For this project i helped in the brain storming and filming of the project. Other group members and I walked around interviewing other people, and I helped come up with questions and help fine people to interview. I thought this project was really interesting and get the opinions of a wide range of people in this area on the digital divide. Most of the responses that we heard seemed to be the same things we have learned in this class. But, there were some people that thought there was no digital divide and one person had nothing to say about it.
For our video project, I contributed by brain storming ideas and ultimately the questions we decided to ask the people we interviewed. I also accompanied my group for the interview process.
The video we made was very interesting and eye opening. I helped with brainstorming ideas for the video, questions to ask and we all went around and interviewed people. It was interesting to find out what people in the community actually thought about the digital divide. We found that a a few people thought the divide existed because of age barriers. More education more access another person said. This related a lot to what we have been learning in class because access isn't just having the computer or technology to use, its about knowing how to use it. It was also interesting to see that the people we interviewed all thought that the technology was there, it was whether or not you wanted to use it or not. I think that the access divide in that sense wasn't seen because of who we interviewed. All of the people were people we found around campus, but if we would have gone around in the community to maybe more unfortunate neighborhoods or neighborhoods further away from a library, we might have seen a greater difference in the divide. This video proved that there is a digital divide and it exists in a lot of places, but certainly not everywhere. It made me feel fortunate when going around and interviewing people to be able to access basically every type of technology on a day to day basis.There will always be people who believe a gap exists and people who don't and hopefully someday we can work to close it.
I think that the video my group made gives great insight into the views of real people concerning the existence of a "digital divide". We found that the issue that most people see with technology is not access, but rather the desire to use it. By interviewing a wide range of people, my group was able to very clearly see the presence of the digital divide that we've been spending the entire semester discussing. Before making this video, I guess you could say that I somewhat doubted that people everywhere, even on a college campus, experience some sort of digital divide. This video really opened my eyes to the issue at hand. While I was unable to help tape and interview with my group due to a scheduling conflict, I did play a part in brainstorming what our video was going to entail and what questions we would ask in the interviews.
I thought your idea for a video was well-done and a great idea. I got stuck a little on sound quality (it's hard to judge a video if you can't hear it) because starbucks is a pretty loud place. Overall I thought it was relevant and interesting, though!
Because I didn’t know I was supposed to discuss more than my role in the video, I am adding another comment. As I said before my contribution was collaborating with my group to determine the outline of our video and our interview questions. I also participated in the actual interview process. Before this class, I never really thought about the digital divide. It was interesting to learn through the interview process that it is a prevalent problem, and people in my community notice it. There was, however, one college student who couldn’t even speak about the issue. She had no idea it existed or possibly just didn’t notice it, which probably would have been similar to my reaction before taking this class. The video we made really reinforced the idea that differences do exist with access even in Madison. We are a lot better off, especially the students, and most people we interviewed acknowledged that fact. A lot of the people we interviewed related the divide to age, education, and income, which were consistent with the influential characteristics in the majority of our readings. It was nice to see the ideas we learned be reinforced and proven. After doing this project, I have realized that this is a problem that needs to be solved. It is becoming more and more vital in the information age.
My contribution to this project was in the brainstorming area and also in the interviewing area. I interviewed the first two people while the others taped it. I found the whole project to be a great idea, and I was really excited about it. Of course, it helps when you have someone in the group who really knows a lot about technology. What I found to be the most interesting was that people concentrated more on the digital divide amongst ages or education, rather than economic status or ethnicity. And the fact that those who would be considered lower on the economic status were in fact those who didn't believe there was a digital divide! They said, "We can just go to the library if we wanted to." They weren't even thinking about broadband width or how many computers there were versus other places. That really amazed me.
For this project, I took the lead on editing the footage we got, as well as doing some of the filming and a bit of the interviews. I found all of the different responses we received to be, more or less, in line with what I anticipated those around campus to be. As my other group-mates mentioned above, the focus of most of the responses on computers was unexpectedly strong and is indicative of how computer-centric our view of technology has become.
Also, I experienced first hand how having a lack of training can severely hinder ones ability to accomplish a goal that involves technology. I consider myself to be, well, a bit of a geek when it comes to technology, but when I had to take video footage and edit it into a short video, I found myself quickly out of my realm of experience. Simply finding a software package that could do what I want was difficult enough, but on top of that, I had to learn from scratch how to use Adobe Premiere with a laptop that had a propensity for crashing every half hour or so. In short, I now have a far greater appreciation for how hard technology can be to use if one has no experience with or training in it.
