The Blog Project

See, English 110 exists outside of the classroom. We'll be sharpening our analytical minds in this heated arena: blog-dom.

The point of the blog is for you to practice making 1) observations and 2) analyses on the material you come across in your day-to-day virtual lives, and then to share your analytical experiments with your classmates. Take this opportunity to explore the course theme and broaden your understanding of your chosen sources. Social media, YouTube, and online articles are rife with opportunities for interesting analysis. So impress us with your brilliance, hipness, and pop-cultural savoir faire. This is all about practice (and nerd/cool points, of course) so really go for it.

Let's say to post (roughly) once every other week, which makes a minimum of 5 posts total. There's no limit to how much you can post. But I'll remind you: if you start honing your analytical skills here, your grade and your chances for success over the next few years will markedly improve. Try stuff out--this is graded simply on doing it. If you're truly exploring, you'll probably make some analytical trips that you look back on and are slightly embarrassed about--and that's a good thing.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Future of Screen Technology in 2014

The Future of Screen Technology in 2014 is a description of what devices are headed our way in the near future. The repeating scenarios in this video include the stretching of the screens, the simplicity of using a flick of your hand to scroll through various pages of information. The device recognizes who is using it at all times by greeting them or saying goodbye. The world cup reoccurs throughout the commercial as well. All of the different devices have the same format and are all capable of working together which could be a possible strand. Other strands include the transferring of information instantly and with more convenience. In the beginning there is a standard alarm clock next to the high tech phone with an alarm clock. This shows the difference between the new and the old. There is still simple technology such as a bike and pencils shown in the video which shows that they're used more for a visual effect than an actual purpose. All of these objects do not fit in with the theme of the video's purpose. Technology is rapidly growing and new ideas are being thought of everyday.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd4NCxoT6Vw

Connor Geraghty
Morgan Hisey
Christina Patterson
Carlos Lugo
Megan Johnson
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3 comments:

  1. matt noonanSeptember 28, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    I think this is totally pathetic. Can people seriously not get up and look at someone else's screen. I mean, it is a cool idea, but it is hard to believe someone putting a multi-touch screen everywhere in their house. I for one don't need a smartphone on all my furniture.

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  2. Connor GeraghtyOctober 2, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    This illustrates exactly what I think will happen in our near future. Information will become more readily available and people will want to get the information they need from anywhere with just about anything. Industry makes what the people want and this will happen.

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  3. OOctober 2, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    If this happens in the near future then in the further future people wouldn't have to leave their house let alone their bed to get many things done. No one will have to go outside to grab the newspaper anymore since they can have it in their mirrors, headboards, etc. People will become more lazy and will be more reliant on technology.

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