Title: Unit 6: Future of Communication
Course: Advanced Composition for the Digital Age SP14 > Section: Unit 6: Future of Communication

Where is communication heading?

Estimated Completion Time: 3 hours

Unit 6 Future of Communication: Objectives

You've researched the history of the written word, now it's time to make some conclusions about where we're headed. But to do that there are a few issues you'll need to learn about as they have the potential to limit how we use the internet.

Step 1: The first of these issues is Net Neutrality. It's okay if you don't know anything about it; most people don't. At the end of this lesson though, you'll be way more informed about it than the average citizen. Then you can help by telling them why it's important. Click here to learn about Net Neutrality and see your assignment for it: Unit 6: Net Neutrality.

Step 2: Next, how does the internet work? How is it improving and how does it learn more and more about us every time we click a link or do a search? Click here for the section I've labeled InterWeb2.0TubesNet.com Assignment.

Step 3: The world is changing and most people don't have a clue about how they will keep up. As the rest of the world catches up to the U.S. in terms of economics, technology, life-expectancy, health-care (some have already surpassed the U.S. in these) it's time to consider your place in this world and how you can stay innovative and successful and what kinds of tools you'll use to get there. Click here for the section labeled: Unit 6: Assignment: It's About You.

Step 4: Now it's time for you to make some predictions. You've studied the history and analyzed the present, now it's time to put your Futurist hat on and tell us where you think the future of communication is heading. Make your future predictions here by clicking on Unit 6: Assignment: Future Tense.

Step 5: Okay, it's time to wind down and come back to the present. For much of human history, people have blamed technology for our problems. There's even a name for those people: Luddites. (For more info check out Luddites: Who Were They?) As you think about how technology has affected your life and the effects it has on others around you, clicking here will give you an opportunity to organize your thoughts and submit them Unit 6: Assignment: Cause & Effect.

Step 6: The Meme. What is it? Where did it come from? And can you make one of your own? Unit 6: Assignment: Memes

Move on to Unit 7: Problem/Solution

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