Assignments for Tuesday, April 5, 2011

• Keep working on your research paper. You should be well into your rough draft at this point.
• Learn the following vocabulary words: Big Brother, mitigate, persistence, snippet
  
• Read "In the 'Info' Age, Everything Gets a Little Shorter"
• Read "Persistence"
• Read "Yes, They Are Watching You"
• Answer, in writing, the following questions on your readings; bring your responses to class Tuesday:
  

1. Do you agree that attention spans are declining among Americans? Give evidence to support your answer.
2. If you agree that attention spans are declining, do you think educational institutions have kept up with these changes in attention spans? Give an example or two to support your answer.
   
3. Has your educational experience at Motlow encouraged you to deal more with “long-form” content?
4. Have you come across an example of what appears to be unwise revealing of personal information online? What action, if any, did you take in response?
5. To what degree is it government's responsibility to help users erase embarassing or incriminating digital information from the web?
   
6. What is your reaction to the idea of employers keeping track of employees through personal computers and other technologies?