Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Roy Christopher Notes

- Christopher said he got into all this by accident basically. He just wanted to write and didn’t really expect this.

- "The medium is the message.” The "medium" is within the message that we embrace that makes a relationship that allows the medium to influence how the message is viewed.

- This new online community spreads around the world and creates a mash up of all cultures. It creates different views and ideas from different cultures.

- Christopher’s generation had the TV and that was basically it for technology, but at the time it was advanced. We have the web and all these new technological items, but in the future what we have will be out of date and there will be something new.

 - By becoming aware of the technology we are using, we can help to not let it take us over. "Program or be programmed." In this case ignorance is definitely not bliss.

- Multi tasking was a subject that was talked about a lot. There are mixed views about multi tasking, but I think in the long run it is good to get used to multi tasking because it helps train our brain. This ties in with the whole “decision fatigue” conversation as well.

2 comments:

  1. Important ideas here; how will you incorporate this thinking in the work you do online so that older generations are inspired to trust/respect students more?

    Also: "mixed views" on multi-tasking? I've told you it's bunk, Roy said it's bunk, what's the other side?

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  2. I would say the younger generation generally thinks multi-tasking helps them, and that it is a positive thing. It's the older generation that thinks it is bad and just helps produce sloppy work. This ties in to older generations not trusting or respecting younger generations. We just have to continue to be active in spreading this way of thinking in order to gain the respect of older generations.

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