WEEKS 11-13 HOMEWORK

1) Familiarize yourself with these terms:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human–computer_interaction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Brain_Project

2) Watch this documentary, “Future is Today: Humanoid Robots” (40 mins)

3) Watch this episode of “Through the Wormhole” (43 mins)

See also: http://www.brainpreservation.org

HOW DOES THIS COMPARE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA?

4) Media Literacy

           

4a) Convergence Culture/Participatory Culture – Watch these videos:

4b) Read “Nurturing Affinity Spaces and Game-Based Learning” by James   

        Paul Gee and Elisabeth Hayes

                  drive.google.com/uc? 

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5) MP3/Sound Studies

Read “The MP3 as Cultural Artifact” by Jonathan Sterne

http://christopher.woods.name/dropfolder/uni/year4/acoustics/Psychoacoustics%20presentation%20-%20journals%20and%20papers/Sterne%20-%20The%20mp3%20as%20cultural%20artifact%20(2006)%20(swetswise).pdf