So word on the networked media street (in the unlecture) is we are starting writing wikis this week in class. Wikipedia is a wonderful resource, despite what scholars, academics and teachers think. It is similar to a blog in someway-…
This Washington Post article, ’40 maps that explain the world’ I found really interesting. Basically, it is just a bunch of maps with highlighting for different things. Maps include, where people are most and least welcoming to foreigners, gay rights around…
Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution – Clay Shirky This is when industries can become so focused on the problem in which they are the solution to, that they often in fact perpetuate…
This concept has been explored in Matthew Ward’s article Design Fiction as Pedagogic Practice which I read this week. I’ll be honest, even simply looking at the title boggled my mind a little. Pedagogic what ? After some extensive research, (by that…
Is to get out there and see the world. Travel, explore, feel. I’m feeling nostalgic at the moment, because this time last year, I had just been to 9 countries in 18 days on a Contiki tour. I was also…
I found the unlecture comment interesting about education being like a transaction. Because in my mind, I believe it is. It certainly historically has been a definite transaction- students pay teachers to receive education. Today it is is more of…
I’m not here to rant on about takeaway food. I just thought I would grab your attention and draw it to the ‘takeaway idea’, as discussed by Adrian, my university lecuturer. Adrian wants us to consider readings for networked media,…
This weekend is my 21st birthday. A milestone, surely? For some reason though, I’m not as excited as I wish I was. I mean, in Australia, how is 21 any different to 20? You can’t do anything new, you have…
I’ve previously posted about what I and others believe networked media is about, so now it’s time to take a glance at a strong component of that, blogging. In my opinion, blogs were originally considered either two things- spaces for…
So, here I am. A Networked Media student of semester 2 2013. To any of my friends not studying in the field of media and communications, they would have absolutely no clue as to what that would possibly entail. For…