Phones & Your Relationship to Technology & Communication

SDSU Phones and Your Relationship to Technology and Communication

Journal 1:

Use the prompt titled "Phones" to explore your relationship to technology and communication

- the prompt is attached

Journal 2:

Using the four focus area questions in the attached file, write this journal as a kind of pre-drafting exploration of your proposed Wakelet Profile.

-Journal 2 prompt:

• Name person, place, event, phenomenon, or specific issue or idea I will explore in my Profile; does this topic connect to a larger social issue or current context?
• Cite traditional perspectives on this topic (list specific positions taken) and preview what makes your approach and perspective unique.
• Identify what sources (including quoted voices) you will curate and include; how will you bring readers into an understanding of your topic; what dominant impression do you hope to experience and reveal in your Wakelet Profile?
• Develop anecdote: write a vivid story that introduces or illuminates your interest/relationship to your profile topic – use dialogue and description!

WRITE WHAT YOU SEE

Hank Kellner Photo “If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?” Stephen Levine American author IDEAS FOR WRITING

• Is the pay phone soon to disappear completely? In mid-2006 there were an estimated 219 million cell phone users in the United States alone. Do you think that cell phones will ever replace traditional phones completely? Why or why not?

• Many people now view cell phones as a necessity in life. Are they really necessary? Why or why not?

• Do cell phones help people become closer in their relationships—or farther apart? Explain.

• What are some of the positive and negative effects cell phones have had on people in the U.S.? Write What You See