1. Academic Interactions 130A
Fall 2014
IECP
Nikki Mattson

2. Agenda
Conversation starters
Group Contracts
Leap – listening 2 – innovations
Persuasive language

3. Conversation Starter 1

4. Conversation Starter 2

5. Conversation Starter 3

6. Group Contracts
Due Monday

7. Leap – pg. 92 - Innovation
Pg. 92 – Before you listen (discussion)

8. Interview - Innovation
Pg. 93 – While you Listen

9. Comprehension Questions
Format = listen question small group discussion
large group discussion

10. Comprehension Questions
1. What does Johnson think about innovation in the 20th
century? What specific example of this phenomenon is
provided?
2. Johnson argues that an idea “isn’t a single thing.” What
does that mean? How is that illustrated with the World Wide
Web example?
3. What is “bricolage”? How does the Gutenberg example
illustrate this term?

11. Comprehension Questions
4. What does it mean that society is “in love with this idea of
the solitary inventor”? What does Johnson think is “much
more interesting” than the single inventor idea?
5. According to Johnson, what kind of collaborators work
particularly well together? Why do you think this is the case?
6. Why does Johnson say that “you cannot invent a
microwave in 1650”? What is the point he is trying to make?

12. Comprehension Questions
7. What is a “hunch”? What is a “slow hunch”? Why does
Johnson think that slow hunches are particularly important
for innovation?

13. Matching – pg. 93

14. Persuasive Language
Pgs. 94-95

15. HW
Group Contracts are due on Monday
PSU Student Interview Project – Due 10/24 (Box)
Group Speaking Task 3 Comments – Due 10/26 (Blog)
Group Presentation – Due 11/11 (Box)