Dr. Richard E. Miller Discusses Writing with Multimedia
Part 1
Dr. Richard E. Miller is a professor at Rutgers University in the English Department. He states we are in the greatest changes in our lives. We are able to communicate globally more now than ever before and he suggests we should take advantage of that opportunity. One of our changes is incremental instead of fundamental. Our work space is our desktop meaning we are constantly in connection with the world and we can research the world. Dr. Miller was asked to write about the anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting and he did the all research without stepping foot into a library. Him doing research completely online would be unthinkable ten to fifteen years ago because we were still in the days of the library building and not virtual library. With all the social technology we can now collaborate on projects without even seeing your partner.
Part 2
Dr. Richard E. Miller discusses how the change of technology makes the information more readily accessible. He said, "Ideas belong to us as a culture", he is correct with this statement because when what you publish is not private. He says educators must be in the idea of exchanging information freely. We can produce alternate version of any document with the technology we possess. Dr. Miller believes the only restrictions we have are ones we put on ourselves.
I enjoyed Dr. Richard E. Miller's presentation because he made great points. Our work space is our desktop, we can do entire research without going into a library, and our ideas do belong to our culture. Even though he said we restrict ourselves, I am glad he realized the problem of access to the technology some people obtain but he does see a day when everyone will have it.I am not prepared to write with multimedia but it will be great to learn. Dr. Richard Miller Discusses Writing with Multimedia
Carly Pugh Blog Post
Carly Pugh did a great job on her blog post. By adding links while explaining what her classroom will be like gives the reader a visual of what will make her classroom different. Her own playlist showed diversity and creativity she has. She comes close to Dr. Miller's writing with multimedia because like I said before, she provides links to give a visual of what she is trying to convey.
Learn to Change, Change to Learn
This was a great video on how our schools need to accept the fact that our world is changing simultaneously with technology. Teachers continue to teach students the ways during the Industrial Revolution. Most students today would be prepared for the late 19th century but not for the 21st century. We have a great world for learning and conduct research but teachers do not teach in an environment that is healthy for research. The school system is based around standardized test scores and not the quality of learning for creativity. One man called this the "vending machine" approach. Our job market today is looking for employees who are well-rounded and who can think outside the box.
About Me
- Erwin Coleman
- Hello, My Name is Erwin JaMarkus Coleman. I am from Tuscaloosa, Alabama; attending the University of South Alabama. I inspire to be a Secondary History Teacher. I want to do more than teach, I want to inspire and aid downtrodden humanity to a better path in life. After my undergraduate studies I want to get a Master's in Public Administration to reform education outside the classroom as well.
Hello Erwin,
ReplyDeleteYou did a nice job of summarizing and responding to the prompts, and it was a good touch to embed the videos in this post since that will enable any viewers to have access to the primary sources of your discussion. It also would have been good to include a link to Carly's post in order to maintain equality across the post. You need to remember to include a picture in your post, and use title and alt tags in it. Although since you did include 3 videos, that is kind of moot.
Anyway, I'm not sure if I agree with your statement that most students are only prepared for the 19th century, since that would mean that we are still doing things the same way as they were done in the 1800s. I think the fact that we actually have technology is enough to negate that. Maybe you meant the 20th century.
In addition, since I just looked back over the requirements for this post, you were supposed to watch the Chipper Series and respond to that as well. Ooops!
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