42 posts and its over. cannot believe how quickly this year has gone by maybe because of the blogging! But i have been able to take from this that technology is always expanding and improving and who knows where it will end up, if there is an end to the advancements that can take place. The digital world has been exciting to be a part of! even though there has been tensions! I should of commented more on others blogs to become a technophile of blogging! and i probably would of become more emersed within this digital society! But i have enjoyed the highs and lows of blogging from not knowing what to say to being able to fill up a bottomless website with ideas. If i had something to blog about then i would probably carry on because i have enjoyed being able to express myself publicly because i like to give my opinion! But this has been a great experince!
Friday, 27 March 2009
You Dirty Technophile
A technophile is someone the literally is obssessed with technology and every form of it, including, mobiles, tv's, sound systems, computers and dvd players. We live in the age of the iphone and HD television. So in 2020, who can even imagine what technology we will be surrounded/almost supressed by! With the emergence of Web 3.0 or the semantic web and most probably the development of Web 4.0, i can only imagine that our phones wont be phones but chips inserted into our brains storing our information and becoming one with our brains! With all this technology being at your finger tips, a technophile with literally have a techno-orgasim!
Neo-Luddite
A Neo-Luddite would hate University in the modern day. Because for we as students have such a dependency on technology to succeed in student life. For example, we use the computer to go through the library catalogue, we use the computer to read e-journals, i am using it now to describe why a neo-luddite would hate being at university in the present day. So the daily frustrations of a neo-luddite would be plentyful. being surrounding by technology they would go insane!
The Youngest Digital Immigrant I know and a person who most threatens the notion of native/immigrant in digital culture
This would have to be my Dad. He is a man fascinated by technology and likes the 'new' best thing that could enhance your experience in, tv watching, music listening and internet surfing! My mum sees it as a waste of money but he constantly reassures her that she needs the newest 'stuff' to keep up with the changing world. Although she says that once you buy it, it is already out date! He is a very clever man though having a masters in some aspect of social sciences, not to sure what it is specifically. So he can understand cultural affect that technology and the digital world has.
Week 9 an 10 Question 5
5) What is the 'semantic web'?
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"The semantic web is a vision of information that is understandable by computers, so that they can perform more of the tedious work involved in finding, sharing, and combining information on the web." The notion that we as human beings have stopped need an inanimate object to dredge through the mondainness of the internet, so that we can relax an enjoy more of the world wide web. The semantic web will enable a more virtual use of the web because it will make things easier, Tim Berners-Lee believes, "Humans are capable of using the Web to carry out tasks such as finding the Finnish word for "monkey", reserving a library book, and searching for a low price for a DVD. However, a computer cannot accomplish the same tasks without human direction because web pages are designed to be read by people, not machines. The semantic web is a vision of information that is understandable by computers, so that they can perform more of the tedious work involved in finding, sharing, and combining information on the web."
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"The semantic web is a vision of information that is understandable by computers, so that they can perform more of the tedious work involved in finding, sharing, and combining information on the web." The notion that we as human beings have stopped need an inanimate object to dredge through the mondainness of the internet, so that we can relax an enjoy more of the world wide web. The semantic web will enable a more virtual use of the web because it will make things easier, Tim Berners-Lee believes, "Humans are capable of using the Web to carry out tasks such as finding the Finnish word for "monkey", reserving a library book, and searching for a low price for a DVD. However, a computer cannot accomplish the same tasks without human direction because web pages are designed to be read by people, not machines. The semantic web is a vision of information that is understandable by computers, so that they can perform more of the tedious work involved in finding, sharing, and combining information on the web."
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- Berners-Lee, Tim; Fischetti, Mark (1999) Weaving the Web. HarperSanFrancisco. chapter 12.
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6) How does it differ from web 3.0?
Isn't web 3.0 the semantic web and vice-versa, giving the computer a brain, allowing the computer link every single aspect of our digital world. "Nova Spivack is an evangelist of the next phase of the web's development - what Silicon Valley, with its expansionist zeal, has taken to calling Web 3.0, or 'the semantic web'." Times Online
October 24, 2007.
Week 9 and 10 Question 4
4) Is there a potential problem being stored up for people if 'education' is tailored to fit into their cultural and personal preferences?
