This week is fairly short and we only had one class, so there’s not much to say. I enjoyed the You-Tube videos we watched on Wednesday. I think the story of the girl with leukemia is very interesting. It’s awesome that through CMC, people can share matters so close to their heart and generate a response because of it. It seemed like a lot of people sympathize with her and want to do anything they can to help. I’ve never thought about You-Tube as something that could promote such thoughtful ideas; I guess I’ve always viewed it as just a website where people put silly home videos. But this showed that CMC can be used for good and meaningful things too. That can be good evidence for people who are convinced that today’s technology is bringing society down.
On another note, I have been running around this campus like crazy the past few days getting forms signed for my semester abroad in Oxford this fall. The hardest part was figuring out what classes I’m going to take when I get back in the spring. I know that a teacher in the English department is offering a 2-part writing workshop this fall and spring that I really wanted to take. I contacted him and asked if I could take the second part when I come back without having taken the first. He actually told me that I could take the first part through e-mail while in Oxford if I want to, so that I won’t have missed anything when I get back! I thought that was a cool idea, so I ran around some more getting the appropriate forms and signatures. Anyway, this will be the first time I’ve ever taken a course over e-mail. Granted, e-mail is not a highly sophisticated technology—it’s been around for awhile now—and it IS only a 2-credit course, but I’m still excited to experience taking a class solely through CMC. Hopefully I can put what I’ve learned in this class into practice!
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CMC is a great way to communicate and spread knowledge. People helping people through CMC seems so logical, but to most its creepy. I mean maybe I am cold hearted, but I feel like that lady was kinda weird.
Then I got to thinking, she isn't really werid. Is it weird that the campus community will join together to support good causes? That there are signs hanging in the TUB with a picture of a sick child? If we don't think thats werid, why should we think its weird to use the internet as the community we are joining together?
It is those types of videos I wish the internet would help promote more. There are mixed opinions on whether the internet is good tool which contributes to the growth of society or on the other end of the spectrum which promotes violence and bad behavior. As the authors of our book describe...the real world and cyberspace are nearly interchangeable. Sooner or later it seems every daily task of ours is moving to the electronic side of things. There are computers in our cars now and we can connect with people when we're walking down the street through cell phone, etc. I don't find it weird today, to see people helping others through the internet per the movie we watched. It's only a matter of time before sleeping becomes electronic in some form or the other!
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