Great job with incorporating libraries into your video. You asked some really good questions and it shows how college students really view libraries and their usage.
Although I missed the discussion where our groups were assigned, I still greatly contributed to our group's project. I met with my group members the following Wednesday morning to discuss video ideas and also met with them on Saturday afternoon to continue discussing our video ideas and to begin filming the project. When we filmed that Saturday, I helped develop the questions we asked one another and I also filmed all the responses to those questions. After the video was filmed, I had to cross the digital divide, and edited my group's project, which probably took about four and a half hours to edit, although I learned a great amount from the experience. After the video was edited, I then had to post it on the blog, which also took quite a bit of time, and included some minor freak outs on my part. Luckily, everything worked out in the end and I was able to post the video correctly. Overall, I really learned a lot of the project and felt that I really did my part to help contribute to the project.
In terms of video content, I think our project was unique in that in focused on libraries, a major topic in our class, and the way college students use them. From the interviews we conducted, it was clear that libraries are changing as are the way people view them. Our findings from the interview then played into our final finding, which read that libraries are changing and by updating them, not only will they be more useful, but will also help close the digital divide, also a major point in our class. I think that our interview represents the future of the discussion on libraries and the digital divide as college students begin to graduate and move into the work force, ultimately making the decisions that will continue or close the digital divide in the coming years.
For some reason, it didn't post this last part: Ultimately, this project made me realize just how complex and far reaching the problems regarding the future of libraries and the digital divide really is. Just talking amongst ourselves made me realize that there are so many ideas about the digital divide, it will be hard to finally reach solution about what to do about the digital divide. Ultimately, I feel this made all the readings we did over the semester more relevant.
All of the members of our group put a lot of hours into this video project and worked very well as a team. We all got together on two separate occasions (a Wednesday morning and a Sunday afternoon) and helped brainstorm ideas about what to make our video about and how to incorporate class topics. After watching Peter and Julie get into an argument about the role of libraries in today’s society, we realized that it was interesting and somewhat entertaining at the same time and decided to film a few discussions and add them to the video. We also took turns interviewing one another about some library-related questions such as “What do you use the library for?” and “Do you use any of the resources the library has to offer?” All in all, I feel that I did my fair share in producing this video and that our project came out well considering our time restraint.
In my opinion, it was refreshing to actually go out and do an interactive project instead of just doing readings over and over again. Making this video made me realize that there is a digital divide out there, and that college students are pretty lucky when it comes to the resources they have readily available to them. Almost everyone we talked do don’t use all of the resources that the library has to offer, and some people find it to be a hassle to even go. Also, the discussions we filmed are very relevant to the content of this class because we talked about topics such as normalization, stratification and access. These discussions made me realize that not much is known about how the digital divide should be closed and that the only way we are going to find out is by waiting and seeing. Most of the things we have learned about are just theories that will be proven or disproven in the future.
This project was beneficial to me in many ways. Not only was it an excellent way to apply what we were learning in class to the real life, but actual things that relate to us. In designing this experiment, I feel that we all helped with brainstorming, and ended up deciding to interview real college students who might show trends in library use. The main message we got out of our video was that, for most college students, the access we are provided is not fully taken advantage of. This is something that had not come into my stream of thinking, that alot of the technology people DO have access to isn't used. I feel this topic could be very important, and possibly relate to Compaine's article. Also, I learned alot about the use of technology that wasn't familiar and got to experience a small amount of the "literacy" access problem- not knowing how to use devices provided. In this video, besides meeting both Wednesday and Sunday to work with my group, I wrote several of the interview questions and provided my group with the camera. I also filmed a small amount, and asked interview questions. The whole project being put together took teamwork and I feel that my group worked very well together.
Our group, once started, did a great job working together on this project. I feel that it was not the work of one or two people but the product of all of us talking about what mattered to us in the class and trying to find a 5-minute way to communicate that to our class. I personally was the first one to get our group together and thinking (I sent the catch-up emails out to Rachel and Peter, who were gone that discussion class when groups were assigned and several group emails trying to organize the group afterward), and volunteered to write interview questions that connected our readings with our project (which I did). My idea was to think about the many definitions of access we've talked about so far since that is one of the most practical things to ask questions about. My group adapted this idea to extend to the future of the digital divide, the Compaine-James debate, and put "access" in the broader context of technological inequality in Madison (that was the second part of the movie). Initially we thought about asking people in downtown Madison about their access but that proved to be a pretty inconclusive idea (that was the Wednesday meeting). We changed the project to interviewing each other and one outside student because we realized was that we wanted to know about students' use and access to technology, both in the class and out, and in general attitudes about it. We all took turns filming, asking, and answering interview questions and we were all there to MAKE the video. It was interesting to find out how little college students use resources we spend hours reading about other people not having, and I know our group was a little surprised at the shift in library use (we used little more than the literal building for getting work done). While maybe a little pressed for time--evident in all the videos I saw last week--I feel that our group actually considered the idea we wanted to communicate and asked good questions about access and ideas for the future. I know that I thought out why each question would be relevant to the readings and how they mattered to the class as well (as far as interest and insight). Like I said, as soon as we all got on the same page and started responding in group emails, our group agreed about the project and all came together to make it happen.
