http://atticmooses.com/blog/2005/07/29/15/ teaching in an e-world Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:16:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://atticmooses.com/blog/2005/07/29/15/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Amy Ballantyne Sat, 17 Sep 2005 01:54:35 +0000 http://atticmooses.com/blog/2005/07/29/15/#comment-50 I found this article to be very interesting! I understand how a lot of people prefer IM over email because it is a very fast way to communicate to each other. A lot of people don’t check their email everyday, so if you leave them an email they might not respond for several days. In this sense, I think that the IM is more convenient because people respond to that sooner than email. Yet, I prefer email over IM because you can take your time to write your message and you do not have to worry about holding up somebody’s day by taking a lot of time to write your message. Also, everybody isn’t always on IM all the time, so if you want to leave them a message they aren’t always available. Therefore I actually prefer email over IM. I think that email will someday be replaced by some other method but I don’t think it will be the IM. I found this article to be very interesting! I understand how a lot of people prefer IM over email because it is a very fast way to communicate to each other. A lot of people don’t check their email everyday, so if you leave them an email they might not respond for several days. In this sense, I think that the IM is more convenient because people respond to that sooner than email. Yet, I prefer email over IM because you can take your time to write your message and you do not have to worry about holding up somebody’s day by taking a lot of time to write your message. Also, everybody isn’t always on IM all the time, so if you want to leave them a message they aren’t always available. Therefore I actually prefer email over IM. I think that email will someday be replaced by some other method but I don’t think it will be the IM.

]]> http://atticmooses.com/blog/2005/07/29/15/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Rebecca Sornson Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:15:19 +0000 http://atticmooses.com/blog/2005/07/29/15/#comment-36 I'm 19 and quite backwards for a 19 year old as I just succumbed and got an AIM name last spring. I really don't like it though. It's nice occasionally talking to people, I wouldn't normally talk to, but I don't like being interrupted, and I agree with Stacey, that talking to several people at once doesn't allow you to be fully engaged. I hope e-mail won't become obsolete, and I tend to think it won't because you just can't get a set of coherant thoughts across by instant messaging. I’m 19 and quite backwards for a 19 year old as I just succumbed and got an AIM name last spring. I really don’t like it though. It’s nice occasionally talking to people, I wouldn’t normally talk to, but I don’t like being interrupted, and I agree with Stacey, that talking to several people at once doesn’t allow you to be fully engaged. I hope e-mail won’t become obsolete, and I tend to think it won’t because you just can’t get a set of coherant thoughts across by instant messaging.

]]> http://atticmooses.com/blog/2005/07/29/15/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Stacey Busman Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:08:45 +0000 http://atticmooses.com/blog/2005/07/29/15/#comment-33 I love the fact that this keeps being brought up. The more you talk about an issue, the more importance you know that it has. We were talking about this very same issue the other day in my Critical Interpretaion class. Conversation is a lost art and people have no idea how to focus on the indiviual that they are corresponding with anymore. The fact that you can have multiple conversations is nice, but doesn't allow you to fully engage yourself. Going along the lines of the English language and it losing it's meaning and importance is huge. People don't even know the correct way to speak to each other. Of course there is slang that is used everywhere you go, but what happened to articulating and expounding on what it is that you are actually trying to get across to someone? Words are beaultiful. The fact that we keep "dumbing down america" is sad and limits the possibilites for the children of the next generation. I love the fact that this keeps being brought up. The more you talk about an issue, the more importance you know that it has. We were talking about this very same issue the other day in my Critical Interpretaion class. Conversation is a lost art and people have no idea how to focus on the indiviual that they are corresponding with anymore. The fact that you can have multiple conversations is nice, but doesn’t allow you to fully engage yourself. Going along the lines of the English language and it losing it’s meaning and importance is huge. People don’t even know the correct way to speak to each other. Of course there is slang that is used everywhere you go, but what happened to articulating and expounding on what it is that you are actually trying to get across to someone? Words are beaultiful. The fact that we keep “dumbing down america” is sad and limits the possibilites for the children of the next generation.

]]> http://atticmooses.com/blog/2005/07/29/15/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Amber Altom Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:55:59 +0000 http://atticmooses.com/blog/2005/07/29/15/#comment-28 Very interesting article! But...Okay so maybe I have to say we might not see 'eye to eye' on this. When e-mail became the hot new thing everyone used it, but then when instant messaging became popular i am sure a lot of kids thought 'hey why not just talk to that person right away instead of waiting for a response.' Of course I still use email for contacting my professors or when I need to send the same long message to more than just one person, but for 'chit-chating' i believe that instant messaging is the way to go. I think it's convienant to have a number of people you can talk to all at the same time. I agree with the point of who knows what the future holds because I am sure that what we have now will become much more advanced! Very interesting article! But…Okay so maybe I have to say we might not see ‘eye to eye’ on this. When e-mail became the hot new thing everyone used it, but then when instant messaging became popular i am sure a lot of kids thought ‘hey why not just talk to that person right away instead of waiting for a response.’ Of course I still use email for contacting my professors or when I need to send the same long message to more than just one person, but for ‘chit-chating’ i believe that instant messaging is the way to go. I think it’s convienant to have a number of people you can talk to all at the same time. I agree with the point of who knows what the future holds because I am sure that what we have now will become much more advanced!

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