Schedule

                                                                                          Section 1          Section 2

Ceruzzi Chapter 6                                                    10/21                      10/20

Ceruzzi Chapter 7                                                     10/21                      10/20

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“How We Read”                                                         10/21                      10/22

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Emerson Introduction                                            10/21                     10/24

Emerson Chapter 1                                                  10/21                    10/24

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“How We Read”

Questions

1)   What is the zone of proximal development?

2)   Give 2 examples of hyper-reading.

3)   What is cognitive load and how have researches related it to hypertext?

4)   According to Hayles, what are the advantages of deep attention, and what are the advantages of hyperattention?

5)   What is machine reading?

Reading Writing Interfaces

Questions

1) According to Emerson, what is the common goal underlying modern interface designs?

2) What does Emerson mean by “invisible interface”?

3) Do you agree with Emerson’s assertion that “We no longer have access to digital making; instead, we have predetermined choices?

4) Describe calm technology

5) What does Emerson mean when she writes “the iPad works because users can’t know how it works”?

6) How does Emerson describe the type of “creativity” espoused by the iPad?

7) What alternate view of creativity does Emerson propose? Pg 20

8) How does Emerson use the terms:

A)   Hacking

B)   Glitch

C)   Defamilliarization