New Technologies

Essay on Education based on the 3-5 sources below  3-4 pages MLA FORMAT What to write about? It is basically an analytical and critical essay in response to the articles, poems, and videos we used in class and discussed about.  You should argue for or against the authors’ ideas about new technologies.  Read the articles and break them into their components to see what points they make, what evidences and what references are used to support the argument, to develop the ideas, and how they have organized the arguments. Critically, look at the essays or poems. You may agree, or disagree with the ideas. You may like or dislike the ideas. You may argue against them, or be persuaded by them. You should also look at the style of writing, the words, the sentences, the rhetorical elements, etc. Do not miss our class discussions. In class, we read and analyze the sources for our essay . How to write? One way you can begin your argument is to ask a few questions about the sources (poems, videos, articles). Then answer the questions each in a paragraph, and explain your position towards them or your opinion about them. And say why you believe so. Invent your argument. For example:  In your introduction introduce your sources: the titles of the articles and the names of the authors. Then state your thesis, and a plan of ideas/the points you would like to elaborate upon in regard to the sources. In the next paragraph, answer this question: What is the author’s position toward technology? Is he against it? Is he a Luddite? Why? How do you know that? What is the problem of technology according to the author? And how does technology affect us human beings, our lives, our relationships, our cultures, and our societies? What is the purpose of technology? What are the problems of human beings and what role does technology play in our lives? How do you evaluate the author’s writing style, tone, choice of words, sentences, … Is he successful in being persuasive? The conclusion is yours. I leave it up to you to say “so what?” and how you decide to conclude your essay. Quotation and Documentation: In each paragraph in your essay, use quotations from the article, poems, or videos: examples/evidences/details/appeals (logos, ethos, and pathos) that the author uses to support his argument. Put the author’s words in quotation marks. Then elaborate on them, and explain if you agree or disagree with them? Why? Remember to cite and document your quotations twice: both in-text and at the end of your essay in the works cited page in MLA format. Sources to choose from: Neil Postman: ” Learning”  Suli Breaks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ZmM7zPLyI Ken Robinson: https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX78iKhInsc  A plea for education by Michelle Obama: https://www.ted.com/talks/michelle_obama Steve Jobs:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc&list=PL70DEC2B0568B5469&index=8 Montessori school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lznBZgcUOwk&list=PL7DQOJqKfWMeojMPk_HO66A_7s06Ygz_O