Chapter 6: Refashioned dialogues

Chapter 6: Refashioned dialogues

Observe:

-Reading music=Reading books

-A reader that can read something in their head and not physically interpret it as in reading it aloud, like playing it in music

-Writing and reading are not always sequential, can be but not always.

Newspapers, encyclopedias, papyrus

-Greeks- reading doesn’t always have to be left to right

Electronic writing is not sequential

-Bolter- writing text is better/ oral text is better

Plato vs. Socrates

“…Dissatisfactions with linear argument…”

I really liked the second YouTube video. How what we say can be interpreted in different ways, if we just rearrange what we say and how we say.

Infer:

-Writing and reading are not always sequential, can be but not always.

Newspapers, encyclopedias, papyrus

-Greeks- reading doesn’t always have to be left to right

Electronic writing is not sequential

-A reader that can read something in their head and not physically interpret it as in reading it aloud, like playing it in music

- With written text, readers have the ability to go back and stop reading, to think about what was just read

Socrates was known for his verbal/oral texts, how he spoke in person

Blogs as an example/ own electronic space. Discussing class topics, in class, at home, on our phones anywhere.

Questions:

What do you think about writing and reading being sequential? Do you agree with Bolter’s thoughts?

Is written text better, or is oral text better? To you and to society?

Why do you think Bolter was so against Socrates informal (linear) way of writing?

How you feel spoken words have changed through dialogue, in electronic and written?

Do you think these changes in “refashioned dialogue” are for the better?

The Breakout of the Visual

Our Prezi !!!


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BLIND SCREEN/WANDERING EYES

Definitely not fun typing without being able to see the screen!!!

Who’s the story teller in your family? Relate a story frequently told. How has that person/story influenced you?

The storyteller of my family is my grandpa. At 90 years old, he has the most insightful and yet inspirational stories I have ever heard. During family gatherings, everyone huddles around him, quiet as a mouse and listens to what he has to say. Listening to that thick and heavy accent recalling the last 90 years of his life and past experiences. His comedic fashion of language cannot be dismissed. He interprets humor into every story, gaining everyone’s interest that much more. My grandpa is one of the most important people in my life. Sharing the same birthday, and blowing out the same candles for 22 years, he is a major part of my life. At the age he is, he has come so far, through thick and thin. Coming all the way from Poland, being a spy for the English army, having a fur business in NYC, to being an amazing father, husband and grandfather. Through all of his accomplishments and triumphs, he still walks this earth telling stories for those to listen. His intelligence is beyond others, and his will to live thus far is astonishing.

He has influenced me and continues to everyday. He gives me the drive to overcome any obstacles that come in my way. Giving me the strength to yearn success like he has. Without him, I wouldn’t be the same. I see so much of him in me that will live on forever. 

Chapter 5 = The Electronic Book

2. Chapter 5 = The Electronic Book

Observe: I like the style, how it was structured and organized.

I know understand the papyrus roll and a codex. Where they come from. What they entail. There overall purpose back in the day.

I like the comparison, on how we are now going back to the scroll with computers, how we scroll down the screen rather than turn the page as in a book.

I like the video about opposing eBooks. Taking away the new book smell, the feeling of the plastic, rather than paper and leather.

I like the information given about Encyclopedias. (Britannica)

I think that the idea of digital libraries are convenient for some people that don’t have time to step foot in the door of an actual library, but yet it takes away the point in history where the public can go into an actual historical building enclosed with hand drawn books.

Infer:

We are now going back to the idea of the scroll. As in computers, scrolling down the screen to see more information rather than the standard turning of a page as if in a book, or codex of some sort.

eBooks- can be somewhat authentic, going back to the original.

The eBook is more complete, immediate and authentic. Bolter opposes the idea of the eBook.

YouTube video- Doesn’t like eBooks.

Encyclopedia- Bench mark, summary, public can gain all the information in one book. It is Alphabetized.

Digital libraries, you can find the same book on different shelves or under different subjects.

Questions:

How do you feel about eBooks?

Do you find Encyclopedia’s useful and convenient?

Is an online encyclopedia easier than the formal book version?

Do you think the idea of “digital libraries” take away from the physical aspect of libraries?

Do you think that Bolter needs to get it out of his head, that technology is taking over the aspect of written, handheld books.

Chapter 3 = Hypertext and the Remediation of Print

1. Chapter 3 = Hypertext and the Remediation of Print

Observe:

     The layout and the information where there from the chapter. The only thing was structuring it. I feel that the video about hyperlinking was displayed way too early in the presentation.

-video about hyperlinking.

-Could have been a bit more creative about sources/pictures

- I think, computers are more likely to make mistakes.

-“Hypertext makes everything easier” (Nel)

- “Connecting to your previous point” (Nel) – that’s why it’s a path

-Graphics with text (Alex)

- I disagree with the quote about how hypertext illustrates our thoughts and mind. Computers cant express emotion, therefore, it cannot associate with our “minds”

-Hypertext can be controlling. They limit your choices of where you can go further. Providing you with a link, with no choice

Infer:

- Main points, hypertext is easier, it provides “wider spectrum of information” “books are more specific on one topic” Hypertext can offer a different page” (Cassandra)

- “Hypertext makes everything easier” (Nel)

- “Connecting to your previous point” (Nel) – that’s why it’s a path

- Every hypertext page is different, can have different mediums

- Hypertext can be difficult, has negatives and positives

- One point, You have control and a choice, delusion

- Another point, you don’t have a choice, no control

Question:

What made you choose that video?

To you, What makes hypertext better than print?

What made you choose the game “Telephone” as your interpretation of speech?

What made you choose these specific quotes from the chapter?

Where these quotes meant to prove just your point when there

are many points trying to be made in the chapter?

You play a video about hypertext and how fast it is, and how you cant stop, to later saying that it limits your ability to look up, which do you agree with?

For you Nel: 

My purple feather is weighing down your horse