After watching the Python video up through 3:36:05 and after reviewing the Python Module Index, how would you describe functions, classes, and modules within Python?
Your answer should be in your own words, not copied and pasted.
Your answer should be approximately 300 words in length.
Among people who worship the objects of their own invention, money chief among them, technology is the knack of so arranging the world that one need not experience it. Better to consume it, best of all to buy it, and to the degree that information can be commodified (as corporate logo, Facebook page, designer dress or politician), the amassment of wealth and the acquisition of power follows from the naming of things rather than from the making of them. The future is a product to be sold, not a story to be told. – Lewis Lapham
Lewis Lapham’s article “America and the Rise of the Stupified Plutocrat” is a lament against the changes which he says the internet has brought to democracy. Postman’s The Judgment of Thamus makes a similar argument, albeit one with a wider lens. In this paper, your final, your job will be to explore the various rhetorics that are used to persuade us of the benefits of one particular technology that you believe has changed society for better or ill. In the paper, you will formulate a rhetorically-grounded argument of your own about the importance of this technology, the changes that it is bringing to our world, and what those changes may mean. How have we been persuaded to consider this technology as ‘good’? What are its downsides?
To begin, you will need to choose a technology that has changed the way we live: the telephone, the automobile, the atomic bomb, birth control pills, cloning, twitter, or facebook – it’s your choice, but it should be significant. According to Postman, new technologies are both a blessing and a burden; they make winners and losers, changing not only our lives, but our language. He also reminds us that new technologies always involve a loss. They make us “tools of our tools.” Think hard about the technology you’ve chosen. Who are the winners and losers? What changes has it wrought, and why are those changes either good or bad? How have they changed language?
Make sure you frame your paper using Postman text. That means: quote from it.
In addition to helping you to think critically about a text, the assignment asks you to consider what is “at stake” regarding some of the technologies we use every day. Ask yourself what kinds of rhetorics about this particular technology have been invoked for it to gain acceptance. How is it being presented to the public? Ideally, this paper should consist of description, research, and your own voice or argument.
In terms of rhetorical strategies, you will need to think about anecdotes around the subject or technology in question (pathos), facts about the technology (logos) and reliable sources on which to rest your own ethos. (Note: it’s possible that you yourself may provide some kind of reliable, credible, anecdotal evidence. For example, if you were defending the invention of guns, and your evidence was, a gun had saved your life.)
Step one: Choosing a technology consider.
While you are free to choose whatever you want, please choose a technology that lends itself to this paper, i.e. ones that have easily recognized blessings and burdens. Please stick to a technology, rather than a product – i.e. ‘smart phone,’ NOT, ‘iphone’, “self driving cars,’ NOT, “tesla.” The best papers look at technologies that have societal consequences AND are disputed, so, if you are interested in medical breakthroughs, think about the birth control pill, rather than penicillin. Don’t get too broad: ‘the computer” is a bit broad and has a three hundred year history. “Social Media” is broad: rather, pick a single app (twitter, Instagram OR tiktok). And so on.
Appliances, like refrigerator, etc. don’t make the best topics. Your paper will have a small portion devoted to the history of it and its invention – that is, setting it in time. But please don’t bog down in that – it’s not the point of the paper.
Once you have chosen your subject, you will need to think about the following things. What are the larger issues surrounding this issue? Why is it happening at this time? (That is, what is its context, or kairos?) What is the significance of it to society at large? How has this significance manifested itself in the news, how has it been countered, and most importantly, what do you, the rhetor and writer, think that this means?
For example, if you choose twitter as your technology, you will need to discuss the pros and cons of tweeting. Tweets have alerted people to protests in Iran and helped pinpoint terrorists in hostage situations. But they can also track and expose people in negative ways, can be used fraudulently and may even change the way people think about information. Twitter is a surveillance technology, and surveillance is, as Michel Foucault reminds us, about power management. Is twitter a good technology or a bad one?
Think of this paper as a conversation at a dinner party. Everyone at the table has a different opinion. For the paper’s purposes, you should confine yourself to opinions uttered only by respected writers and thinkers. This will build your credibility. You will need to summarize these opinions, before weighing in with your own. Hence, you will not simply be telling us how great (or awful) twitter is, but grounding us in the issues around it, and then taking a position. Your paper will rely upon research found in articles, books, interviews, surveys and any other secondary sources you can find in the short time available to us. Please choose a topic that will engage both you and us, your audience: in other words, make sure it is an issue you care about.
Remember, this paper is a persuasive argument, NOT merely a report of your research. Thus, the best way to approach it is to pose your topic in terms of a normative question that your paper will explore. Your thesis is the answer to a question: “Is technology X helping society or hindering it?” In order to be persuasive, your argument would need to make reference to the historical and societal context that your subject resides in – which you will have found about through your research – and it will need to martial all the rhetorical forces that we have learned about in our rhetorical analysis to make its claim. You will need to use your own intuition and insight, a strong writerly voice, and a clarity of purpose to drive home your argument persuasively.
NOTE: his paper doubles as your final exam and is worth more than all your other papers. Therefore, please pay attention to grammar, syntax, and punctuation. Please get started early so you can proofread it many times. Please reread the prompt so that you know what I am expecting. Please pay special attention to due dates.
