So, feeling somewhat uninspired by today’s reading, I decided to cruise through TedTalks and search “most jaw-dropping”. By accident, I stumbled upon some things that we have discussed multiple times in class, specifically hyperlinks and Flikr. Photosynth, a Microsoft creation, uses various pictures found all over the internet and merges them into one picture with depth [...]
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McCloud Revisted
Monday, March 23, 2009
So after our discussion on Thursday, I went home and watched the TedTalk that McCloud had done that Dr. C. had mentioned briefly. Unfortunately, about 5 minutes into the 17 minute long video, it stopped working. However, the first 5 minutes gave me some excellent insight into McCloud. He began by talking about his father, [...]
Turtles and Legos
Monday, March 2, 2009
So I am currently unable to find my book, though doubtless it will reappear conveniently sometime tomorrow. Consequently, for the moment, I am unable to read Papert’s essay. I have, however, done some research, so hopefully I won’t embarrass myself in class tomorrow. From what I understand, Papert, aside from creating a brilliant programming language, [...]
The Irony of the Block
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
So today, I am having massive writer’s block. I can’t think of a single thing to write about that I could stretch beyond two sentences. I thought about writing about McLuhan and the idea of the medium as the message, but, to be frank, I can’t think of what to say. McLuhan already said everything, [...]
Polio, White Men, and Web2.0
Monday, February 23, 2009
So today, in the hopes of securing three free passes for my Theater Props class, I went to see the play Iphigenia 2.0, written by Charles Wee. The play is a fusion of the ancient Euripides play Iphigenia, and a modern reworking that puts the play in a suspension of time between the Trojan War [...]
Big Ideas
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Per instructions from the great Dr. C himself, I am blogging today about my project idea(s). The concept is a comment driven “book quote” dictionary, edited by users. My hope is to create a type of wiki where users can either insert or search for a word or phrase in a book, and then be [...]
Please Keep all Hands Inside the Vehicle
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Take a walk in the woods. You can either have a specific start and end point in mind and wander as you choose on the journey or you can follow the pre-marked trail. Part of the problem with education is the pre-marked trail. If we are all stuck on the same path, is there ever [...]
The Ham-Butt Problem, aka Thank Goodness They Didn’t Shoot All the Horses
Monday, February 9, 2009
I realize this title doesn’t make sense, but unlike me, you have not recently watched a TED talk by Erin McKean (you can correct that problem here). Because I like dictionaries, however, I did watch it. And it was cool. Very cool. She suggests the idea that dictionaries are limited by paper and manpower. In [...]
Writing Books About Learning to Read
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
So this post is actually from my notes last week, but hey! now I have internet, so I figured I’d post the notes late rather than never. It’s from the day we talked about windows and books as technology. The idea really clicked once we talked about the difference between literature and literary studies. (Because [...]
Next Time, I’ll Just Tivo the Class
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
While I would like to say that the teleconference method drastically changed the style of the class last Tuesday, I found that this was not actually the case. One would expect that a lack of actual face-to-face interaction would limit both the understanding and communication between teacher and students, however, the beauty of the teleconference [...]
