Today is our interview with Cory Doctorow. Please get to class early if you can. I will set up the Skype call as soon as Cory is online, and we'll get started right away. Please write today's post in class if we have time (you can take notes as we talk). Please write in your journal later. Thanks to those of you who contributed questions. Looking forward to a great conversation!
AGENDA:
1. Interview with Cory Doctorow
POST:
What did you learn from the conversation with Cory? What was it like to participate in an interview of a bestselling author and public intellectual? What kinds of people would you like to learn from in the future? (title: TODAY I INTERVIEWED AN EXPERT) *Note: Remember that your blog readers will need some background on Cory, his experience, and your reasons for being curious about what he knows.
JOURNAL
TOPIC: [today's tunes: "I'm Sick Y'All" by Otis Redding; "Don't Let Us
Get Sick" by Warren Zevon; "Sick City Sometimes" by Buzzcocks]
Sick. It's an awful feeling. And it seems like when we get physically sick,
everyone around us has an opinion: rest up, drink fluids, see a doctor,
sweat it out, take an ice bath, walk it off... How do you know what to
do when you get sick?
You can also look at the word differently. There are more than a couple connotations: Dude, that's sick! I think about the roots of one synonym: disease.
The denotation is, "Not at ease." How do you feel when you are not at
ease, and what do you do to restore a sense of balance so that you can
live your best life? (Spoiler: sitting still and/or staring at a screen
probably doesn't help.)
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