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Tag Archives: Ong
Is Homeostatis exclusive to Orality?
Introduction Ong posits that orality is homeostatic (Ong, 1982) and uses this characteristic to distinguish it from literacy. He defines homeostatis as the ability of orality to live in the present by “sloughing off memories which no longer have present … Continue reading
Rote to Note – From Slate to Notebook
The shift in tools and technologies from personal slate to personal notebook resulted in changes in thinking, teaching and learning. This research paper investigated the tools, technologies, contexts and impacts of this shift from ROTE to NOTE. To view the research … Continue reading
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Tagged education, history, notebook, Ong, oral tradition, paper, pen, Postman, rote, slate
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From Handwriting to Typewriting
“It is probable that longhand will persist-at least until inventions have made the typewriter as easy to carry as a pen or pencil and within financial reach of all.” Alice E. Benbow, 1925 (as cited in Templin, 1960, p. 164) … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolter, Chandler, communication, handwriting, Ong, text, tools, typewriting, writing, written word
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The Socio, Cultural and Psychological Effects of the Telephone
In an increasingly globally connected world one could argue that no other technological advancement had had such an effect on the ‘shrinking world’, at its inception, as the creation of the telephone. The ability to cast one’s voice … Continue reading
The Rise of Cinema
Theatre had been popular for thousands of years before the advent of film. No doubt theatre had a profound influence on the film industry but photography had a major influence as well. The magic lantern from the sixteenth century was … Continue reading
The Shift from Scroll to Codex to Print
Shifts in communication mediums throughout history have affected how people interact with each other and text. This commentary will discuss how the transitions from scroll to codex to print affected reading, writing and communication. Communication remained largely oral in ancient … Continue reading
A Critique of Postman’s View of Technology and Schooling
In his book Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology, Postman cautions against what he views as a prevailing movement towards a society where technology is increasingly in control of humanity (1992). He describes a world where technology is widely … Continue reading
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Tagged Chandler, computers, culture, literacy, Neil Postman, Ong, Postman, technological determinism
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Commentary #1 – Orality and Literacy, Chapter 4: Writing Restructures Consciousness
It is quite likely that Walter Ong’s Orality and Literacy (1982) has a broad readership among a multitude of disciplines including linguists, educators, historians, philosophers, and so forth. My own background in psychology afforded me a cognitive and neuropsychological lens … Continue reading
Danielle’s Ong Commentary
I have chosen to write a commentary on Ong’s (1982) fourth chapter entitled Writing Restructures Consciousness because I am finding the history of writing fascinating and I wanted to explore the questions surrounding the human motivation to write as well … Continue reading
Where literacy and technological determinism collide
The steady upward climb of humanity from the rustic simplicity of prehistoric times towards the modern digital age has been long and arduous; fraught with peril and upheaval, power shifts and cultural extinctions, and an ever-increasing rate of technological innovation. … Continue reading
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Tagged intersection, Neil Postman, Ong, Orality, technological determinism, technology, tools, writing, written word
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Commentary 1: Developmental Theory and Cultural Literacies
A child is born into the world without any understanding of oral or written literacy. Much like literate cultures can trace their understandings back to an oral tradition, children are not naturally predisposed to the ability to read or write. … Continue reading
Paradox and Tension in Theories of Orality, Text and Technology
Paradox is defined as contradiction or conflict with statements that are reasonable or possible. (Merriam Webster Dictionary) Theories surrounding the nature of orality, text and technology is rife with paradox. It is through illuminating paradox that we become comfortable with … Continue reading
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Tagged Chandler, Ong, Orality, paradox, Postman, technology, tension, text
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Ecology of Orality
The gradual shift from orality to literacy has been much discussed and marveled at. It is fascinating to see how orality dominated the human culture for so long and then was over taken by literacy. Now many call orality primitive … Continue reading
Commentary 1: Is Rote Learning Valuable Today?
Photo posted on Flickr by Terr-Bo The main purpose of rote learning is to memorize information such as basic math skills, dates, poetry, spelling words etc. As we become more dependent on mobile devices it seems like there is less … Continue reading
Reflection – module 2
How might an understanding of the possible differences in the thought processes exhibited in oral and literate cultures inform teaching practices at all levels (especially the practices used in teaching young children who are preliterate, as well as adults who … Continue reading
Text as Technology
Text as the written word is a technology to capture orality. Ong describes text as technology on page 8 without really saying it in a couple of places. First he describes the world of sound as the natural habitat of … Continue reading
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
Commentary 3: Web 2.0 Digital Stories and Distributed Cognition
In the digital space of flows, where ideas collide and coincide across a fluid state of chaos within data streams across the nodes of our network society, there exists a new level of creativity impacting global society. Like sparks of … Continue reading →