Nov 20 2020 Social Dilemma Questions & Discussion & Tech Art Critique

Exploitative technology was able to proliferate due to a lack of collective understanding around how these platforms work and how they impact us.

COVID-19 has pushed us indoors, away from
each other, and online more than ever. It has also spotlighted our increasing reliance on technology that is often at odds with the public good. Bringing humanity back to tech requires one human at a time talking about how to change that. 

Early social media “growth hackers” (Facebook) discovered that getting new users to 7 friends in 10 days could help them reach unprecedented scale. Could this principal be applied to fixing the problem? 

2. Tech Lab - Students - to complete TEAMS Assignment - Student Questions re: The Social Dilemma 

Back to classroom. 

3. As a class review - Pages 8-11 and 13 &14 Guide - Social Dilemma. Facts & Class Discussion Questions re: Mental Health, Democracy and Discrimination and the Way Forward. 

Next Up: 

  • Tech Art Critique.

  •  Kristen Mattson’s Discussion Cards - each student will be assigned a page - write down your answers to questions posed on your assigned page. 

  • Class Discussion Re: Results. 

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