Today we talked a lot about authorship in our chat session. It made me wonder about those who don’t sign their names to their works. Could it be they feel their work is not good enough to let everyone know that it came from them. If it’s a really important piece of work that will benefit others in some way why not own up to it. If we’re talking about chatting, I can understand people signing on anonymously. Going to places like MUD could be embarrassing especially if they are on their doing things they shouldn’t be doing.Chatting was something I’ve never done. I’m glad I had the opportunity to experience it. It’s not something I would otherwise be interested in, although it did make the class go fast. There were times when I felt completely like the turtles on that commercial. HaHa. Well, I’ll see you all next week. Have a great weekend. Petisa
Class Overview September 28, 2007
Class this morning was a really neat experience. When first hearing that we would be chatting on the computer instead of having a class discussion, I was wondering what the point of that was. Automatically, I came to the realization that having a discussion in a chatroom with other classmates opened up a world of possibility. Instead of having to raise your hand to share your thoughts, everyone could be talking at the same time. Also, it allowed us to withhold our identities and create a different name, so other people wouldn’t know who exactly they were talking to. Not only this, but the class went by so much faster!
My group focused our conversation on authorship. What is that exactly? I would come to the conclusion that it is the writing one produces and claims ownership to. On terms of authorship on the internet, that is a bit of a different story. With so many people blogging anonymously these days, sometimes it is hard to tell who a true author is. If people blog anonymously they are risking the chance of someone else stealing their work and claiming it as their own. With the digital world producing so many possibilities, it is hard to come up with a clear cut definition of what authorship really is. What does authorship mean to you?
-Amanda
Why Napster Matters September 27, 2007
In the article “Why Napster Matters to writing: Filesharing as a new ethic of digital delivery. DeVoss and Porter explain why they feel that teachers of writing need to change their thinking about the way writing and plagarism can be incorporated, in new ways, into technology.Their belief is that with the right guidelines of the Fiar Use Act and others, students will benefit from being able to use others’ works in their favor. This in turn will lend to more creativity among students. They note that Walt Disney stole a character from Buster Keaton, and that otheres like Martin Luther King, Jr.,Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain were also plagiarists in one way or another.In my opinion, they make valid points. You can only say the same thing about a situation in so many ways. What we learn is always built on what those before us put into the world around us. Technology allows us to build on those ideas and concepts and create better, more productive ones.
For the education majors, What are some ways that you can help your students stay within the guidelines of filesharing? - Petisa
