Anthro prof makes great video about the nature of the web
02.03.07Check out this great video about the nature of the web by Prof. Michael Wesch of Kansas State University. Very well produced and thought provoking. It's titled "The Machine is Us/ing Us" and I found it via Frank Gruber. After the first video plays, check out the other videos Mr. Wesch has posted to YouTube (they are in the same player on this page). If you're reading this post via an RSS reader and can't see the SplashCast player below - here's a link for you to preview the whole show I've put together with the RSS feed of Wesch's videos.
What a great use of online video for education!
February 4th, 2007 at
Hi.
Very interesting work indeed. Self explaining in some parts; I mostly liked where the “digital text” is continuously altered in small bits to render different meanings, building on top of each other. It really gives an immediate account of the non “linearity” and of the power of it.
Watching the video, I had the impression that “digital language” is closer than written and oral languages to the real things they try to communicate; it is not just a description: it is part of the meaning.
Thanks for sharing.
February 4th, 2007 at
Very interesting comment, Ugo! Leave it to an anthro prof to bring the intellectuals out of the woodwork around here!
February 6th, 2007 at
Wow, that was an awesome video!
How sweet would it have been if something like that came out back in the early and mid 1990’s when many people were questioning whether or not the PC would be useful to the average user?
February 6th, 2007 at
Great video. It’s very informative. I like how he explained that XML seperates content and presentation. Again, very informative. Thanks for sharing.
February 8th, 2007 at
There is a movement. There is a Network. We are the commons.