Video Topic: Using tech to enhance your real-world hobbies to decrease your negative usage of it Brainstorming notes from lab Logic puzzle books encourage looking at things in different ways Sitting down and letting your imagination run wild on paper enables more creativity in the More

In lab we brainstormed different ways to improve critical thinking skills, the following list is what we came up with. Read Mnemonic devices and associations  Watching movies  Conversing  Creating art/music Practice things  Interpreting and analyzing art and music  Journaling Meditation  Religion  Learning instruments  Photography Writing  More

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The documentary “The Social Dilemma” really opened my eyes to how purposely manipulative and addictive social media and technology is for our current generation. Personally, I myself and most of my friends use social media and technology almost 24/7 throughout the day. When my phone/laptop More

Brainstorm: Read, Mnemonic devices, associations, actively watch movies, conversing, creating or interpreting art and music, practice skills, journaling, meditation, learning instruments, photography, writing, cooking Remember: you are catering to a 13 year old with a short attention span, and who does not respond to certain More

CRITICAL THINKING “Taking things with a grain of salt” -taking the time to investigate the things you’re being told to gain your own knowledge. Evaluate work/tasks. identify what you want to solve or question and gather data and thoughts. Don’t be afraid to ask questions More

List of changes I’d be interested in making to increase my brain skills: Read more print books ~ ex. long term patience/focus Free writing more ~ ex. creative output (vs consumption) Researching topics I’m interesting in ~ ex. critical thinking Journaling ~  ex. deeper, conceptual thinking Get More

While modern technology has no doubt brought a lot of good into the world, it’s also caused quite a bit of damage. For me, my phone has allowed me to connect to friends and family no matter the distance, and has also given me the More

  The issue I will be focusing on is likes and their correlation with self-satisfaction. I had a girlfriend once that was obsessed with her social media. Whenever she posted a picture, she would literally refresh the page every 30 seconds to see who and More

I can think of two harmful things off the top of my head that I have experienced when it comes to technology, although there are surely many more. The first is the emptiness that social media creates in us. It has been a long time More

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A common vulnerability  humanity is plagued with everyday is addiction. Wether it be addiction to alcohol, drugs, caffeine or really most anything the human brain attaches itself to and grows a dependency for. So it is safe to say that there is such thing as More

Catch & Store Energy This principle resonated with me most because I believe that collecting energy from natural, renewable sources is a vital part of creating humane tech. Nature’s primary energy source is the sun; in fact, most energy on earth can be traced back More

For my project, I decided to base my logo on the sixth permaculture principle, Produce No Waste. When coming up with design for the logo I wanted identify the meaning of “produce know waste” to me. When relating this principle to my everyday life, I know More

Principle: Integrate Rather Than Segregate Upon finding the Integrate principle, I immediately made me think of puzzle pieces, and hexagons. Hexagons are obviously a staple of design, so that one is pretty obvious, but puzzle pieces stood out to me as something special. On their More

For my Logo I chose use edges and value the marginal. As a whole I believe this principle is important because as people it is so easy for us to get lost. In nature it’s important to value what is around you and to respect More

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15 Common Logical Fallacies   1) The Straw Man Fallacy This fallacy occurs when your opponent over-simplifies or misrepresents your argument (i.e., setting up a “straw man”) to make it easier to attack or refute. Instead of fully addressing your actual argument, speakers relying on More

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Quiz 7 a: Design for Earth Quiz 7 b: Story of Stuff Quiz 7 c : History of World in 7 Cheap Things (graded as Journal 7, individual post)

The Empire Is Not Done with Julian Assange As is clear from the memoir of one of his attorneys, Michael Ratner, the ends have always justified the means for those demanding his global persecution. Chris Hedges  Common Dreams URL Shortly after WikiLeaks released the Iraq More

Using your Journal 8 assignment (and any revisions–Journal 9), post documentation of your final project. Be sure to open your post by answer the following questions about your project: PROJECT: What will you be designing/redesigning? TOOLS: Which Tools did you use & why? VALUES: What More

Create a post for the class website that points to your own wordpress.com site. Use a featured image, and an image link to your portfolio URL . The image can be a screenshot of your portfolio, or a section of it.  Then click on the More