Throughout getting my facilitation ready, I kept asking myself what all this digital art and creativity could do for writing in general. The response that I came up with was that even though most of this revolves around digital art and digital presentation, there's still the writing component behind the writing.
For example, I was watching the Foamy cartoons (iwillpress.com) and realized that it's more than just the script that requires some degree of writing skill. It depends on being able to tell a story, come up with the way the movie is laid out, and all sorts of other 'hidden' writing ventures.
Most of our media is moving to a digital outlet and even though it is presented in a purely digital format, there's still a great deal of writing that can be done in something like a classroom setting or thought of in a business format. People who make these have to have the forethought to envision what they are trying to accomplish and then lay out the presentation accordingly. Although mine might feel a little ADD at times - mostly because I loathe public speaking- there's still a point and a great deal of effort that isn't merely typing on a computer screen.
Does this mean that we have to recreate what students know about media, or do we have to deconstruct it and serve it out in pieces to them? Everything from a potential business proposal of a specific video idea to the final product is dependent upon the person's ability to create something and have it be accessable to other people, just like how we view traditional writing skills. If the script is lacking in substance or at least sensible grammar, that will show in the end product and the interpretation of the audience.
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That is what I love about what the web has done to media, communications and presentations. It has created a new way for any and every one to think about how they can present or show what they are communicating. Now it is not enough for just words, but it what type of format, or design, or media, or with what animation, or graphics, or moveies or whaever else kind of media exists. Now more than ever we have the technology to impact a presentation not just with our words but our own distinctive remediation. I love the web for this. Though, it does make me a bit ADD.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget though, there will always be those workers who won't be able to do the presentations simply because of the type of work--doctors, nurses, lawyers, even teachers. You can glam up a lot of stuff for people to learn, but they still need the basics, and for some students, that's going to mean sitting down with a book and perhaps straight memorization.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I conceed that you can make a good video that points out all the diseases and human conditions that has a fever as part of its symptoms. But, if you don't know the part of the body well or the disease well, that video will mean only half as much. I also don't want to see a great power point presentation telling me about syphyllis if I just found out I have it. I want someone real to say these things.