Weeks Five and Six
A look at our discussions on access to the Internet and bandwidth this past week shows that most of us are happy with the bandwidth we have (mostly DSL and cable modem access). We looked at BPL, WiMax and XMax services as potentially providing access for broad areas that do not have access to the 'net.
This week, our emphasis is again on access. We discuss whether Internet service should be considered a necessity or near-necessity such as the telephone and electricity were considered in the past century. And we are all to identify ourselves as either digital natives or digital immigrants as we discuss Mark Prensky and the differences among age groups accessing the Internet.
"See" you in the discussion board.
ray
This week, our emphasis is again on access. We discuss whether Internet service should be considered a necessity or near-necessity such as the telephone and electricity were considered in the past century. And we are all to identify ourselves as either digital natives or digital immigrants as we discuss Mark Prensky and the differences among age groups accessing the Internet.
"See" you in the discussion board.
ray
posted by Ray at 12:40 PM
1 Comments:
Ray-
I enjoyed listening to your synopsis of the topics you are covering in class each week. I think it is a good learning tool for your students because it allows them to hear an overview of topics reviewed and discussed.
I am curious to learn how to measure my bandwidth. And about XMAX covering broad areas.
On a different note. Radio frequencies do in fact travel. For example, when lecturing this semester I did not have control over the clicker that advances my slides. The slides were advancing on their own and it was rather disturbing to the class and frustrating for me. I checked the software's animation settings and that was OK. But, then I was thinking of the other instructor's radio frequency clicker and that perhaps he was actually advancing the slides. Well, sure enough...that was the case.
Enjoyed listening to your podcast this morning.
Margaret
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