Grading: An A paper will be a persuasive, well researched, and well-spoken essay with few to no grammatical errors. It will contain an original, persuasive and nuanced argument which argues its own position unassailably.
A B paper will have the same qualities but with some flaws, errors, or missed opportunities, either grammatically or in other ways.
A C paper will be weak in logic or research, or be otherwise unpersuasive, it will be poorly written and/or or it will show an absence of critical thinking in some way.
A D paper would be one which missed thesis, bibliography rough draft deadlines or final deadlines, and showed evidence of shoddy or last minute work.
An F paper is one which I didn’t receive.
Plagiarism Policy: PLAGIARISM WILL RESULT IN AN F GRADE AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY. Plagiarism is intentionally using the words or ideas of other people in your papers, without due credit. This covers copying from your neighbor to buying papers on the Internet and everything in between. It will result in an F grade and will be reported to the Dean of Students to be placed in your student record. Remember: Plagiarism is theft.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/30/how-tiktok-holds-our-attention
* I want to choose the topic of how social media has changed life and how people now present themselves onewayon social media and another way in real life.
Also, would you be able to provide me with a rough draft of the thesis by nov 30?
thank you,
Lupe
its about application of technology in health care
The topic is broad. You have to select a focus for your literature search. This focus should be reflected in your title. Remember to narrow down your topic.
Your introduction can contain a general discussion of the topic. At the end of your introductory paragraph you MUST identify the specific focus or research question that guide your selection of literature. You will also need to use SIGNPOSTING in order to structure your literature review.
All of the articles you decide to include in your review should be organized into sections. Each section must include the articles which belong to a common theme (i.e. your ‘common theme’ might be a similar research methodology OR a similar topic or technology).
You can use headings/subheading for your themes (but this is not compulsory).
The conclusion restates the focus of your literature collection and summarizes prominent themes that emerged from your review.
In the final list of references you include ONLY those sources that you reference in the text of your review.
Use APA7th edition referencing style guide. The guide can be found online – it is free and is accessible to the general public.
Similar to the previous project, this esssy is again focusing on your critical thinking skills. Because one thing happens-you oversleep, for example (cause)-something else happens-you miss class and therefore an assignment (effect). While the cause is a mistake, the effect is still a negative outcome. You will brainstorm various causes and their potential effects as you create your topic.
These topigs will be more global than our first essays-think of things in the world around us that have causes and effects. Previous students have written about electric cars and their effect on carbon emissions, social media and the effect on self image or productivity, and gardening and its effect on the bee population. You will need three in text citations and a works cited page, which is not included in the word count.
change completely the paper im sending because this is a friends so it cant look like the one im sending and if you could add some extra info that will be nice :
n this week’s meeting we got to attend a data visualization workshop. It was truly interesting and enlightening to me because I only briefly covered this subject in the past. It helped me understand more about data which is the subject of my current session right now. Meeting new classmates and new professors was really nice as well. Overall the class was very active and participative which is good for students to follow and get into it. Exactly what you expect from a workshop.
We started off by refreshing our minds with some definitions and explanations about data visualization. According to the session, a simple definition of data visualization is the graphical representation of information and data. You can use different tools to present your data such as charts, graphs, and maps. We learned about how important is targeting your audience in data visualization. Knowing your audience and addressing their needs is the step one. It allows the viewers to process and read the data quickly and simply.
I believe that digital information speak more to people than information told with words. In my opinion it is easier and quicker to understand a digital fact. During the class someone even said in the chat “A picture is worth a thousand words” and I found it truly accurate about dashboards.
We ended the class by using Tableau which was totally new for me. We got separated in break rooms in order to complete an exercise. In my group (2) we had to answer questions about Pokemon: what is the strongest Pokémon, what generation has the most types of Pokémon and so on. First of all we realized that we needed to understand the data before moving forward with anything else. We then all tried to figure the information out and give a picture as an answer. Thank you to the teacher who came to the room to save us at some point. The exercise was not an easy feat overall. When we went back to the main room we all presented our answers and it was really fulfilling to listen to every group’s presentation and way of thinking/working. The different skills levels among the students were actually really helpful for people like me for example. It allowed me to understand some things through my classmates as well. I had no experience with Tableau and data visualization but the group cohesion and different levels of experiences worked out well.
The reading for this session will help you prepare for this assignment, please read the material before attempting the lab.
Once data has been extracted from a database, it is used to make decisions. The decisions, depending on the data and the industry, could be to hire more employees, terminate some current employees, or start the research and development process for a new product to fill a need of the consumer.
For this lab, you will research to find weather information for an IT project.
As part of an ongoing IT project you have been assigned the task of predicting the best time in June to attempt some work that requires workers to be outside, this work will require 7-days for completion. There are some requirements for the location:
First, it must happen during the month of June over a 7-day window.
Second, it will be in Houston Texas.
Third, the critical requirement: you should select the week of the month where the temperatures are historically the lowest possible with the least historical amount of rain in June.
Use a website of your choice to collect the weather data for Houston Texas for the month of June. You should do this for the previous three years.
Once you have collected the data, you are to analyze the data to determine the best 7-day period.
For submission, using a spreadsheet; list the years of data individually and highlight the chosen 7-day period based on your analysis.
