One of the things I love about the videos was how they could make you follow their train of thought, just by deleting a few letters and then adding some more on, only to add a few words and then delete a few letters again. (it was in machine is us/ing us, if you need a refresher- this one is also good). This is one of the things I love about word processing, is that you can write something and then modify it, reword it, copy and paste it how ever many times you want to, or delete it, in hardly any time at all-and nobody sees the junk that didn't make it into the final draft. It used to be that only a few privileged people were in the know about how essential and useful revising and editing is. Now revising is immediate, and second nature to almost anybody on the computer. It used to be that only those with money, privilege, and training could publish their thoughts, and they had the power. Now measly ol' little me is able to publish on this blog and make my voice heard, and even I have some power. That is cool!
So what about those without a portion of privilege or money? They deserve the power too! I think it's is the responsibility of those with the privilege to help others get the education they need to participate. We need to share the privilege, however we can.
If word processing revolutionized how we write, then what has the internet done? it has influenced the means, the convenience, the very purposes of writing. Writing isn't the important thing anymore, communication is. People are communicating whatever they want, however they want and anybody can take part. Cool huh?
"the reason youtube has done so well is because it wasn't selling a product, it was selling a community" (from one of the videos)
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With the ease of editing with a word processor, I think it's sometimes too easy to throw away the "junk" that has been written. Sometimes the best thing to write is the first thing that you've tried writing... I could be speaking entirely for myself, though.
"So what about those without a portion of privilege or money? They deserve the power too! I think it's is the responsibility of those with the privilege to help others get the education they need to participate. We need to share the privilege, however we can."
Fortunately, many are coming to share that view, and to recognize that technology is power, and that through technology, greater equality can be achieved. The "One Laptop per Child" initiative is one such example of this, and it is already bearing fruit. Find out more here: http://laptop.org/vision/index.shtml
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