Skip to main content

Class 5

Before class a couple of us managed to meet up to discuss our group project, we talked about the future of the workplace and what kind of effect future technologys would have on it. We also discussed what form of media we could use to deliver it, slides, video, pictures, sound etc. I wasn't sure if the presentation had to be related to the course that we were studying (Visual Communication) for example, how will new technology effect the field of graphic design and visual communication, so I said that I would ask the lecturer in class to clarify this. Other members of the group were discussing the roll of automation using technology in the workplace, what percentage of our jobs will be automated by technology in the future? could we find ourselves out of work after being replaced by a robot? I suggested that we look at online companies such as those that provide services such as online shopping. What would these be like in the future? would we be able to do our shopping without ever setting foot in a shopping centre? would we try on clothes in a completely virtual environment? The group seemed to resonate with this idea and we decided that we would think about maybe using this as a topic to discuss in our presentation.

In this class we discussed how things both physical and virtual can effect a persons thought pattern and how they view themselves. We looked at how once a person holds a hammer it opens up the opportunity to both create and destroy, when the person looks at the hammer in their hand they mentally see the possible uses for the hammer and how it makes a person feel more powerful. I believe what the lecturer was getting at was that since we use our online profiles to represent ourself, these virtual profiles of ourselves can actually effect how we think and see ourselves in the real world even though they are virtual, the same as when we pick up a hammer. It also reminds us of how the internet can be used to create but also destroy and it can have a positive or negative effects on our lives. We should be more aware of the impact these digital medias are having on our perseption and understanding of our own reality. The discussion today made me think about, how much time do I myself spend in the virtual world? Is it possible that I spend more time these days in the online world (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube etc.) than in real life? How much control and influence does it have over me?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Second Life First Time Logging in

This was my first time logging into Second Life, I'd never heard of this virtual world before but I was intrigued to see what it was all about. Once the software was finished downloading and installing I was greeted with a screen where I was given options to customise my character. I didn't personally think that there was that much choice and they all seems to be fantasy styled options. I would have personally preferred if I could have styled myself in more of a real life style but I ended up just choosing a wizard type avatar as none of the avatar styles really caught my attention.  I then spent a little time trying to figure out the avatar controls, it was almost time for the class, I could hear the lecturer talking but I couldn't see which avatar was his. It turned out that I didn't realise that the classroom was above where I was standing so I could hear the class but I wasn't in it. Once I figured this out I made my way upstairs to the class, after I f...
Post a Comment
Read more

Class 11 Presentations

Our group had to do a bit of prep before this class, I was having a bit of a hard time fitting what I wanted to say into my 1 - 1.30 minute slot, trying to condense a brief history of technology so far into that time frame was quite a difficult task. I managed it in the end however I would have liked to go a little more in depth on the subject. Once it was all recorded I uploaded it to the google drive. I have to give credit to Hugh Kavanagh who was the member of my group who stitched all our videos together into the final presentation.
Post a Comment
Read more

Class 4

Today we mostly discussed our group project most of us had read through the brief but many of us still had queries as to what was expected from us. This project brief is a group orientated project and it will test whether or not we can work as one cohesive group. However he did state that if the group was having difficulties we should record and reflect on them, could we have done anything different as a group? is there anything that would have helped the group dynamic? This was comforting as even if we failed in some areas it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing as we could analyse what went wrong and try to learn something from it. We would also be marked individually on our input to the group which also put me at ease as in my experience it can be quite a task to get everybody working together as one cohesive group. This was apparent to me as my group was unable to meet before this class, myself included, although we have have our facebook group set up so we at least have some fo...
Post a Comment
Read more