Friday, October 12, 2007

Reading Assignment for Tuesday 10/16

Hey all,

Here is a list of readings and websites that you should look over to prepare yourselves for my literature and media review presentation Tuesday. I hope that you will find them interesting.

READINGS
How To Understand Mundane Technology, by Mike Michael

The Knowledge Medium: Designing Effective Computer-Based Educational Learning, by Gary Berg
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 5
Chapter 7

Articles from the National Center for Adult Learning and Literacy
Learning With Computers: The Theory Behind the Practice
Choosing and Using Websites for Literacy Instruction

MEDIA

Slashdot Comment Thread concerning Computer Literacy

"How PCs Work" from howstuffworks.com

Wikipedia article on Computer Literacy

2 comments:

ajaiart said...

Sarah,
check this out...sounds and looks a lot like what you are trying to do.

http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~csonline/

ajaiart said...

Hey Sarah,
I thought you might be interested...
http://books.google.com/books?id=1qXi-mN6LLoC&dq=technophobia&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=uxP_J92fmY&sig=cOV7weLHPn92kk315NehEvfroV4#PPA63,M1

http://www.amazon.com/Technophobia-Psychological-Impact-Information-Technology/dp/0415135966