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Tag Archives: formal commentary
Teachnology: The Role of Teachers When Teaching with Technology
As technology changes, so do our lives. It is obvious technology changes the way we communicate, but it is also changing our culture in ways we might not realize. We are constantly making a bargain of some sort because for … Continue reading
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Tagged Collaboration, communicating, digital technology, formal commentary, literacy, orality, Postman, school, teachers, Thamus
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Literal Technology and Human Memory: Loss or Adoption?
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
The Spectre Haunting Online Learning
For this formal commentary assignment, I have chosen to expand one of the suggested questions about Ong’s approach, as I am particularly interested in the dichotomies that arise in psychology and in education. Two of the major criticisms of Ong’s … Continue reading
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Tagged dichotomies, formal commentary, Ong, technological determinism
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The Judgement of Postman: The benefits and drawbacks of technological innovations
Postman introduces his book, Technopoly with chapter one, The Judgement of Thamus, in which he attacks American media and television. Postman’s main argument in this chapter is that new technologies alter the structure of our interests including the things we … Continue reading →