Well, after watching all four videos, it got me thinking about other ways that technology is portrayed in films, television, and books. I can think of two dystopian titles right now, but I might add more as they come to me.
The Matrix Films
Dystopian
Now this one is kind of a gimme. The world of The Matrix is inside of a machine most of the time, where the people are "plugged in" at all times while Keanu Reeves spouts some pseude-psychological philosophies. The films portray this kind of "utopian" world inside this machine while the people aren't aware of what's going on. Outside of this world, it's very dystopian -- the machines have taken over, and are hunting down the humans who know the secret.
"Feed" by M.T. Anderson
Dystopian
This book is a young adult novel that tells the story through the eyes of teenagers who have had an advanced form of the Internet implanted into their heads called the Feed. One character tries to fight the Feed, but with fatal results. The book outlines a world where every single purchase is catalogued so that companies can make customer profiles, and advertisements are sent straight to your brain.
#edcmooc
Sunday, January 27, 2013
The First Chat
What people often learn about me is that in person and online, I tend to be a very shy person, despite the fact that a lot of my interests kind of put me "out there" such as blog writing and teaching. For some reason I feel comfortable addressing a large audience, but when it comes to one on one interaction I sometimes have problems making connections because I want to shrink into myself and just hide.
The chat was not much different, except that I was probably a little more active than I usually am in these things. I actually talked with one woman from Poland about the country (my mom is originally from there -- she immigrated in the 1960s), and another woman I made a comment to when asked if anyone was near Burlington, VT (I live in NH, but not near the border).
Maybe it's because I'm so tech-oriented already, but I don't have problems navigating through this landscape, probably because I've been doing it for so long. And I've learned how to cancel out the noise of so many distractions when it comes to going online. But I also can't resist the new gadgets, either, so I have accounts all over the place, but a lot of them I've abandoned just because I've found someplace better or it just wasn't worth my time to go there everyday.
My main goal with this class is being able to implement the use of digital cultures in the classroom, especially when school districts are against it. I have two Facebook pages that I maintain -- one is my personal page, and one is my "teaching" page for my students to go on. The "teaching" one I don't go on too often because it was set up initially to just put the students on there so they wouldn't see my personal page. This I did because the students I had on my page initially were friends of my stepdaughter, and when I went to a workshop on this they advised teachers to take students off our Facebook. Instead of doing that, I just moved them, and started adding more students.
So I am looking forward to the official start of this course. Now if only I didn't have so many places to navigate to!
#edcmooc
The chat was not much different, except that I was probably a little more active than I usually am in these things. I actually talked with one woman from Poland about the country (my mom is originally from there -- she immigrated in the 1960s), and another woman I made a comment to when asked if anyone was near Burlington, VT (I live in NH, but not near the border).
Maybe it's because I'm so tech-oriented already, but I don't have problems navigating through this landscape, probably because I've been doing it for so long. And I've learned how to cancel out the noise of so many distractions when it comes to going online. But I also can't resist the new gadgets, either, so I have accounts all over the place, but a lot of them I've abandoned just because I've found someplace better or it just wasn't worth my time to go there everyday.
My main goal with this class is being able to implement the use of digital cultures in the classroom, especially when school districts are against it. I have two Facebook pages that I maintain -- one is my personal page, and one is my "teaching" page for my students to go on. The "teaching" one I don't go on too often because it was set up initially to just put the students on there so they wouldn't see my personal page. This I did because the students I had on my page initially were friends of my stepdaughter, and when I went to a workshop on this they advised teachers to take students off our Facebook. Instead of doing that, I just moved them, and started adding more students.
So I am looking forward to the official start of this course. Now if only I didn't have so many places to navigate to!
#edcmooc
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
About Me
Name: Lori Ingham
Location: Franklin, NH
I'm a mom and stepmom who currently works as a substitute teacher, both on long term and day assignments. Currently I am doing a long term that is supposed to last until mid-February at Winnisquam Regional Middle School in Tilton. I'm substituting right now so that I can gain more experience to have my own classroom eventually.
I'm fascinated with technology, and am always looking for ways to integrate it into my classroom. I've taken two courses on using it to teach writing, and am looking forward to this more social look at its use.
Location: Franklin, NH
I'm a mom and stepmom who currently works as a substitute teacher, both on long term and day assignments. Currently I am doing a long term that is supposed to last until mid-February at Winnisquam Regional Middle School in Tilton. I'm substituting right now so that I can gain more experience to have my own classroom eventually.
I'm fascinated with technology, and am always looking for ways to integrate it into my classroom. I've taken two courses on using it to teach writing, and am looking forward to this more social look at its use.
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