When such technological29fixes are used by employers to make hiring decisions in the name of efficiency, there is littleopportunity for a former felon, including those who have used VR, to garner the empathy of anemployer who otherwise might have been willing to ponder over the circumstances of an arrest orconviction.
Do you think VR would be an effective way to prepare for a job if you were unable to physically be there?
olitics and purposes of designmatter
The section gives the example of “empathize; define; ideate; prototype; test” as design thinking. Have you used a similar approach in your classroom? Perhaps a different approach?
: who is actually profiting fromVR-training for prisoners?
Would you like to participate in a training that used VR, as various incarcerated individuals have done?
anthropologist John L. Jackson has noted, “seeingthrough another person’s eyes is not the same thing as actually seeing that person. In fact, oneprecludes the other, by definition, unless the gaze is (tellingly) merely into a mirror.” the2
How have you used VR? For entertainment or for education?
One of the most powerful features of VR is empathy. My goal here was to show how VR canraise awareness and help us see what’s happening in different parts of the world. I also wanted toshare the news of our partnership with the Red Cross to help with the recovery. Reading some ofthe comments, I realize this wasn’t clear, and I’m sorry to anyone this offended.2
Do you agree that Mark Zuckerberg’s actions were insensitive when he used VR on his tour of Puerto Rico, post hurricane? Or was it informative?
see it as a form of reparation
Would you consider using an app like Appolition? Do you see it as a form of reparation?
t. This, along with the weight of Jay Z’s celebrity, will makeit difficult to challenge Promise.
Even with celebrity endorsement, the author makes clear how and why the Promise venture is exemplary of the New Jim Code. What do you think Jay-Z would have to say in regard to this?
Promise,
Have you heard of programs like Appolition or Promise? IIf so, in what context?
Just as there is no single approach to fix a “literacy problem” in formal education, there is no one critical approach to textual analysis or mul-timodal production that has a monopoly on possible interruptions of the contemporary and future-oriented weighty concerns taken up in this area.
I so appreciate that there isn't just one right answer/approach/way to do this. As someone who is trying to figure this out, I know it's not perfect. At times, it's messy! But knowing there isn't one right answer is encouraging.