TEC154 2010S, Class 39: Wrapup Overview: * Next Week * Preparing for Wednesday and Friday * Planning the Start of class on Monday * About the Final. * The Subject Matter of This Course. * End-of-course Evaluation. Extra Credit * EC for Exhibition Opening Monday the 10th at 4:15 in Smith Gallery. * EC for MAP presentation, Thursday the 13th at 4:30 in BCA 242: Rescue Games, Wishful Fictions: Drawings Finding Hope in the Illusion of Safety. * EC for Friday's Musical, 6:30 in Sebring-Lewis. * EC for Sunday Choral performance in Herrick. * EC for Sunday Belly Dance performance (1:00 in JRC). * EC for Art Gallery Opening 4:15 in Bucksbaum Admin * Please send your reviews to your reviewees * Final papers are due at the final. * Warning! I will not take public notes on student presentations. * If you do choose to drink before or after Waltz, please drink responsibly. * Take advantage of the subfree parties! * Today's EBoard is mostly pre-filled to permit quicker movement through topics. * Low-tech PowerPoint! Revised plans for Wednesday and Friday (Tentative; these can be changed) * Wednesday * Wireless video game controllers * Birth Control * Electroconvulsive therapy * Household appliances * Friday * Land-line phones * Cell phones * Ethanol * Football helmets Plans for the Start of Monday's Class * Background * I remain convinced that the issues that affect people in their everyday lives must also be addressed in their everyday lives. * The official statement about Saturday's events is supposed to be made this morning. * I understand that there will be a number of editorials in today's S&B about the issue. * Members of the class are affected by the event, by the editorials, and by surrounding issues. * We will therefore begin Monday's class by addressing these issues. * I would hope that my class is a safe enough space that we can do so successfuly. Format * Any class member who desires may read a prepared statement. * Any class member who would like a statement read but is not comfortable reading it themselves may send it to me in advance, and I will read it anonymously. * I will survey the class about what to do next (discuss, go on with class topics, whatever). * I will decide what to do next. About Statements and Discussion * In spite of the strong feelings many feel about these issues, you will be respectful to the individual members of this class. * We can express strong feelings. * As one of you notes, "Discussions of these topics need to happen and should put people in place that is outside of their comfort zone. I think personal safety can still be maintained as long as ideas are challenged and not individuals." The Final: Comprehensive of Partial? * Request: Focus on the second half * Problem: How do I ask "What would *this author* say about *this technology*?" * How do I ask good essay questions? * But ... there's a lot to know from this class (see rest of outline) * And we've covered a lot since the mid-sem * Final: Primarily second-half stuff * But ... big themes from first-half * Technologies support and oppose groups and power structures. The Final: Format * No essay question * "About" twenty short-answer questions * You may bring one double-sided hand-written sheet to the examination. * Sample final may appear next week * You can submit questions! Primary Topics for the Final * Technologies * Bridges and other Structures (Case) * Digital Art (Kluber and Simon) * Biotechnology (Robertson) * Solar Energy (Swartz) * Computers (Rebelsky) * Student-presented Technologies * Birth control * Cellular phones * Electroconvulsive therapy * Ethanol * Football helmets * Household appliances * Lind-line telephones * Wireless video-game controllers * Readings * Norman (Human Factors) * Dawe (Assistive Technology) * McGaw and Rothschild (Feminist and Gendered Perspectives on Technology) * Pollack (Technology in Art) * Billington (Bridges) * Lots of authors (Biotechnology) * Ceruzzi (Computers and Expectations) * Bush (Information Storage) * New Perspectives * Surprise! Getting ready for the EOCEs: The Subject Matter of the Course I think of this course as having three main subject matters * Topical o Lenses through which to consider technology o Details of individual technologies * General skills * And beyond Lenses * Too many to list * The primary outcome of the course Individual technologies * Stone tools * Language * Music * Bridges and other Structures * Digital Art * Biotechnology * Solar Energy * Computers General * Identifying key points in readings * The power of collaboration * Whether you like it or not, being able to think on your feet is an important skill * Try learning subjects in different ways (e.g., hands-on activities) And beyond * Have fun with what you do * Be responsible for yourself and to those around you * Show up, and if you can't show up, call! * Take risks * Support each other * "Feed the tired" * There are things in life much more important than any academic subject End of Course Evaluation * Fill it out. * A volunteer will turn it in to the Science Division Office.