Friday October 10, 2008 Creeping into our Vocabulary
Have you noticed lately the way that the Internet has actively added to our vocabulary? We send a mail (email) or we ping each other to obtain something (round trip time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping]. We tag pictures in Facebook [http://www.facebook.com]when we identify ourselves in pictures. Of course, we google [http://www.google.com] when we are searching for information. We can create mash-ups [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_(web_application_hybrid)]. We twitter [http://www.twitter.com] to let others know where we are or what we are doing and feeling so they can keep up with us on a timeline. RSS (real simple syndication) has also allowed us to keep in touch with recently created or updated publications. These publications can be the blog of a friend or as formal as a well known news agency. Now with our ?cells? (cell phones) allowing us to access the Internet we really don?t have to be out of touch. Texting on mobile devices allows us to send a quick to the point message to answer a question or just communicate a thought. We can listen to lectures for a course we are taking by downloading a podcast to our .mp3 player.
With this in mind you may want to take a look at the following article: Fryer, Wesley (2005). "Teaching & Learning with the Read/Write Web" Integrating Technology in the Classroom, Accessed on 10/10/08
http://www.wtvi.com/teks/04_05_articles/read-write-web.html
Cleo Magnuson
Instructional Designer
NCSU-DELTA
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This topic intrigues me; Ning and Skype are also becoming common terms--if you watch Oprah, you know what I mean! I also think it's funny how some people say "I texted you" rather than "I text messaged you." They can't just say "I messaged you," because then we don't know if they mean through the cell, facebook, im, email...:) Also, do we say "your facebook profile," "your facebook page," or simply "your facebook?"
Posted by Jennifer Tingen on October 11, 2008 at 11:58 PM EDT #