February 28, 2010 Blog Post

1. Richard Miller
Personally, after watching Mr. Richard Miller's film, I see this multimedia writing being too difficult to grasp. I find it tremendously interesting never the less!!! I propose that maybe multimedia writing be offered to advanced High school seniors as an elective yet not as a requirement. After which, definitely making it a undergrad requirement. The concepts are difficult and not all households are available to the needs to complete multimedia writing.
The purpose of multimedia writing is to enhance one technology knowledge but the material is already available and I see this as being redundant. I only see this as a different way of preparing a research paper or a avenue of exposing individual thoughts which can be done through e-mail or publications. Mr. Miller spoke of his film's as a must but I did not hear of a purpose. What will one gain from multimedia writing?
There is already a laziness within our youth when it comes to reading and writing. Multimedia writing, in my opinion, will only add to that. I see this as an asset for those with learning disabilities but I also see the need to learning how to read. If everything academically can be done from the click of a mouse from a PC or computer then the fundamentals of education is lost. Yet, I guess one would have to read to even know if the information their piecing together is viable. I simply have doubts to this technology based technique to writing. I am an educator not prepared to move forward with this idea.

2.Wendy Drexler
Connectivism is a plus only because one individual tends to learn from another. The connectivism is influenced based upon admiration or seeing how another made a mistake. Once a topic or subject is presented it is interesting to see how one individual gained knowledge from that topic based upon another individual's interpretation. We all take something different from a subject. It is road to gathering information from others.
Presenting this idea to Middle School students is of an advantage. It is beneficial to our youth not to be afraid to ask a question or seek another's opinion. Operating a computer or PC is a must in this day and connectivism is a great way of exposure. Blogs, videos, and forum's are informative. Face book, Myspace, Twitter, etc. are an avenue to express new ideas. I personally feel this is how network sites originated.
I appreciate what connectivism represents. The avenue to discuss, agree to disagree, and blend ideas is what our youth should see. It is a way of meeting different individuals of race and culture. Connecitvism is also a way to navigate and learn to adapt to different ways of viewing a situation or subject matter. I am all for this!!! Lets hear more!

3.Michael Wesch
This video basically discussed the changes over time. At one point, individuals wanted to do everything, change everything, and correct all that was wrong while enhancing all that is right. Today, everything is basically operational and ran by technology. Instead individuals have gone from wanting to input their ideas and self and now we reside less on others and more on the internet. An example is once upon a time if one was in search of a phone number we would phone each other up. Later came the telephone book, and even better
A simple telephone number is only a keyboard/PC away.
Theory is the most intelligent people in the world created media and technology. I personally once felt the same way yet after watching the film I see that as narcissistic thinking. No one person is that important nor that technology. The glitches and complications should express just that.
The value for individual worth is perpetuated by all the false means such as how known are we as an individual. Self fulfillment is what one is seeking. Your conversation and what you belong to is what validates an individual. All of which ties to new media and new technology. That one is known as the next big thing. This film was a little hear and there for me yet I take the understanding of not all media/technological attention is worth it and not all of these methods are created to better our individual existence. It had more to do with the individual or individuals that created it.