For this project i helped in the brain storming and filming of the project. Other group members and I walked around interviewing other people, and I helped come up with questions and help fine people to interview. I thought this project was really interesting and get the opinions of a wide range of people in this area on the digital divide. Most of the responses that we heard seemed to be the same things we have learned in this class. But, there were some people that thought there was no digital divide and one person had nothing to say about it.
ReplyDeleteFor our video project, I contributed by brain storming ideas and ultimately the questions we decided to ask the people we interviewed. I also accompanied my group for the interview process.
ReplyDeleteThe video we made was very interesting and eye opening. I helped with brainstorming ideas for the video, questions to ask and we all went around and interviewed people. It was interesting to find out what people in the community actually thought about the digital divide. We found that a a few people thought the divide existed because of age barriers. More education more access another person said. This related a lot to what we have been learning in class because access isn't just having the computer or technology to use, its about knowing how to use it.
ReplyDeleteIt was also interesting to see that the people we interviewed all thought that the technology was there, it was whether or not you wanted to use it or not. I think that the access divide in that sense wasn't seen because of who we interviewed. All of the people were people we found around campus, but if we would have gone around in the community to maybe more unfortunate neighborhoods or neighborhoods further away from a library, we might have seen a greater difference in the divide.
This video proved that there is a digital divide and it exists in a lot of places, but certainly not everywhere. It made me feel fortunate when going around and interviewing people to be able to access basically every type of technology on a day to day basis.There will always be people who believe a gap exists and people who don't and hopefully someday we can work to close it.
I think that the video my group made gives great insight into the views of real people concerning the existence of a "digital divide". We found that the issue that most people see with technology is not access, but rather the desire to use it. By interviewing a wide range of people, my group was able to very clearly see the presence of the digital divide that we've been spending the entire semester discussing. Before making this video, I guess you could say that I somewhat doubted that people everywhere, even on a college campus, experience some sort of digital divide. This video really opened my eyes to the issue at hand. While I was unable to help tape and interview with my group due to a scheduling conflict, I did play a part in brainstorming what our video was going to entail and what questions we would ask in the interviews.
ReplyDeleteI thought your idea for a video was well-done and a great idea. I got stuck a little on sound quality (it's hard to judge a video if you can't hear it) because starbucks is a pretty loud place. Overall I thought it was relevant and interesting, though!
ReplyDeleteBecause I didn’t know I was supposed to discuss more than my role in the video, I am adding another comment. As I said before my contribution was collaborating with my group to determine the outline of our video and our interview questions. I also participated in the actual interview process. Before this class, I never really thought about the digital divide. It was interesting to learn through the interview process that it is a prevalent problem, and people in my community notice it. There was, however, one college student who couldn’t even speak about the issue. She had no idea it existed or possibly just didn’t notice it, which probably would have been similar to my reaction before taking this class. The video we made really reinforced the idea that differences do exist with access even in Madison. We are a lot better off, especially the students, and most people we interviewed acknowledged that fact. A lot of the people we interviewed related the divide to age, education, and income, which were consistent with the influential characteristics in the majority of our readings. It was nice to see the ideas we learned be reinforced and proven. After doing this project, I have realized that this is a problem that needs to be solved. It is becoming more and more vital in the information age.
ReplyDeleteMy contribution to this project was in the brainstorming area and also in the interviewing area. I interviewed the first two people while the others taped it. I found the whole project to be a great idea, and I was really excited about it. Of course, it helps when you have someone in the group who really knows a lot about technology.
ReplyDeleteWhat I found to be the most interesting was that people concentrated more on the digital divide amongst ages or education, rather than economic status or ethnicity. And the fact that those who would be considered lower on the economic status were in fact those who didn't believe there was a digital divide! They said, "We can just go to the library if we wanted to." They weren't even thinking about broadband width or how many computers there were versus other places. That really amazed me.
For this project, I took the lead on editing the footage we got, as well as doing some of the filming and a bit of the interviews. I found all of the different responses we received to be, more or less, in line with what I anticipated those around campus to be. As my other group-mates mentioned above, the focus of most of the responses on computers was unexpectedly strong and is indicative of how computer-centric our view of technology has become.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I experienced first hand how having a lack of training can severely hinder ones ability to accomplish a goal that involves technology. I consider myself to be, well, a bit of a geek when it comes to technology, but when I had to take video footage and edit it into a short video, I found myself quickly out of my realm of experience. Simply finding a software package that could do what I want was difficult enough, but on top of that, I had to learn from scratch how to use Adobe Premiere with a laptop that had a propensity for crashing every half hour or so. In short, I now have a far greater appreciation for how hard technology can be to use if one has no experience with or training in it.