Throughout the course of the first week of class, we have discussed several things that I have found it very easy to relate to. The discussions are something that I have never done before, especially online. Typically when we have class discussions in small lecture halls, I never get this involved with them and this has contributed quite a bit more to my learning than those ever have.
Throughout the first set of course readings, the topics discussed have been thoughts that I know have crossed every one of our minds, just in different ways. They all seem to have a direct relation to technology which is a topic that is very relevant to the age group that is discussing it in this class. We are the future of technology and it is simply second nature for us to think about it. The most relevant topic discussed so far was facebook. Facebook has become an everyday thing for just about every college student across America and as Michael Cross said “It would not surprise me at all if everyone in the class has a facebook profile.”(discussion forum) I think that continuing with discussions like these about relevant topics are going to bring about several thoughts on studies that students are going to be interested in doing for their projects. Sticking to one of the themes of technology is going to do nothing but make it easier to elaborate on these topics as well. Technology is forming our society today, and as Ryan Wrigley stated, “Without technology, there would be no human life as we know it.” (discussion forum). Sticking to these boundaries, I think that this class has a lot of potential to take our thinking into several places that we have never gone before, while still being able to relate to the material in our every day lives.
All-in-all, I have found this class to not be at all what I expected initially. It is very easy to relate to, and I am enjoying it being online a lot more than I would be enjoying it in a classroom. So far I am trying to sum up ideas about what I would like to do for a project and am expecting to have something in mind by mid- the end of next week. Therefore currently, I have no relation between my topic and the material, but soon I am expecting to.
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