On Monday 12.7 i was the audience for many of my classmates' presentations. I must say that I was impressed - I could tell that a lot of work went into the presentations and I was glad I got to see them. There were many I enjoyed, like BigDog and the carbon (i think) speakers...I was impressed overall with what my fellow 435ers did. Great Work! =)...
...But I digress, because what WASN'T great was that presenters had to stay WAY LATE after class. Rather than being upset though, I'd like to offer a couple suggestions.
I did something on a larger-scale for a different Purdue course, and we had a 4 hour block of presenting. We still did Tweets and all, but like I said, it was a larger scale. I really don't think that the TAs and Prof Kisselburgh had enough time to grade the work, so I'd suggest replacing one of the critical essays (or the elevator pitch) with this presentation as a 2-hour event. Since 435 will be collaborating w/EPICS next semester, I'd even suggest doing a trade-off project and having the EPICS kids come to be the audience too! I think LOTS of us did EXCELLENT work and not many people saw it =(. I think this would be a great way to solve it!
A final suggestion would be to do the project in groups of 3, and maybe slightly enhance what needs to be presented on the topic (to make it enough work for 3 people). In my other class, our group had five people and we were all very involved! I would love to see this project turn into a larger scale event than it has been, such as this one that I participated in: http://tltconference.ning.com/ ----> Check out the pics and you might even see me! Or, look at the WIKI from our work (this was required for our project) http://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/Ta-Da+List and this is the link for the project, in general http://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/Web+2.0+Tools all with more work from more student groups! And it was FUN!! =) Enjoy!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Cyborgdom. Wow.
We read Naam's article about technologically-enhanced humans and watched a video about how it could be considered art.
It was interesting.
I won't write much because it will basically be what I put in my essay. In all, studying cyborgs made me really appreciate the fact that I have all the limbs, brain etc. that I need (or at least I think I do). In my humble opinion, I don't think we should alter ourselves because we WANT to, and I used to be more anal toward "enhancements" given to those who were of need of it. Where I stand now is a place of more understanding, because I can barely imagine what it would be like to not have ten fingers to be typing with right now. I am very proud of the strides we have made in this area, because I don't really think there's a "normal"- we really should learn how to learn more about people who have been disadvantaged by adverse circumstances like those we read about, and be even more open to how their lives have been transformed by technology.
As for art, if we with all our appendages can be "art," i see no reason why prosthetics should not be produced in an artful way as well. In my opinion, a lot of the issues we have with one another stem simply from stifled expression. It would be a shame to create even MORE division in this world because we don't want people with prosthetic limbs and other pieces to limit their show of them. Just a thought...
It was interesting.
I won't write much because it will basically be what I put in my essay. In all, studying cyborgs made me really appreciate the fact that I have all the limbs, brain etc. that I need (or at least I think I do). In my humble opinion, I don't think we should alter ourselves because we WANT to, and I used to be more anal toward "enhancements" given to those who were of need of it. Where I stand now is a place of more understanding, because I can barely imagine what it would be like to not have ten fingers to be typing with right now. I am very proud of the strides we have made in this area, because I don't really think there's a "normal"- we really should learn how to learn more about people who have been disadvantaged by adverse circumstances like those we read about, and be even more open to how their lives have been transformed by technology.
As for art, if we with all our appendages can be "art," i see no reason why prosthetics should not be produced in an artful way as well. In my opinion, a lot of the issues we have with one another stem simply from stifled expression. It would be a shame to create even MORE division in this world because we don't want people with prosthetic limbs and other pieces to limit their show of them. Just a thought...
Envision Center.
DISCLAIMER:
I am well aware that I will not have the required number of posts OR posts weekly. I'm sorry, I'm just horrible at blogging but I will take my deductions.
THE ENVISION CENTER:
So, I had been wanting to visit the Center for awhile, after a friend of mine named Jihad did a project on it for one of my other classes. After having gone, I can say that I simply wish I hadn't been so tired and unmotivated that day!
ECenter was cool in many ways. I've been interested in internet conferencing capabilities for quite some time now, so it was really cool to get to see what Purdue does with that in the ECenter.
I also thought the Virtual Reality room was awesome! It made me really wish that more of Purdue's programs were featured there (we went through one for the Pharm students). I think it could really enable students to spend meaningful, fun, and interactive time outside of class learning about whatever it is they're studying. A great alternative to the elevator pitch we did (lol, I'm just saying...)
Anyway, I actually enjoyed the class we spent there. I had been wanting to go for some time and if I get a chance to go back I would like to experiment more with the Haptics Lab.
It was a good day.
I am well aware that I will not have the required number of posts OR posts weekly. I'm sorry, I'm just horrible at blogging but I will take my deductions.
THE ENVISION CENTER:
So, I had been wanting to visit the Center for awhile, after a friend of mine named Jihad did a project on it for one of my other classes. After having gone, I can say that I simply wish I hadn't been so tired and unmotivated that day!
ECenter was cool in many ways. I've been interested in internet conferencing capabilities for quite some time now, so it was really cool to get to see what Purdue does with that in the ECenter.
I also thought the Virtual Reality room was awesome! It made me really wish that more of Purdue's programs were featured there (we went through one for the Pharm students). I think it could really enable students to spend meaningful, fun, and interactive time outside of class learning about whatever it is they're studying. A great alternative to the elevator pitch we did (lol, I'm just saying...)
Anyway, I actually enjoyed the class we spent there. I had been wanting to go for some time and if I get a chance to go back I would like to experiment more with the Haptics Lab.
It was a good day.
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