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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Text and Technology
My initial definitions for text and technology To me, text refers to symbols designed to represent something or combined to convey a message. Technology entails any enhancement produce by a device or application to make a task easier, more interesting … Continue reading
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Evolution of Technology
http://youtu.be/U2iiPpcwfCA I view technology as something that has a practical application for humans. Technology is evoluionary in two ways: 1.The use of a technology evolves to different uses as humans learn to use it. For example in the attached clip … Continue reading
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The Tool of Text
Text is definitely a tool. It allows us to communicate, to express ourselves, and to share. It simultaneously has significantly personal meaning and cultural significance. I think the easiest way to identify text as a technology is to look at how … Continue reading
Information Technology
I think that the intersection of text and technology is tightly correlated to Information Technology but the Information Technology becomes relevent only when the text becomes understood to be information. So, in keeping with the above definition, we are then … Continue reading
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The Dynamics of Text
Any time I think of text Michael Wesch comes to mind for his works on YouTube Anthropology. If you haven’t seen it then it is worth watching, all 56 minutes of it here. Even though YouTube is a video platform … Continue reading
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The Power of Text
I had a hard time coming up with something for this topic. Obviously, the meaning of text is easy to look up and gather a definition but I was searching for something that was stronger than just a definition. I … Continue reading
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What is Technology
I found two videos that help to define technology and provides some specific examples. Like Mark, embeding these videos has me stumped, for now……, so they are links. The first video provides a technology definition in one broad statement. The … Continue reading
Text as Technology
Black Robe Clip* As seen in this clip from the film “Black Robe”*, text is clearly a technology – and one which people did not always have. An inherent distrust of what is misunderstood can also be seen in the … Continue reading
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The Need for Text
The reason one writes isn’t the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say. by F. Scott Fitzgerald Reading Ong has made me very curious about orality and how it transitioned to literacy. That is why … Continue reading
What is Technology?
I came across this video that I thought was very useful in helping me breaking down the definition of technology. The area of the video that really pertains to this course is the section between 1:25 and 4:10 as it … Continue reading
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Technology
By Matt Delbridge After searching for various definitions about the term technology I learned that all these terms do not have a unique meaning. Yet, in my search it appeared in repeated occasions the following terms: art, skills, product and construct. … Continue reading
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Text
From the various definitions of the terms text and technology that I found during the last week I got to the conclusion that text is related to technology, as it is a type of technology. Both terms are related to … Continue reading
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Baa! Last one to the fold!
Hi everyone! Speech always has a purpose. We speak to communicate ideas. Great orators know how to use silence, volume, intonation, and body language to capture their audience’s attention. However, when you get right down to it, the words matter. … Continue reading
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Moodle or Muddle? Alvin’s Post
Hello everyone! It was difficult to pick just one photo, but I ended up selecting what appears to be the beginning of a presentation promoting a Moodle learning environment to an unknown audience, possibly other teachers. The text on the … Continue reading
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What is Technology?
By: Andrew Rollinger What is technology? I have grappled with this question before. The grade three B. C. Social Studies curriculum (2006) asks students to show how technology affects individuals and communities past and present. Initially, I thought the technology … Continue reading
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The Power of the Written Word
When I think of text, I think of the power of the written word. For example, text has been used to bring about change with letter campaigns as well to spread knowledge and culture across time and space. To me, … Continue reading
Text – Juliana’s view
I am putting an excerpt of the definition for text from Wikipedia (Figure 1). The reason why I have posted this is because it is referring to all the different definitions of text. The definitions also resonated with me as most … Continue reading
Technology – Juliana’s view
I created the image in Figure 1 using ClipArt. I thought it spoke to the variations we see in technology. Even though the term “technology” is very broad and speaks to using knowledge and tools for a practical purpose (Oxford English Dictionary, … Continue reading
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To Eat One’s Words
A student recently told me that he read the world was going to end in two weeks. A comet was going to align with Earth creating a catastrophic earthquake and we would cease to exist. My first thought was, “darn, … Continue reading
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GPS say where? Bridget’s post.
I chose this picture of two people in their canoe using a GPS to navigate because it shows the clashing of old and new technologies. The picture was taken in Kwartha Highlands Park in Ontario. The picture quote with the … Continue reading
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