Reading Response 05: Personal Reflection

Reading Response 05: Personal Reflection

Personal Reflection

For this assignment, write a personal reflection that connects themes from our readings to a personal experience you have had with technology.

Assigned Readings:

  • Crawford, Kate and Vladen Joler. “Anatomy of an AI System.” 2018. Accessed online.
  • Sadowski, Jathan. A Machine for Smart Living. Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism Is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World. The MIT Press, 2020, pp. 105-128

What to Do:

  1. Engage the readings: Identify at least one key concept from each author and briefly summarize each one.
  2. Make it personal: Connect those concepts to a personal life experience where you interact(ed) with technology. This could be an everyday moment or something more singular.
  3. Reflect critically: Ask yourself questions such as:
    • Why do people adopt and use these kinds of technologies?
    • What are their impacts or risks? This could be physical/material or conceptual.
    • What could make the Internet of Things better?

Format & Requirements:

  • Length: 500 words
  • Format: Google Doc, Word Doc, or PDF
  • Reference both readings (at least one quotation or paraphrase from each)
  • Clear connection to your own lived experience
  • Focus on analysis and reflection, not just summary
  • Cite your sources
Reading Response Rubric
Reading Response Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
Responds fully to the given prompt

4 pts

Full Marks

0 pts

No Marks

/ 4 pts

Includes critical reflection

2 pts

Full Marks

0 pts

No Marks

/ 2 pts

Includes proper use of citations

2 pts

Full Marks

0 pts

No Marks

/ 2 pts

On-time submission

2 pts

Full Marks

0 pts

No Marks

/ 2 pts

Requirements: 500

WRITE MY PAPER


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