Monday, September 29, 2014
I've been to my virtual world class twice now and it's completely different from what I'd thought it'd be. I expected a virtual world class to be about engaging in virtual communities and learning how to create our own virtual world. This could partially be because I'm a huge gamer and the words "virtual world" clicked like a game in my mind. But it's still as fun as I'd thought it'd be. We learned about the impact the internet has had on society as well as a little about the people who have made such impacts. I'd like to learn more about the virtual world itself more than those who created it because the digital realm has always interested me. I love how technology works and greatly appreciate how out technology keeps improving exponentially each year. It's important to understand the importance of the creators who have participated in making the internet and world wide web the way it is now, but personally I'd rather learn more about how the internet has developed over the years in this class.
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Today in class we watched a video called "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us" and it completely blew my mind. The first thing about it that amazed me was how fast the video shared all it's different information. I'm glad we watched it a second time so that I could be able to read everything that was "written" in it. I think society may be approaching a point where we are getting used to absorbing information so fast that we can easily forget just as fast. I haven't gotten to that point yet because I still like to take my time when it comes to reading. This video was also very enlightening. The video starts out with someone writing on paper, then transitioned to a blank "document" with typed letters. This part got my attention because it shows how technology has evolved our way of writing. Most of us don't even own lined paper anymore, or at least I don't think so. We use our ipads or tablets or other electronic equipment to write and take notes, and I've seen this in my classrooms too. The first few seconds of this video showed just how much technology has taken over even the most simplest things in our daily lives and we haven't even noticed. Centuries ago, paper was extremely hard to come by. We've been writing on paper for, I think, hundreds of years. But we've been writing in our digital items for a decades or so. That's a huge difference in time. It hasn't been too long that we've had computers around but already we're forgetting the value of handwriting. The video then goes on to describe how the web had started out as templates of programmed text, which too tedious hours of work to get right for the early programmers, and how it has evolved to where you can post just about anything on the web in a few seconds. It's mind boggling how there's so much information out there in the world that's not in books.
ReplyDeleteWe had a guest speaker today, named Erik Hanberg. He's a well-knowledgable professional in the marketing industry. He talked to us about what it means to publish something on the internet. Apperently, any form of writing/typed word you post onto the internet counts as you publishing something. Which means if you post a one word response to someone's twitter or post a picture of yourself it means you just published something. And when you publish something, the whole world can see it. so if you post something like "I'm taking a shower" the whole world will know that you're taking a shower. Some people like attention like that, I guess, but that's just creepy for me. I mean, if I decide to post something like "I'm going to go on a walk along so-so avenue" everyone will know. The world is full of good and bad people, so what if some of those bad people read something like that? They could easily kidnap you or something. Publishing is a dangerous thing unless you know how to use it right. On the other hand, if you post something like an opinion about your favorite food or something, someone will also read it and, if they agree, you can build your own little community. Having everyone know even the most intimate things about you can be good or bad depending on how you view it.
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