Follow up on yesterday's writing...

Assignment: Return to your summary of the Richard Sclove text from yesterday and add your responses to the following:

1. What is Richard Sclove's view of our modern society's relationship with technology? Why might democracy be threatened by blindly adopted technology? Give quotes from the text to back up your analysis.


2. How does the Amish relationship with technology differ from ours, and that of the Ibeican's? Give examples that illustrate this point.


3. What is the lesson Sclove thinks we must learn from the Amish if we are to remain a true democracy? Use quotes from the text to support your description.

Once you have finished your post...choose what you think are the three most important or interesting parts of your gadget and begin a new draft post where you will collect research (quotes, facts, pictures) that will allow you to provide your readers a DEEPER analysis of how these particular parts work. For example...if I were taking apart a walkman, I might choose the electric motor, the read/record head, and the integrated cirtcuit...you will be designing an experiment to test one of these objects...so choose carefully.