Details will be added to this schedule after teams are assigned during the first week of class.
Introductions
9/2
Syllabus review, Course Overview
Unit 1: How not to automate everything
9/4
Unit introduction by Professor Brown, group assignments
9/9
Workshop to prepare discussion of "A Student's Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT," Perret
9/11
In-class discussion of reading
9/16
Workshop to prepare discussion of "Your Brain on ChatGPT," Kosmyna et. al.
9/18
In-class discussion of reading
9/23
Workshop to prepare discussion of "Extractive AI," Hogan and Lepage-Richer
9/25
In-class discussion of reading
9/30
Workshop to prepare discussion of "ChatGPT is Bullshit," Hicks et. al.
10/2
Discussion of reading
10/7
Lab Session #1: Designing a workshop about LLMs for your peers (report due at end of class)
10/9
Unit review, test preparation
10/14
Unit 1 test
Unit 2: How to pay attention
10/16
Unit introduction by Professor Brown
10/21
Workshop to prepare discussion of The Siren's Call (excerpt), Hayes
10/23
In-class discussion of reading
10/28
Workshop to prepare discussion of The Ecology of Attention (excerpt), Citton
10/30
In-class discussion of reading
11/4
Workshop to prepare discussion of The Anxious Generation (excerpt), Haidt
11/6
In-class discussion of reading
11/11
Workshop to prepare discussion of Digital Minimalism (excerpt), Newport
11/13
In-class discussion of reading
11/18
In-class discussion of "Attention Sanctuaries," Burnett and Mitchell
11/20
Lab Session #2: Attention and Place (report due at end of class)
11/25
Lab Session #3: Writing an Attention Practice (report due at end of class)
11/27 NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING
12/2
Lab Session #4: Digital Declutter - Define your Technology Rules (report due at end of class)
12/4
Unit review, test preparation
12/9
Unit test