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I believe that there would be a problem because i do not believe that the educational system can with stand or adapt to such a change! "And therein lies the rub. The current pressure on schools to perform well in the national curriculum tests and on the 5 A*-C's at GCSE measure, will make flexibility of assessment hard to achieve." Although it would be good to have a change from the mondain settings of an hour long lesson with a teacher that could be the most un-appealing person in the world! Coming from me a person with ADHD, i believe that this would be a very good change because at secondary school you could probably imagine that i was a handfull for some teachers, being the hyper bugger that i am, and this was due to me not being able to concentrate in some classes because of the appeal of the teacher and the content of the lesson. However, i was able to concentrate within classes that interested me on a clutural and personal level, i didnt realise this at the time because i was in a world of hyperness!
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Its not that i dont agree with the changes and improvements that personal learning could bring to the students, i just dont believe that the national system for schools could with stand such a change. I feel that students could take the change because children are not as "set in their ways" as the teachers that could range from 25 to 70. Children are more adaptable to change. So this 'problem' building up would be for the teachers and how flexible they are to sucha dramatic change.
Week 9 and 10 Question 2
A)To socioeconomically related access issues within a society?
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The socioeconomic issues can affect someones resources with technology. For example, someone from a high socioeconomic background are more likely, compared to a low socioeconomic background, to have access to things such as computers, the interenet, ipods, radios, televisions and more availabilty of paper based materials. "The term digital divide refers to the gap between people with effective access to digital and information technology and those with very limited or no access at all. It includes the imbalances in physical access to technology as well as the imbalances in resources and skills needed to effectively participate as a digital citizen. In other words, it is the unequal access by some members of society to information and communications technology, and the unequal acquisition of related skills. The digital divide may be classified based on gender, income, and race groups, and by locations." Rice, 2002.
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b) To global access issues across countries and regions?
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The digital divide does not just effect the socioeconomic classes of developed countries/Continents such as The UK, US and Europe but it effects everyone on a global scale, including third world countries such as Africa and India. "People in the developing world are getting more access at an incredible rate - far faster than... in the past," from a report by th UN, but they have stated that the divide is still "very real". It is thought that the internet and digital technology can take a students thought miles beyond the classroom because of the access to an abundance of information!!!
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What difference to all this might the 'digital divide' make?
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So to conclude. The digital divide can effect someones ability to learn to the best of their ability. " E-government is revolutionizing the way government agencies interact with citizens. E-services improve the responsiveness, efficiency and transparency of the public sector. Unfortunately, these benefits may not be realized by the entire population. A digital divide exists in society, both from an access point of view and from a skills point of view. This study explores the potential effects of the digital divide on e-government by surveying a diverse group of citizens to identify the demographic characteristics that impact use of e-government services. The results indicate that income, education, age and frequency of Internet use significantly impact the use of e-government services. We discuss the implications of these findings and provide suggestions for future research." Belanger, F.; Carter, L. 2006.
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Monday, 23 March 2009
Oldest Digital Native I know.
The oldest digital native i know would be my sister, 22, who is a facebook addict, she is half way around the world in malaysia at the moment on her travels (I am not jealous). Even half way around the world she takes time to find an internet cafe to technologically socialise! She had a myspace which then led to a facebook as she saw it as old technology! When she was back home at work they had a computer in the back room and she would use it during work hours, no wonder she got fired. She is around the generation where digital technology was really coming into its element with such things as the cd player and the emergence of mini disc.
Week 9 and 10 Question 3
3) Should education 'stretch a person do you think? (What do you mean by 'stretch'?)
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What do I mean by stretch?- well to stretch is to enlarge or expand, for example, to stretch someone's imagination, in oder to make them believe something that was never thought possible.
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This is education is it not? education should stretch one's imagination whether young or old, to learn is to define the aspects of life that remain unsolved, it can help us understand they world in which we live, for example, taking MCC!
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However, can education have a negative affect socially?? For example, if you are educated does this make you better than someone? Or give a sense of supperiority? Someone with a degree is more educated than a person with a vocation such as building and plumbing, but could that educated/degree blessed person build a house?
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So I put to you, does education STRETCH socioeconomical and class boundaries, for the worse?
Week 9 and 10 Question 1
Wenger's communities of practice would relate to prensky's notions of learning through technology would relate in a few ways.
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It relates because of a community of practices need to learn, they are constantly learning and will always as long as there is intent from the in habitants of a certain community, for example, a school with technology learning.
"Learning involves a deepening process of participation in a community of practice"-http://www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm
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An example of a community of practice from the website link above was, "a clique of pupils defining their identity at school." Prensky wants technology to teach, this could be on school grounds or at home or anywhere, but this means that the pupils and techers will have to create communities of practice in order for them to learn. So this is another way in which the two notions relate. Because we are constantly learning and have a need to find new "enterprises" in which to learn from.
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