-
Before you publish your posting, please make sure that you assign a category (e.g., Text, Technology, Commentary 1, etc.) and relevant tags (keywords). Categories
Tags
- Bolter
- books
- Commentary 1
- communication
- craft
- culture
- digital divide
- digital literacy
- digital natives
- digital storytelling
- education
- Future
- hypertext
- information retrieval
- information storage
- Introductions
- iPad
- language
- literacy
- mcluhan
- media
- multiliteracies
- newspaper
- Ong
- orality
- postman
- printing press
- reading
- remediation
- research
- science
- Social Media
- storage
- technological determinism
- technology
- text
- text technology
- texture
- typography
- virtual library
- web 2.0
- webslides
- writing
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- joypenner on Can You See what I Mean?
- joypenner on Can You See what I Mean?
- awhetter on Living Fabric
- awhetter on Berner’s on the Net
- joypenner on Final Project: Getting Graphic
Archives
Meta
Authors
Tag Archives: Ong
Commentary #1
In the chapter ‘Some Psychodynamics of Orality’, from the 1982 text Orality and Literacy, Walter Ong provides a generalization of the psychodynamics found in oral and primarily oral cultures. The exercise examines the thoughts, mechanics, patterns, mnemonics, and strategies of … Continue reading
Tagged 1, Commentary 1, DELGAMUUKW, literacy, Ong, orality
Leave a comment
The Power of Powerful Words
Sunday after Sunday I sit in my pew and listen, sometimes distantly, as the priest pronounces great truths and wisdom from the pulpit. Nobody else speaks; nobody questions what is said; nobody challenges the … Continue reading
Tagged Abuse, Commentary 1, Lee, mcluhan, Ong, Oral, orality, postman, power, Responsibility, words, written
4 Comments
Write & Wrong
Introduction In the first few weeks of our course, we have read and talked about two separate cultures – oral ones, and literate ones. In the past, especially, oral cultures have been thought to be more simple, primitive, and not … Continue reading →