Friday, October 9, 2009
critrical theory: a short primer
This video outlines some of the basic terms and names connected to critical theory. As you read Ecological Revolutions, note the influence of Max Horkheimer on Merchant's view of Bacon, Descartes, and the purported connection between capitalism, imperialism, and western science.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Pocahontas: Colors of the Wind
A song from Disney's Pocahontas that portrays native Americans as a race more connected to the land and nature.
Monday, October 5, 2009
did you know?
This video is similar to the one played for engineers at the beginning of the school year. It shows how quickly technology is evolving, and how we are the ones changing it.
It seems that it will soon overpower us, and yet we are allowing it to do so, we are basically creating and improving what is controlling us.
This video shows a technological determinism, yet it shows the positive side, and speaks favorably of it. In fact, it asks what should "we" do in the face of these changes, not how should we make these changes suit us...
the "Crying Indian" ad
As you begin to read Carolyn Merchant's book Ecological Revolutions this week, please consider the claims she makes about Native American culture in her opening chapters in relation to our broader historical assumptions about the relationship between indigenous cultures and the environment. In addition to the above advertisement, what other cultural artifacts (such as novels, poems, and films) have presented the idea that Native American peoples are inherently "closer to nature"?
Friday, October 2, 2009
Can online education help you find a job? Where can you find online college rankings? CNN reports.
This video shows the benefits of taking online education courses. People who are often deprived of time and money choose the option of online studying. It mostly shows the positive sides and advantages in this changing concept of education.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
"Future of Technology"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXNWwGUsBU
(prof, i can't get the hyperlink to work for some reason...)
This video discusses the future of technology compared to the advancement of technology in the past. It states how technology will advance much more rapidly and greater by the next several years by stating facts of the effects that technology has caused in today's world.
(prof, i can't get the hyperlink to work for some reason...)
This video discusses the future of technology compared to the advancement of technology in the past. It states how technology will advance much more rapidly and greater by the next several years by stating facts of the effects that technology has caused in today's world.
Youtube post
This video by the North Carolina State University Libraries shows the guidelines, basis, and accuracy of Wikipedia. This video neither praises nor scorns Wikipedia, much like Wikipedia's goal for unbiased articles. I think the video shows that wikipedia is also a secondary source, much like any encyclopedia. Even though it is more prone to biased opinions, the information is usually sound. Wikipedia has had, and will have, a great impact on study because of the accessibility of the information and it's numerous articles about everything.
Youtube Video
In this video, MIT Media Lab founder , Nicholas Negroponte, talks about his program "One Laptop Per Child." This program allows students all over the world, even students in impoverished nations and areas, computer and internet access. The program's overall goal is to educate students with computers and allow them a much broader range of education using the Internet. This will allow them to learn computers, along with science, math, history, language arts etc. Each laptop sells for approximately $100 each.
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