Oct. 30, 2020

 English: 

In-Class: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43907/a-boat-beneath-a-sunny-sky 

As per our Action Plan Timeline, please make sure the graffiti poems 

CLE:

Material for Part A: Choose one of the following links to use in class today:

1. "Workplace Spotlight: What Google Gets Right About Company Culture" https://peakon.com/blog/workplace-culture/google-company-culture/ 
2. "How Google's Strategy for Happy Employees Boosts its Bottom Line" https://www.forbes.com/sites/pavelkrapivin/2018/09/17/how-googles-strategy-for-happy-employees-boosts-its-bottom-line/?sh=cf3950c22fc4 
3. "Google Turns 20: How an Internet Search Engine Reshaped the World" https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/5/17823490/google-20th-birthday-anniversary-history-milestones 
4. "How did Google become the world's most valuable company?" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-35460398
5. "The Story Behind Google's Success" https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/042415/story-behind-googles-success.asp 
6. "Three Things to Learn from Google's Workplace Culture" https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/317582 

Homework: 

1) Bring your Personal Project stuff to class on Tuesday

2) Mock Interview projects due Tuesday - on Teams or hard copy (USB)

3) The Digital Footprint Portfolio has been uploaded to teams. Again, your questions for "The Circle" (2017) are as follows:

Choose one of the following for your journal entry:

A) Compare the original intent of TruYu and SoulSearch, with what these services became. Compare these two fictional devices to a real-life tech tool (e.g. Facebook Like button). What lesson does this comparison teach us about technology services?

B) "The Social Dilemma" (2020) was a call to action. By contrast, what does the film "The Circle" (2017) ask of its viewers? Explain.