This project was not taken over by a single person or completed alone. Every single group member participated in this video in some way or form. We all put in the time and effort and worked together to create this video and nobody deserves more credit than anyone else.
We all met Wednesday morning and started brainstorming ideas for our video. This meeting went well but we still were not sure what we were going to have on our video. We decided to set up another meeting on Sunday to video tape and create our video. The idea for our video came kinda in a strange way. While we were sitting in the union thinking about what we wanted our video to be about, Peter and Julie were having a conversation (and kind of arguing) about how libraries have changed over the years and how college students have all this access that they don't really use. We decided that this would be a great topic that related to class that we could film about. We started by filming people on why they use the library and then turned the tables to a discussion about how libraries have changed over the years. (we also added in a part about normalization and stratification).
It was obvious that some people were in the video more than others, but this does not mean that equal work was not shared between everyone. For example, Rachel was not in the film very much, but she did a great job editing and brainstorming the ideas with us.
This video really helped me relate what we are learning in class to the real world. When you stop and think about the access that you have you can see how much this class does relate to the community. This was a great way to get a tangible example of situations we were learning in class and it made many things much more clear to me. Another thing this project did was it helped me learn the material instead of memorize it. Instead of memorizing what stratification and normalization were, I was actually able to have a debate about it and talk to people about it. This made me feel much more comfortable with the material because I understood it instead of just regurgitating it.
My role in the video was to help think of ideas(although i don't know how much help i was), and be the "star". No, but really it's true!
;)
Props need to go to Rachel as she edited the video. While we all helped in ever other phase of the project, her initiative to edit the video was incredibly helpful, espescially since i don't know how(another form of digital divide)
The one flaw i see in our video, is we talked to college students. There is definately a difference between uses of college libraries and public libraries. And it would tend to reason that just being in college put someone on the other side of the "divide"
Great job with incorporating libraries into your video. You asked some really good questions and it shows how college students really view libraries and their usage.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I missed the discussion where our groups were assigned, I still greatly contributed to our group's project. I met with my group members the following Wednesday morning to discuss video ideas and also met with them on Saturday afternoon to continue discussing our video ideas and to begin filming the project. When we filmed that Saturday, I helped develop the questions we asked one another and I also filmed all the responses to those questions. After the video was filmed, I had to cross the digital divide, and edited my group's project, which probably took about four and a half hours to edit, although I learned a great amount from the experience. After the video was edited, I then had to post it on the blog, which also took quite a bit of time, and included some minor freak outs on my part. Luckily, everything worked out in the end and I was able to post the video correctly. Overall, I really learned a lot of the project and felt that I really did my part to help contribute to the project.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of video content, I think our project was unique in that in focused on libraries, a major topic in our class, and the way college students use them. From the interviews we conducted, it was clear that libraries are changing as are the way people view them. Our findings from the interview then played into our final finding, which read that libraries are changing and by updating them, not only will they be more useful, but will also help close the digital divide, also a major point in our class. I think that our interview represents the future of the discussion on libraries and the digital divide as college students begin to graduate and move into the work force, ultimately making the decisions that will continue or close the digital divide in the coming years.
For some reason, it didn't post this last part: Ultimately, this project made me realize just how complex and far reaching the problems regarding the future of libraries and the digital divide really is. Just talking amongst ourselves made me realize that there are so many ideas about the digital divide, it will be hard to finally reach solution about what to do about the digital divide. Ultimately, I feel this made all the readings we did over the semester more relevant.
ReplyDeleteAll of the members of our group put a lot of hours into this video project and worked very well as a team. We all got together on two separate occasions (a Wednesday morning and a Sunday afternoon) and helped brainstorm ideas about what to make our video about and how to incorporate class topics. After watching Peter and Julie get into an argument about the role of libraries in today’s society, we realized that it was interesting and somewhat entertaining at the same time and decided to film a few discussions and add them to the video. We also took turns interviewing one another about some library-related questions such as “What do you use the library for?” and “Do you use any of the resources the library has to offer?” All in all, I feel that I did my fair share in producing this video and that our project came out well considering our time restraint.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, it was refreshing to actually go out and do an interactive project instead of just doing readings over and over again. Making this video made me realize that there is a digital divide out there, and that college students are pretty lucky when it comes to the resources they have readily available to them. Almost everyone we talked do don’t use all of the resources that the library has to offer, and some people find it to be a hassle to even go. Also, the discussions we filmed are very relevant to the content of this class because we talked about topics such as normalization, stratification and access. These discussions made me realize that not much is known about how the digital divide should be closed and that the only way we are going to find out is by waiting and seeing. Most of the things we have learned about are just theories that will be proven or disproven in the future.
