These are the videos/readings that have inspired and supported my interview the most,
- PBS Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier: This video was full of a lot of useful information, it helped me understand how someone might act when going through addiction and how technology can really take over someones life. It showed me how technology is changing peoples realities, by creating virtual worlds. This movie somehow gives us a more negative look on how technology is effecting us today.
- Digital Media: New learners of the 21st century: This movies takes a look into how technology/video games have improved our ways of thinking. These digital schools make it possible to learn in a whole new way, they are allowing kids to go out and see things how they want to see it. They are being able to physically observe things and then interpret it how they want, being inspired by creations in order to create. This all seemed like a positive way to enhance our thinking but what are the cons on schools like this? Is technology distracting us from observing our surroundings or is it helping us really see what is there? Does learning how to solve video games in school, help us know how to solve the problems in real life?
- Boyd-Taken out of Context: This article looks at how we identify ourselves today using technology. Technology has become a self identifier, we choose how we want other people to see us and how we want to see ourselves. We identify ourselves through myspace, facebook, and even virtual world video games. When thinking about this article and relating it to video games it made me wonder if we are using a false identity for virtual worlds? or are we just making our identity known through them? Do these virtual worlds connect us to other people? And do we sometimes mistake them for reality?
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