Tech+&+Civ

=Technology and Civilization=

Teacher: Megan Class Period: Location: Rm. 3 (Computer Lab)

The pages below are archived from Fall 2007, when we studied //Guns, Germs, and Steel// by Jared Diamond. Our Spring 2008 course is taking place on the Whole New Mind wikispace.

=Projects=


 * Final Exam:** (Dec 18) How Would You Answer Yali?
 * Project 6:** (Dec 10-14) From Egalitarianism to Kleptocracy (rise of government and religion)
 * Project 5:** (Dec 3-7) Necessity's Mother (the evolution of technology)
 * Project 4:** (Nov 26-30) Blueprints and Borrowed Letters (the origins and spread of writing)
 * Project 3:** (Nov 9-16) The Germs of //Guns, Germs, and Steel//
 * Project 2:** (Oct 15-Nov 8) Domestication of animals.
 * Project 1:** (Sept 10-Oct 12) Domestication of crops. Ancient crops at Trader Joe's (a field study).
 * Project 0:** (Aug. 13-Sept 7) What is the single biggest technological innovation -- ever? Check out the rubric and video responses.

=Class Directory=

Please add your screen names here so we can keep up with you online. =Links=
 * **Name** || **Wikispaces SN** || **del.icio.us SN** ||
 * Megan || mgolding || mgolding ||
 * Graham || bondar ||  ||
 * Dizavid || Dizavid ||  ||
 * Scott || scottyy9862 || scottyy9862 ||
 * Arai || yelowdancingbear || wearyelow247 ||
 * G-Rant || cuber247 || kendrickgm ||
 * Patches || pcasselman || patches99 ||

This is the RSS feed from Megan's del.icio.us account for all links tagged "technciv". rss url="http://del.icio.us/rss/mgolding/technciv" =What You Need for This Class=


 * 1) Personal email address.
 * 2) [|Google account].
 * 3) [|Wikispaces account] & request to join the Chrysalis space.