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Audiovisual Development and Education

Audiovisual Development and Education If a picture is worth a thousand words, what about a video? In his book Writing Space, Bolter explains that “remediation” happens when our writing space changes with the development of technology. He suggests that when … Continue reading

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The effect of the printing press in the Renaissance in the 15th century, Italy

Just a note before beginning! Even though plenty of literature available on studies on the relation of technology and cultural changes, I didn’t have much success on trying to find scholarships related to the impact of the printing press in … Continue reading

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In western educational systems of today, children are taught to read much the same as they have been taught to read for decades. Generally speaking, children are taught to read phonetically, breaking words down into their sounds (individual letter sounds … Continue reading

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Considering the Politics of Mass Literacy: Parallels in print and technological literacy.

Assignment 3 (Research Topic) As an educator a great emphasis in my own recent professional growth and learning has been in the area of technology literacy and preparing the 21st century learner for a 21st century world. There is, of … Continue reading

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The Role Print Played on the Study of Human Anatomy

During the late 1970s and early 1980s Elizabeth Eisenstein wrote extensively about the revolution that occurred after the invention of print and termed it the ‘Unacknowledged Revolution’ as she felt it had been overlooked. The printing press gave the general … Continue reading

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The Invention of the Telegraph

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Research Paper – Radio to Television

Introduction      When first approaching the topic of radio and the subsequent advent of television I did a brief mental tally. How many radios do I have, it was quite surprising when I started counting. There’s the clock radio alarms … Continue reading

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SHORTHAND – CAN YOU WRITE AS FAST AS YOU SPEAK?

DEFINITION “Shorthand, also called stenography, is a system for rapid writing that uses symbols or abbreviations for letters, words, or phrases.” (1) Shorthand is any system of accelerated handwriting used for the transcription of the spoken word. Shorthand systems use … Continue reading

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Nomenclature: The Influence of Systematic Naming

The development of nomenclature mirrors the development of ordered literary thought in the evolution from orality to literacy.  General and diffuse names for common things have, over time, become specific and intricate, with names allowing collective understanding to be wrapped … Continue reading

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The Phenomenolgy of Writing: Handwriting to Typewriting

Introduction The following is a discussion of the phenomenolgy of writing and examines the transition from handwriting to typewriting. The focus of this discussion is how a technological innovation, the typewriter, modified the look and feel of writing as well … Continue reading

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