This project was beneficial to me in many ways. Not only was it an excellent way to apply what we were learning in class to the real life, but actual things that relate to us. In designing this experiment, I feel that we all helped with brainstorming, and ended up deciding to interview real college students who might show trends in library use. The main message we got out of our video was that, for most college students, the access we are provided is not fully taken advantage of. This is something that had not come into my stream of thinking, that alot of the technology people DO have access to isn't used. I feel this topic could be very important, and possibly relate to Compaine's article. Also, I learned alot about the use of technology that wasn't familiar and got to experience a small amount of the "literacy" access problem- not knowing how to use devices provided. In this video, besides meeting both Wednesday and Sunday to work with my group, I wrote several of the interview questions and provided my group with the camera. I also filmed a small amount, and asked interview questions. The whole project being put together took teamwork and I feel that my group worked very well together.
ReplyDeleteOur group, once started, did a great job working together on this project. I feel that it was not the work of one or two people but the product of all of us talking about what mattered to us in the class and trying to find a 5-minute way to communicate that to our class. I personally was the first one to get our group together and thinking (I sent the catch-up emails out to Rachel and Peter, who were gone that discussion class when groups were assigned and several group emails trying to organize the group afterward), and volunteered to write interview questions that connected our readings with our project (which I did). My idea was to think about the many definitions of access we've talked about so far since that is one of the most practical things to ask questions about. My group adapted this idea to extend to the future of the digital divide, the Compaine-James debate, and put "access" in the broader context of technological inequality in Madison (that was the second part of the movie). Initially we thought about asking people in downtown Madison about their access but that proved to be a pretty inconclusive idea (that was the Wednesday meeting). We changed the project to interviewing each other and one outside student because we realized was that we wanted to know about students' use and access to technology, both in the class and out, and in general attitudes about it. We all took turns filming, asking, and answering interview questions and we were all there to MAKE the video. It was interesting to find out how little college students use resources we spend hours reading about other people not having, and I know our group was a little surprised at the shift in library use (we used little more than the literal building for getting work done). While maybe a little pressed for time--evident in all the videos I saw last week--I feel that our group actually considered the idea we wanted to communicate and asked good questions about access and ideas for the future. I know that I thought out why each question would be relevant to the readings and how they mattered to the class as well (as far as interest and insight). Like I said, as soon as we all got on the same page and started responding in group emails, our group agreed about the project and all came together to make it happen.
ReplyDeletep.s. Rachel did a GREAT job editing on her mac.
ReplyDeleteThis project was not taken over by a single person or completed alone. Every single group member participated in this video in some way or form. We all put in the time and effort and worked together to create this video and nobody deserves more credit than anyone else.
ReplyDeleteWe all met Wednesday morning and started brainstorming ideas for our video. This meeting went well but we still were not sure what we were going to have on our video. We decided to set up another meeting on Sunday to video tape and create our video. The idea for our video came kinda in a strange way. While we were sitting in the union thinking about what we wanted our video to be about, Peter and Julie were having a conversation (and kind of arguing) about how libraries have changed over the years and how college students have all this access that they don't really use. We decided that this would be a great topic that related to class that we could film about. We started by filming people on why they use the library and then turned the tables to a discussion about how libraries have changed over the years. (we also added in a part about normalization and stratification).
It was obvious that some people were in the video more than others, but this does not mean that equal work was not shared between everyone. For example, Rachel was not in the film very much, but she did a great job editing and brainstorming the ideas with us.
This video really helped me relate what we are learning in class to the real world. When you stop and think about the access that you have you can see how much this class does relate to the community. This was a great way to get a tangible example of situations we were learning in class and it made many things much more clear to me. Another thing this project did was it helped me learn the material instead of memorize it. Instead of memorizing what stratification and normalization were, I was actually able to have a debate about it and talk to people about it. This made me feel much more comfortable with the material because I understood it instead of just regurgitating it.
This is going to be short.
ReplyDeleteMy role in the video was to help think of ideas(although i don't know how much help i was), and be the "star". No, but really it's true!
;)
Props need to go to Rachel as she edited the video. While we all helped in ever other phase of the project, her initiative to edit the video was incredibly helpful, espescially since i don't know how(another form of digital divide)
The one flaw i see in our video, is we talked to college students. There is definately a difference between uses of college libraries and public libraries. And it would tend to reason that just being in college put someone on the other side of the "divide"
ok, so maybe it wasn't that short.
See you later all, it was fun working with you!