Wordle

Wordle.net took all the words in my blog and highlighted the most prominent ones. Take a look at the main/ongoing themes within my blog!

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Digital Story Treatment: Thoughts and Ideas

Technology is the invention and manifestation of ideas. It is something that is ever-changing. Technology expanded when someone rubbed two sticks together to light a fire, put together a bow and arrow to shoot down a bird, and created a wagon, and again with a car, to get us from one location to the next. The existence of technology is to make our lives easier. Productivity is human nature, and through technology, we develop ideas to help us along to reach our ultimate end-state/goal in a quicker, more efficient and effective manner.

But at what point in time does technology go from helping us to inhibiting us from performing daily functions on our own? Where do we draw the line of dependency?

What used to be something that couldn’t function without us – i.e. we have to not only think of the ideas, but act on them as well; sticks can’t rub themselves together to light a fire – has turned into something that we cannot function without. How would we find our way home without GPS? How would we notify the police if we had a car accident and forgot our cell phone? How do you make ice without a freezer and keep food cold when the power goes out?

At what point in time did the dependency shift from technology being dependant on us to us being dependant on technology? When did technology shift from being an extension of ourselves to us being an extension of it?

These are the questions I will be raising within my three-minute digital story. The story will be an exploration of a specific technology, how it has manifested in our culture through time, and the shift from it being dependant on us to us being dependent on it. Do we impact technology or does it impact us? There will actually be two stories presented: 1) that of us; and 2) that of the technology. Can technology be manipulated in such a way that it has human tendencies? Can technology have a story of its own?

My Story

I put this video together about a month ago, and I think it is a good representation of my life... in a digital story format. I am really just putting it on the blog so my G-pa can see it though!



Below is another story about UGA HEROs, an organization that raises money for children infected with/affected by HIV/AIDS in Georgia.

Digital Remix... I stood there in a daze.

Here is my digital remix of Stephen Crane's "I stood upon a highway." The text of it is two posts down. I am going to be late to Spanish class! ENJOY! :)

But because the video is cut up, CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT!

Obama... a Celebrity... NO?!

I think this is an interesting take on the Obama Inauguration. It also shows the impact of technology in today's society.

"I Stood Upon a Higway" Remix

In a class about digital storytelling, the interpretation of poetry is really important. Below is a "remix" of Stephen Crane's I Stood Upon a Highway.

I stood there in a daze.
And then I was interrupted
By Evangelical preachers.
Each one came up to me,
Showed me pictures and said
"This is who God is to me.
I love this God."

Then I said, "Don't be all up in my Kool-Aid!
Let me think of God how I want to.
Don't push your views onto me.
I can't see God the way you see him.
He is not the God I love."