I guess i started thinking about the networking of this class and how more of our discussion is held online...not everyone speaks in class...I hardly ever do. It made me think about the change in cultures when humanity went from oral culture to written culture and now with the connection and community of the web and the video writing in its traditional sense is shadowed by a new wave of presenting yourself without purely long diction but in video and sound with body language and all as the awkward British guy said. What if we did video responses to all of this? When I'm told to go write my blog or even just blog i still think of sitting down to peck at some light up keyboard. Maybe that's just me though.
The games and school idea was pretty interesting. I usually have trouble getting along with reaayyuhl good grades but it seems to be very airy and in completeness I don't think I can explain it right now.
Just got back from work. I'll try to get on before class again.
Tanner,
ReplyDeleteI like how you brought up the way networking works within the classroom. I hardly ever (and more likely than not never) speak in any of my classes, so this network of blogging is a form of communication I feel more comfortable with than voicing my opinions in a classroom setting. As multimodal communication continues to advance, I'll be curious to see the different changes made within education systems and everyday life. You made a good point that our culture has changed from this oral and written culture to a more advanced, technological culture which the speakers of the Ted Talks seemed to be all for. While I think the basic oral and written communication will always be important to a culture, I also think the changes being made in other forms of technology will help increase the way a society runs. Only time will tell, though, and after watching all the Ted Talks I'm eager to see the changes that will continue to be made in networking. Hopefully our generation is around long enough to see all those big changes.
-Jennie
TANNER.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is clearly much easier to talk in a post rather than in class. Or maybe you meant that in general there is clearly more of a response through blogging than through class discussions. I see how our culture has shifted to more discussion through text and print, whether through newspapers or various online sources. This definitely makes things faster, but way more impersonal. I wonder why we are becoming more uncomfortable with in person conversation? I guess we will all turn into hermits soon.
Lizzy