tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post6940832759282902054..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Digital divide?doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-31060222656660689402012-04-17T15:41:42.592-04:002012-04-17T15:41:42.592-04:00...and then you have holograms of dead rappers per......and then you have holograms of dead rappers performing on stage. Yeah, we're good at digitizing.Aronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-78957747002535378592012-04-15T11:04:37.272-04:002012-04-15T11:04:37.272-04:00I posted something on why we don't understand ...I posted something on why we don't understand social media and only two people responded. Someone sent me an instant message that the post had made him squirm. <br /><br />I cross-posted it on TeachPaperless. It was tweeted and retweeted, but no one left a comment. <br /><br />It's a hard conversation that we need to have. It's uncomfortable. I'm discovering that the slightly sarcastic @johntspencer of #pencilchat lore is fairly popular, but the real John, the one who writes novels by hand first and who spends time in the garden and asks questions about the nature of technology, is much more uncomfortable to be around. <br /><br />I like my human filter (books, blogs, art) in both the physical and the digital. But I also love playing catch, barefoot in the backyard or taking a sip of a hefeweizen or a decent IPA. <br /><br />I can't make sense out of it all. My best friends are here in town, but I have a few folks that I regard as good friends as well and I wouldn't know these folks without technology. I've Skyped with them. I've met some in person. <br /><br />I understand the desire to disconnect. It is, of all things, very bold and very relevant. But I love me some nuance in my life and tools in all their abstract glory are both incredibly human and deeply dehumanizing. I'll live in both places even if it is cognitive dissonance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.com