A few musings from Kansas by a high school literature teacher. Over the past few months, this blog has turned a commentary on media. I will probably continue to focus on film and television, but books and music might sneak in... By the way - If you would like me to post on a regular basis - please comment, even if it's just to say, "Hi." If my audience disappears, I lose the motivation to write! Thanks!
I love this video about the web and what is going on with it. It's complex and intriguing and unifying and dividing. It isolates us and brings us together. Where are we headed next? (I also love that a K-State prof named Michael Wesch put it together! Go Cats!) :-)
posted by Jill Pole @ 2/20/2007
I am a Literature teacher in Kansas. Currently, I am wondering if it is possible to communicate a passion for Lit in a way that my students will catch the same passion...or any passion for that matter! :-) (Ahh - the joys of communicating a deep love of language to high school students with the added challenge of quite possibly having the worst spelling in the history of English teachers. ) :-)
4 Comments:
That's a stirring series of images and messages. I'm overwhelmed.
Wow. Thought provoking.
Interesting vid, and it's up to us to use the increased technology and not the other way around.
The thing about the web, and everyone blogging and linking and expressing their views, etc. in one mass orgy of interconnectivity, is that in creating what appears to be a digital community, we're all getting more and more isolated and alone. I've seen more than a couple blogs shut down as people realize their time is being used in front of a machine instead of living their life and their 'friends' are a list of people on MySpace that they've never even met. People walk down the street with their eyes to the concrete and ears filled with ipod earplugs listening to the latest whatever and don't even notice what's going on around them. People send instant messages and quick emails instead of picking up the phone and actually talking or using the lost art of writing a letter. Everyone and anyone posts videos of themselves doing crazy or even the most boring things and want everyone to watch and comment, and yet try to make eye contact with people in public and it's like no one wants to be noticed or bothered.
Everyone is now connected, and yet more than ever, everyone's alone. Oh, the irony.
Great thoughts, Eaglewing. I agree wholeheartedly.
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