Brainstorming

Well, after meeting with my partner for the video project and talking all of what we want to do out, I think that this video project could actually be done! haha. I have to admit I was totally scared of it when I saw it on the syllabus, but 3-4 minutes shouldn't be bad and I feel like we have a topic and idea to present it that could be fun and interesting. I was doing some brainstorming for the video and thought I would sort out my thoughts here.

So, our proposal is to ask Cortland students to give us their take on technology. We thought that technology is changing so fast that we are going to have to become much more flexible and open to change with it. I know that I have little knowledge of the newest developments out there, so I wanted to know if my peers were as clueless as I was before I started taking this class. Also, we decided that we wanted to get a feel for how much students use these new technologies, like their cell phones and what not, and where they think they will go in the future (ie. will computers be obsolete?)

We thought that we would start by creating a base of questions. We thought 6 would be a good number to cover with a few people in the short time we have. It was hard since we have to cram all these ideas into a measly 4 minutes (but I'm not complaining, I don't have time for much more!). Since we are going through all this talk of Second Life we decided to ask them 1) what their definition of virtual reality and 2) explain Second Life briefly and get their thoughts. Then we decided we would 3) ask how often they use their cell phones and 4) what do they think cell phones will be like in the future? Then, because neither of us had a clue about blogging or podcasting or anything that, we wanted to 5) ask if they know what blogging is? do they blog? how often? and if not, do they think it is a good idea? and finally, we wanted to ask an all-inclusive question about technology as a whole and where they think it is going. So we thought of something along the lines of 6) how do they see themselves interacting with technology in the future? what about your children? etc...

We are trying to create a short but sweet introduction to really summarize why we are making the video that we are. I think that our video idea is something that everyone could find interesting because it involves us! Things are changing and we need to change with them, I realize that now that I have been introduced to all of these new technological trends. Some of our peers will be creating these new technologies, like Second Life, and all of us will have to use these technologies unless we plan to live under a rock for the rest of our lives. I think it will be interesting to ask these questions to our peers and take a look at the video 5 or 10 years from now and see how things have changed. It would be a really good 'time capsule' I guess you could say. Things are changing everyday we step out the door and by buying these new cell phones and using these new computers and participating in these new trends like blogging, we are being active members of these changes and where they will go in the future. I think it's important for our generation to understand that. We buy, buy, buy and use, use, use without actually thinking about our role in technology. I know I am more aware, and maybe making things like this video will bring a little enlightenment to others as well.