This Paideia Text and Issues lecture was titled "Rights in Passage". It was all about how our rights as citizens of the United States are changing. As technology develops there are even more ways to obtain people's personal information. This new technology has the power to infringe on rights. An example is genetic material. Technology is now available to duplicate human genetic material. Does the duplicated genetic material still belong to the person it came from? Does that person have rights over their genetic material? Or does it become public property if given to a lab? Another example is the Internet. Should colleges be able to log into any student's account and see all the data they possess? Is that fair? Or does it violate college students' rights? Is high school a different case? Do they need more supervision? These are questions we are just now asking because of the technological advances we have in society. Twenty years ago these dilemmas did not exist. Now we have to decide what is private property and what belongs to the public.
This content is extremely relevant to my future teaching. The legal answers to these questions will effect the way I teach. Will the government give me permission to check an "at risk" student's account? Or is that breaking the privacy laws in this country? In the future Internet and other technological advances will bring up challenging situations for students and teachers.
This presentation topic was interesting and the discussion was interesting, but the actual lecture was BOOOOOOOORING! There were no visuals, no quotes, no stories, and no EXCITEMENT from the presenters. I nearly fell asleep. There needs to be more to a lecture than just speaking. For heaven's sake, write on the board or something! Jeez. I learned how NOT to present a lecture from this Paideia Texts and Issues lecture.
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