Tuesday, July 1, 2008

My Reflections – ‘The machine is us/ing us’

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A very intriguing clip. Text is unilinear, digital text is more flexible, hypertext can link, HTML in old days - hypertext; web, stylistic, defys content, blogging, not just text, photo, tag, we are the web, we are teaching the machine, the machine is using us, Wikipedia, rethink rhetoric’s - are some of the messages to give a clue to what it suggests.

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It prompts and provokes my mind as to the possibilities of the machine. The way in which text can be manipulated, so too photos, websites, email, blogging, video clips etcetera.
The composer of this clip is a class ahead of most students and access to these resources must be considered where and when education providers decide best for their students.

My Reflections – ‘Information Revolution’
Characteristics of information, it is a thing, it has a logical place - on a shelf, in a file system, in a category, it sometimes requires experts, and it is still hard to find – then there is the internet evolution, information takes on a digital form which has no fixed form, we now need to rethink information beyond material constraints – but early websites built on familiar assumptions about information, as a thing with a logistical place in a category, on a shelf –

This video clip raises the question; are we ready? Ready for information explosion and information revolution?

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Ho, wow! What an amazing way of information sharing. The author of the video clip certainly has an entertaining way of channelling communication and that the messages are about an explosion of information to the world web system and that this will revolutionise the way in which messages can be channelled on a WWW system; tag, blog.

My Reflections – ‘Epic 2014’
www created, amazon.com, google, blogger, Friendster, google news, gooogle mail. google earth, searchers to google grid, store, publish, msn.newsbotster, googlezon, EPIC evolving personalised information construct.

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So, is this the future of information sharing? Most assuredly so! Then indeed I will have to be a part of this information construct. This I understand is blogging and tagging favourites, this will ensure that I am connected with the “matrix” or rather, the larger mix of people on web.

My Reflections – ‘did you know’ (shift happns)
We are currently preparing students for jobs and technologies that don’t yet exist… in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet, “we can’t solve problems by using the some kind of thinking we used when we created them” Albert Einstein, ask your kids; are you doing this in school? Ask your principle: how are you helping my child become literate in the 21st Century? Ask your school board: are you providing the resources and training necessary to prepare students to be successful in 21st Century society? There are students in China, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh and the USA who remember, understand, anlyse, evaluate, communicate, collaborate, on projects everyday, ask your elected representatives: now that you know all this, what changes should be made to current education legislation, what’s your vision?

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Shift most certainly happens! And yes, I would like to be a part of this shift. And yes, I will be asking my principle and elected representative about what changes should be made so all our children, parent, civilian, public can benefit from this digital technology.

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