Interactivity

This particular section of twitter users is discussed by journalist Farhad Manjoo in his 2010 article, “How Black People Use Twitter”, where he notes that young Black users tend to have a much tighter network of interactivity, saying that “They form tighter clusters on the network—they follow one another more readily, they retweet each other more often, and more of their posts are @-replies—posts directed at other users. It's this behavior, intentional or not, that…

when the time comes to demonstrate knowledge later or never learn the concept at all. Also with many concepts building on others throughout an academic career, when one skill isn’t mastered and the student moves on they will often struggle at some point later in time. (McCabe, 1996) When students at any point can reach into their pockets and ask Google the answer to a question, at what point will learn occur? The next element of this paper addresses how the distraction of technology in the…

view regarding the need for a university education for becoming successful in life. Sir Richard Branson, who heads the Virgin Empire of brands that include Virgin Airlines, mobile carriers etc. thinks that what’s most important for success is the interactivity with the work itself. Elon Musk, the man behind things like PayPal and Tesla, which are changing the world, also seems to echo Branson’s viewpoint on success. For Musk, a guy who wanted to change the market and perception of the electric…

Colorful words flash across the screen as they come to life, an touch of interactivity added to the mix wherein you take part of it yourself, accompanied by background audio to set the tone, who knew that a description like this would describe the attributes of what literature, more specifically “electronic literature”, compromises of. The terms “electronic” and “literature” stringed together to form a word that is used to define the evolution to creative writing merits a head scratch at first.…

The study area, as identified in assignment one, is VCE computing unit 1, learning outcome 3, which emphasises heavily on the design and development stages of the PSM. In order to teach this, a teacher needs to have a strong grasp of the design principles, web development and project management. The learning areas I have identified are connected to the learning requirements of my recent placement: The immediate areas that I need to learn and update are highlighted (in red) in the curriculum map,…

The immense advancement in technology is often criticized by older generations who usually cannot easily adapt to the technological changes in society. They often claim that technology such as cell phones, tablets, television, and video games are unnecessary advancements that waste one’s time and vegetate the brain. Younger generations are constantly connected to the virtual world and appreciate all new technologies. Many would not be able to last a day without their precious smart devices.…

number of Internet users increases rapidly. Specifically, a well-known social media service currently available in the information domain is online news. Following Karlsson and Strömback (2010), this service has two crucial benefits for users: interactivity (i.e., access to relevant information only and the possibility to make comments) and immediacy (i.e., availability in almost real-time). Thus, online news disrupted the way in which news industry informs events to people, and opened an…

In a capitalist economic system, like the economics in America, there will always be a person who has less than another. The government will try and close the gap by providing opportunities and resources for those in need, but there will always be a lower class in America’s current economic system. This is not a bad situation, nor is it a good one. During economic upturn the lower class and middle class will gain and the gap will become smaller. The opposite is true for when the economy takes a…

Advancements and technology have forever changed the face of mass media. Society has shied away from utilizing a market dominated by a few large firms prevalent since the early 1950’s. Mass Media has done a complete transformation, and with each change there has been a better outcome each time.A few great examples are the development of newspapers superseding town criers because newspapers offered an opportunity to record information. Magazines then superseded newspapers due to a broader scope…

This area is popular with young audiences because they enjoy the interactivity of some of the sculptures. For example, Tony Rosenthal’s cube spins. The large sculpture amazes visitors of all ages. Object-based learning in museums is effective because some concepts are hard to picture. Seeing the objects up close brings…