Comments on: Lessig’s Lecture At 23c3 http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/588 rants & resources from an open educator Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:34:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alec http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/588/comment-page-1#comment-64240 Alec Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:40:06 +0000 http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/588#comment-64240 Chris, I think you raise a good point. When I first saw the quote "What’s important about these examples is that these tools have now been democratized. Anybody with a $1500 computer can take sounds and images and remix them in ways that say things differently" ... I thought, wow ... you know assuming access to a $1500 computer is not really democratic at all. There is certainly a price to pay for access. And I agree with you wholly that the general population DOES need education about the grammar and technique. I like this quote for Leu, "The continuously changing technologies of literacy mean that we must help children learn how to learn new technologies of literacy. In fact, the ability to learn continuously changing technologies for literacy may be a more critical target than learning any particular technology of literacy itself." Chris, I think you raise a good point. When I first saw the quote “What’s important about these examples is that these tools have now been democratized. Anybody with a $1500 computer can take sounds and images and remix them in ways that say things differently” … I thought, wow … you know assuming access to a $1500 computer is not really democratic at all. There is certainly a price to pay for access.

And I agree with you wholly that the general population DOES need education about the grammar and technique. I like this quote for Leu, “The continuously changing technologies of literacy mean that we must help children learn how to learn new technologies of literacy. In fact, the ability to learn continuously changing technologies for literacy may be a more critical target than learning any particular technology of literacy itself.”

]]> By: christopher monger http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/588/comment-page-1#comment-64206 christopher monger Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:11:07 +0000 http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/588#comment-64206 This is naive. Everyone can speak, but few are articulate. Literacy in the West is widespread - but good writers are few and far between. the assumption that the tools ('a $1500 computer') will free people is as silly as saying that free crayons will allow the world to be full of Rembrandts and Degas. Even the bascic manipulation of sound and images requires a sense of storytelling. Just look at YouTube - while it's fun to visit (and I live there) one would be hardpressed to make a case that many of the posted videos are expressing much more than Beckett's 'need to express'. If, as the writer suggests, film, music and video are the new literacy, then more than ever the population needs educating about the grammar and technique. This is naive. Everyone can speak, but few are articulate. Literacy in the West is widespread – but good writers are few and far between. the assumption that the tools (‘a $1500 computer’) will free people is as silly as saying that free crayons will allow the world to be full of Rembrandts and Degas. Even the bascic manipulation of sound and images requires a sense of storytelling. Just look at YouTube – while it’s fun to visit (and I live there) one would be hardpressed to make a case that many of the posted videos are expressing much more than Beckett’s ‘need to express’. If, as the writer suggests, film, music and video are the new literacy, then more than ever the population needs educating about the grammar and technique.

]]> By: Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » What happens in school during a Blizzard? http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/588/comment-page-1#comment-62534 Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » What happens in school during a Blizzard? Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:43:45 +0000 http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/588#comment-62534 [...] nd publishing content based on what’s important to them and the world. After reading Alec’s post about Lessig, it clearly demonstrates: Anybody with a $1500 computer can take sounds [...] [...] nd publishing content based on what’s important to them and the world. After reading Alec’s post about Lessig, it clearly demonstrates: Anybody with a $1500 computer can take sounds [...]

]]> By: Dean Shareski http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/588/comment-page-1#comment-62533 Dean Shareski Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:35:28 +0000 http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/588#comment-62533 This is perhaps the single most important message of the web 2.0 world. Not simply easy publishing but publishing of any type of content or media you can imagine. Are there any limits? This is perhaps the single most important message of the web 2.0 world. Not simply easy publishing but publishing of any type of content or media you can imagine.
Are there any limits?

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