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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Making Connections: The Economics of Text
In the course ETEC 511 Foundations of Educational Technology one of the aspects of educational technology we have studied was economics. To be honest, I’m not especially interested in economics, but it is a necessity of life. That’s the reason … Continue reading
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Digital Literacy in the 21st Century
Inadequacy of traditional definitions of literacy In the 1980s, when personal computers became widespread used for word processing, the world of print and corresponding notion of literacy were seriously challenged. It seemed to be obvious that traditional definitions of literacy … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, digital literacy, education, information, meaning, web 2.0
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The Remediation of Kim
I had the opportunity today to attend my family’s church for the first time this term. The sermon was focused on the Gospel of St. Mark. The pastor spoke eloquently about the grammar of this text, the Greek translation and … Continue reading
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Making Connections
Making Connections Drawing a line along the path we’ve taken this semester, it is easy to see we’ve covered a lot of ground. Every element, however, has been thoroughly connected through the common theme of text (including orality as its … Continue reading
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Change
I really enjoyed watching the tag cloud on the side of the community blog grow over the semester. Pretty impressive list now! I didn’t spend as much time here as I would have liked, but I certainly found everyone’s posts … Continue reading
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Tagged change, history, image, quality improvement, text, visual
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Weaving It Together
Bayeux Tapestry: The Bayeux Tapestry tells the story of the events leading up to the invasion of England by William the Conqueror and it is actually embroidered cloth and a mixture of words and images. This course has been challenging, … Continue reading
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Making Connections: We can do it.
I have been interested in how technology, and more specifically mobile technology, has been affecting and changing the way our students communicate and interact with each other for some time now. After this taking this course I realize that I … Continue reading
Connecting Past and Present
As I reflect on the many things I learned throughout this course remediation comes to mind over and over. Oral literacy played a prominent role in society for generations, even though it had its downfalls. The development of the written … Continue reading
Making Connections: Web 2.0 hypertext unifies minds
In this final reflection, I want to connect some of my own thoughts to key blog posts made by fellow students in this course regarding the association between writing technologies and the mind, specifically Web 2.0 hypertext and writing and … Continue reading
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More Remediations to Come
This has been one of the more enjoyable courses I have taken. I do not think we spend enough time considering some of the major human accomplishments that still have an effect on us today. Our transition from orality to … Continue reading
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Creative Explorations
I am always amazed at the talent in the MET program. You are inspiring! I’m just exhausted… During this course, I’ve had the opportunity to do a little creative exploration. Animoto – To borrow the tag line from Staples, “That … Continue reading
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What a Journey!
What a journey! We celebrated the richness of orality, its alluring qualities, and then its remediation through text. We realized that our fears of change have existed for throughout history when we read Postman and then realized how well text … Continue reading
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Final Reflections and Connections
You all will need to forgive the quality of this post as the cold that I suffered from is still lingering and I am still exhausted. I will do my best in my final reflection of this course. I will … Continue reading
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Exploring Text (redefined)
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. T.S. Elliot This T. S. Elliot poem brings forth thougths about reflection … Continue reading
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Tagged labels, language, meaning, symbols, text, words
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Two Themes
Even though this course covered a lot of ground, most of the content was quite closely related, particularly when viewed at the end. For me, two themes were of particular interest and I noticed that many other students commented and … Continue reading
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Thoroughly Remediated!
Thinking about connections, I think probably the key connection that has helped bring sense to all we have discussed is “remediation.” Through the contributions of everyone in the course, I think it is fair to say that my understanding of … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, literacy, multiliteracies, Orality, remediation
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Creatures of Habit and Agents of Change
We are creatures of habit. This course is all about change, changing our habits and providing some knowledge to help others change. Text Technologies: The changing spaces of reading and writing – I think I now know what the title … Continue reading
Posted in Making Connections, Uncategorized
Tagged computers, education, innovation, knowledge, literacy, printing press, technology, text
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