "I").
Also, when you craft each blog post, think of your blogspot as a professional portfolio and your audience being a superintendent who is trying to determine whether to call you in for an interview. It is probably therefore not a good idea for posts to be assembled in bullet-pointsYour post should therefore not resemble bullet-points or a class assignment. Each post should be a carefully crafted, concise narrative. As a reminder, blogging criteria are [posted here]
If you review the assignment description for Interactivity #1 with a critical eye, you will discover where you made mistakes. Learn from this first interactivity that assignment details matter.
Finally, I thought you might find it interesting that the majority of you ranked your cell/smart phone as the number one technology that has influenced you the most up to this point in your life (see graph below). The second most influential technology was pretty evenly split between computer/laptop and cell/smartphone (see 2nd graph below). Third place is shared by cell/smartphone, computer/laptop, and TV (note that somehow cell/smartphone was listed twice, separately).
I was surprised that most of you framed your autobiography with technologies that are present-day, rather than those technologies that you used while growing up. Wouldn't technologies that you used when you were much younger play a larger, more influential role in who you have become as a person up to this point in your life? Does the majority of this group really believe cell phones have made them the person they are today? If so, there is much to be concerned about, on several levels.
If you find any of the aggregate data above or below to be interesting, it may compel you to compose a blogpost for your online participation for this week (or not).
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| The Technology That Has Influenced You the Most (Ranked #1) (60 responses) |
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| The 2nd Most Influential Technology in Your Lives (Ranked #2) (60 responses) |
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| The 3rd Most Influential Technology in Your Lives (Ranked #3) (60 responses) |
