Monthly Archives: September 2012

My view of technology

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Ginelle Stutt

Hi everyone, I’ve included a picture I took – it’s from Petra, in Jordan. This is the moment before you finish walking through the canyon slit (Siq) and finally gaze on the gates of Petra. I searched the Commons for … Continue reading →

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Nietzsche and the writing ball

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Ginelle Stutt

I would like to reference a short passage from The Shallows, by Nicholas Carr, in reference to how I see text represented. Textual creation is very personal, ever changing, or ‘woven’, and is certainly not beholden to the written word, … Continue reading →

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Stephanie’s thoughts on technology

Posted on September 12, 2012 by smyers

smyers's Fotobabble. This was my attempt at explaining technology by utilizing both sound and sight. After reading Chapter 3 of Ong’s Orality and Literacy it’s all I’ve been able to think about. That and the dialogue we had in one … Continue reading →

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A short passage that sheds light on ‘Text’

Posted on September 12, 2012 by mckay

“Text is written authority” I think that this simple statement, taken from our own module referring it the Modern Usage of text, touches on my own attitude about text. Prior to getting started in this course I was quite unsure … Continue reading →

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A short passage that sheds light on ‘Technology’.

Posted on September 12, 2012 by mckay

I think that this passage from the ‘From papyrus to cyberspace’ lecture signals a key learning that many people (both students and teachers) need to face and overcome. “If someone becomes seduced with the technology and thinks that if they … Continue reading →

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The future of tech.

Posted on September 11, 2012 by inscho

Finding an image to reflect what I’m currently thinking about technology has been particularly difficult, but I was pleased to be able to find the following. I am mulling over a more abstract construct of technology, where we consider technology … Continue reading →

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what type of technology?

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Sheila

I chose this picture to reflect McLuhan’s pronouncement that “movable type was archetype and prototype for all subsequent industrial development.” The printing press was a major shift in text technology that changed the ‘authority’ structure of society completely and revolutionized … Continue reading →

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Creating Accessible TEXT

Posted on September 11, 2012 by jmah

Howdy, Hello, and Ahoy-hoy! My name is Jerry Mah and ETEC 540 will be my seventh course in my journey through MET. I am also taking ETEC 531 (Cultural and New Media Studies) this term. I currently reside in Calgary, … Continue reading →

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the text-ure of language

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Sheila

I love this picture – it speaks about the ancient roots of the word “text’ and its entanglement with texture, technology, techne….the history is always there: “concepts have a way of carrying their etymologies with them forever.” (Ong p.11). There … Continue reading →

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A Message to Share.

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Sarah Richer

Ahoy! Ahoy!  The term text in my opinion is limitless.  A place where the reader, the writer and the speaker can meet.  A circle of definitions that in fact all lead to the same idea.  I decided to use wordle … Continue reading →

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