Today we will begin to lay the foundation for the next book we will be starting,
Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow. This story has an unbelievable amount of themes that
can be explored, but for our purposes we will only focus on a few:
freedom, privacy, and responsibility/accountability.
What is
"freedom?" What about "privacy," "responsibility," or "accountability?"
What do these things look like when done right? What about when they are
done completely wrong?
Not only are these ideas all through
Little Brother, but are also factors in our everyday lives, so they should be explored! Begin your exploration
here,
with some Pinterest boards I put together to give you a quick idea of
what these terms mean and look like. If you have more time, or don't
find my sources particularly helpful, feel free to find your own, but be
prepared to both discuss them and cite them later.
We will
briefly discuss the terms after you have had time to check out some of
the sources, and then it's time for a much more hands-on exploration, so
get excited!
The idea here is that by the end of class, we will
have collected enough information on these topics in order to form our
own working definitions of them to be used throughout the readings and
discussions of
Little Brother. Req'd Blog Post: Briefly
summarize (a few sentences will do for that) this experience and reflect upon
it. Did you learn anything new? Has any of your thinking changed as a
result of this? Once that is complete, be sure to include the
definitions of the terms that we formed in class. Pick one of them to
expand upon- either find more sources with further information on the
topic or relate it to your own life or experience.
