For project 3, I wanted to use my peer’s sources that aligned closely with my own opinions, and then a professional’s writing that didn’t align with my thinking to help accentuate that the younger generation sees problems with technology and how it is affecting people. My peers had very similar outlooks on technology, and we shared common thinking on technology and the internet. My professional writer had a different outlook, and I used that to help propel my thinking and further my argument. He argued that while technology has many benefits and costs, the benefits can outweigh the costs leading to human progress, and I used the information from his writing that showed the costs of technology, to help grow my idea. Using his source this is how I framed the quote and explanation: “In addition, Kevin Kelley recounts a story of an acquaintance’s daughter who acted the same, “Immediately the girl became physically sick. Faint, nauseous, and so ill she couldn’t get out of bed. It was if her parents had amputated a limb. And in a way they had. Our creations are now inseparable from us. Our identity with technology runs deep, to our core.” Kelley talks about how we have become so deeply intertwined with our technology that it has become another limb.” To start the introduction of the quote I used the “They Say, I Say” book written by Cathy Birkenstein and Gerald Graff. Birkenstein and Graff give examples of ways in which we can introduce our authors and their texts. At the beginning of the year, it felt like my author and quote were being introduced very abruptly, so using the examples gave me a smoother transition from my explanations to the introduction of the author and text. We used “They Say, I Say” to help us “enter the conversation” and using this source has helped me greatly with smoother transitions and explaining the quotes.
