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  1. Nov 2015
    1. the theme is universal. The message or the lesson must be accessible and useful for your particular audience.

      While the presenter is the one sharing the story, if the presentation is interesting enough, the audience will be able to share their interpretation of the theme with other people.

    2. Turn off the technology and minimize the distractions. You've got to get your idea out of your head and on the wall so you can see it, share it, make it better.

      The best way to create a presentation is without using technology. it is important for a presentation to come naturally so it feels human.

    1. I came to realize that, taken out of context, what teens appear to do and say on social media seems peculiar if not outright problematic.

      This is important to keep in mind when using social media. Even though the people you are targeting are your friends and family, anyone can see the things you post.

    2. But many adults were staring into their devices intently, barely looking up when a touchdown was scored. And unlike the teens, they weren’t sharing their devices with others or taking photos of the event.

      This is interesting since it is normally teens that are accused of big wrapped up in their cell phones.But here, it is the adults that are using their phones as more of a distraction.

    3. I’m guessing a lot of the drama is still the same, it’s just the format is a little differ-ent. It’s just changing the font and changing the background color really.”

      He seems to be saying that the only major changes lie within the way drama is delivered, not in the way drama occurs and its subject matter.

    4. As you read this book, my hope is that you will suspend your assumptions about youth in an effort to understand the social lives of networked teens

      It seems here almost as if she is attempting to defend teens of today, which seems different from the message of a lot of her book up to this point.

  2. Oct 2015
    1. A Wikipedia article is a process, �.Qduct, and as a re­��t, it is never finished. For a Wikipedia article to improve, the good edits simply have to outweigh the bad ones.

      This is what makes Wikipedia so unique from other encyclopedias. The content on the site is never complete and things that are published are never permanent.

    2. d so on. There are hundreds of thousands of articles whose value is both relied on and improved daily. The most common criticism of Wikipedia over the years stemmed from simple disbelief: "That cant work."

      Despite it openness to editing and content from any person, the information is still legitimate and credible. This is because so many people with so much knowledge are able to collaborate.

    3. He observed that most of the available tools for collaboration were concerned with complex collections of roles and require­ments-only designated writers could create text, whereas only editors could publish it, but not until proofreaders had ap­proved it, and so on.

      This is what makes wikipedia so unique- it allows people from anywhere and with any background to create and edit easily accessible information.

    1. The truly dramatic changes in such tools can be counted on the fingers of one hand: the printing press and movable type (considered as one long pe­riod of innovation); the telegraph and telephone; recorded content (music, then movies);

      I never really thought about the huge shifts in technology in terms of communications. But all of these things change the way people communicate and people don't have much control, if any, over the change.

    1. At the time of his detention, he was one of the most famous dissidents in China, and yet he was effectively rendered a non-person.

      This passage really sheds light on how lucky Americans are to have the liberties that we do. We can post content online and never have to fear violent retribution.

    1. It is important to stay updated and look at what other similar bloggers are writing about so readers stay interested and see that you are up to date.

    1. he Internet will become a lot more like TV and a lot less like the global conversation we envisioned 20 years ago.

      This is interesting- because of the lack of decision-making for so many internet users, the control will lie more to algorithms than real people.

    2. These trends: centralization, regulation, and globalization are accelerating. And they will define the future of our communications network, unless something dramatic changes.

      These trends will hinder internet communication. I think restrictions should lighten up, and filtering should be less important.

  3. Sep 2015
    1. the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness. cb(1,13); 1

      Negative, non-persuasive point

    1. why should not the Negro believe that he resembles God as much as any other peo- ple? We do not believe that there is any hope for a race of people who do not believe that they look like God. (Jones 37)

      People want to feel God has the same image as them