The process of writing down original ideas based on our thoughts, feelings and the work of others is what effective writing is all about. I asked you to think about four things after last class:
1. Recall what you wrote in class about the object in your life you value.
2. Think about how is this object connected (or not) to what you wrote in your "A day in the life of my Internet Usage" assignment?
3. Read United Nations Declares Internet Access a Basic Human Right
4. Watch and the Youtube video Humanity Lobotomy - Second Draft.
How are these four very different (yet similarly related items) connected? This is not an easy question to answer. However, these are the sorts of questions we have to learn to answer. Below are five responses from our blog. (Thanks everyone!) Please pick one and look for how your classmate attempted to connect these ideas together. Please write a response to your classmate's post. Make sure to highlight their connections and to expand their answers to include a synthesis of these four bits of information. Please save this writing for your midterm portfolio.
Fabiola said...
The object of value that I chose was my phone because it not only helps me stay organized but it is a good source of entertainment as well. My phone allows me to have access to the internet which I use on a daily basis and most of the time to share things or see what's going on with people on facebook. Having said that, the intertnet is a good way to stay in touch with the world and see what's happening with everyone on a daily basis. From the readings, I concluded that they all agree that the internet is harmless and it's just another way people can share opinions about different topics. People get a chance to be "critics" like Matt said in the discussion on TED. In other words, the internet allows us to use our freedom of speech and say whatever we want whenever we want without thinking of the consequences. Finally, it is giving us power to criticize other people's work which can possibly lead them to get the wrong idea from our criticism.
Peter Germain said...
I picked a blackberry as my valued possession. My blackberry is a critical device in my internet usage. I do almost all of my internet browsing through my cell phone and i very rarely go on my desktop. I feel that the internet is needed. Obviously I am not the only person that feels that way, that is shown in the Youtube video where people are outraged about the possibility of a limited internet.I think freedom of speech is one of our most important rights and the phone companies limiting the internet would stop us from expressing ourselves. We are able to express ourselves online which is contributing to the end of critics. Before the internet critics were a big part of controlling what made it to the public and what people saw. Now with the internet anybody can criticize anything and anyone could publish anything. That would be impossible without social outlets like Youtube or Facebook.
lee.her.333 said...
I said i valued my cellphone and in the assignment i wrote that my cellphone was the alternative to what the internet would regularly provide, communication. I'm not exactly interested in whether the internet is made a basic human right since i don't feel the need to express myself on a wide range. If anything, i think I'd be better off without the internet. I have books, speech and a cellphone. Those three things aren't restricted or limited to me in anyway. I do think that people have become a tad bit more creative than before the internet, but not much. Before people followed all these etiquette rules and what was popular. There were guidelines to what was proper. We'd only like to think we have an opinion but in reality our opinion is molded by mainstream culture and thats just inevitable. SO the internet promotes this small group of "molders"-"critics" and all we can say is "that looks/sounds like crap" or "that sounds weird, let me listen to it again, i think i like it a little". But when it comes right down to it, it doesnt matter.
SwaggMasterFresh-A.C. said...
My coin purse has little to no affect of my daily Internet usage. The only time it would have some affect is if I had to move it from my keyboard. The article about the Internet becoming a human right is quite interesting. Being that the Internet is the first thing I turn to when I wake up it would be just criminal to take it away. Then going to my Louis Vuitton coinpurse, though it isn't something the world sees as a human right, I am entitled to the item that I hold just as close as the Internet. When people tried to take the freedom away from people using the Internet I would feel the same way. When I saw that fifteen year old cry I couldn't help but feel his pain. During the time I was never aware of this situation. I can't imagine having to pay a monthly fee on things like YouTube and Facebook. The Internet for sure has created several critics. I could write a Facebook status asking if final destination 5 is a must see and some one will give me ab opinion I can relate to. Most paid critics don't cater to my movie decisions, but that kid in my English class sure could help me out a lot more.
Chasity Danay said...
The object I value most are my glasses. Without them, I would never be able to see the anything. It helps me explore the world. They help me connect with my family members and allow me to read and do my homework. I think that we shouldn't be critics for the way we express ourselves on the internet.
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