Monthly Archives: September 2013

Collaboration Of Conscience

Posted on September 29, 2013 by steve1

It is difficult to imagine a world without text. The written word is imbedded in every aspect of our lives as we rely on text to participate in natural and virtual environments. In Orality & Literacy (1982), Walter Ong provides … Continue reading →

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Where You Came From Determines Where You Will Go

Posted on September 29, 2013 by cluciak

My grandparents grew up in a time when oral storytelling preserved memories, before television and long before the computer generation. Their way of processing information was very different from the way their parents culture would have processed information years before … Continue reading →

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Open Access to Educational Research

Posted on September 29, 2013 by bruchu

In this paper I will be reviewing the article “Democracy and education: The missing link may be ours,” written by J. Willinsky (2002). Willinsky’s (2002) thesis is that turning education research into a more accessible public resource can further the … Continue reading →

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Socrates: Writing vs. Memory

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Janet AuCoin LeBlanc

In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates calls into question the propriety and impropriety of writing. Throughout his discussion with a colleague, Socrates insists that writing destroys memory and weakens the mind (Ong, 2002). To support his theory, Socrates recounts a story in … Continue reading →

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A Commentary on A History of Writing Chapter 1: Origin and Development of Writing

Posted on September 29, 2013 by kgreenhalf

The first chapter of Albertine Guar’s A History of Writing (1992) is titled Origin and development of writing. In this chapter Guar addresses what writing is and who needs it. The development of writing is broken into three main sections; … Continue reading →

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Memorize this?

Posted on September 28, 2013 by kgill

“What is the purpose of memorizing information when I can easily retrieve that material using a textbook or search engine, such as Google?” I have come across many students asking this question and I am not entirely sure how to … Continue reading →

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Literal Technology and Human Memory: Loss or Adoption?

Posted on September 28, 2013 by yuki

Review of “Orality and Literacy” Chapter Four (Ong, 1982) Having been constantly immersed in a world of written letters and print, it is hard to imagine the condition of a completely oral culture. “Orality and Literacy” from Ong (1982) informs … Continue reading →

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Postman’s Thoughts Looked at Through an Optimistic View

Posted on September 28, 2013 by dchrisman

In the first chapter of his book, Technopoly, Postman brings up several interesting points. Although he provides well thought out arguments for these, his arguments seem very one sided. As he quotes famous philosophers such as Plato, who often looked … Continue reading →

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Ong: Orality as King?

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Jessica Dickens

Walter J. Ong’s book ‘Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word’ was written in 1982 and because of its age it reads often times as a historical artefact on the Orwellian fears of the time. Ong looks back onto … Continue reading →

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Phaedrus: muddling of medium and memory

Posted on September 28, 2013 by mwaters

Plato expressed many concerns about the potential harm writing would have on society. He viewed the use of this new technology as an inhuman way to process knowledge. It was mechanical, devoid of feeling. Interaction with text provided no feedback … Continue reading →

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