Saturday, December 10, 2011

Notes on the semester

Ok So I thought I would get this going so we can have some ideas start flowing. I have this same table as  a google doc so you can add or subtract from it.



I just wanted to mention that one thing that impressed me in this meta analysis was that as the mode of communication we were studying changed our comments and interaction changed. Most notably by the end when we were working on print it turned very solitary. There were very few comments on other's posts and the kind of comments were more sophisticated like we knew that it was in print and therefore had to be intelligent. I will expand more on this later.
Also, it was interesting to me that there seemed to be a different leader in each unit. It was like someone was more inclined via natural ability or interest to take the lead. This would make an interesting study on group dynamics.
I will add more to this later either in the post or in the comments, I just really wanted to get this up as a resource so that we could all start making some headway.


Unit
Alicia
Lauren
Will
Mike
Misa
Morgan
general theme
folk
etiquette
food
Mayan dating
Aztec medicine
Marriage customs
It is super important to have people's input otherwise we cannot learn useful skills even if we have explicit written directions.
taught how to make fondant
cairns
link in comment
recovering deleted posts
Music
measurement systems
learned facial
taught rock climbing
rites of passage and missions
learned to make tomatillos salsa
learned ballet
learned fencing
knapping
learned breakdancing
male makeup
Aztec death music
calendar
taught glow stick dancing
taught manicures
Egyptian magic
taught kite boarding/knitting
activity
learning teaching and interview
oral
ancient Khmer and modern Khmer depending on oral tradition
writing gambling rules
Mayan language not written
Hopi religion
lacrosse rules
Talmud transition from oral to written
Frustration that it can be lost so easily! Also concerns about exclusivity of knowledge, occult
ritual and Hindu myth
organizing group project
Hopi clans traveled and left their mark across Americas
Mycenaeans and the odessy
Phoenicia and trade
choral recitation at football games
Etruscans lack of literature
posting group video
Mycenaeans and class system's effect on knowledge
Most Phoenician oral tradition has been lost
brief history of Khmer
LSAT
Mayan language is being lost because just oral
different world view of the Hope
Interview
Etruscan education
Performance as part of Mayan historical education
Children's stories
Interview
Activity
Interview and King Benjamin's speech
written
Khmer written language
Etruscan writing
aesthetic of Mayan writing
Hopi never developed written language
Linear B script
Syllabus as a contract
Increased aesthetic of the new medium. A loss of connection to other people but an increase in knowledge
Calligraphy from different cultures
Etruscan Institutions knowledge and religious
cultures writing on metal
Art preserves important philosophical ideas
Phoenician origin of our alphabet
Choose a medium to match the document. China
&
Mayan architecture preserving ideas
review of speech activity
Invention of Printing
How we got our alphabet and numerals
calligraphy party
cursive writing
Facsimile in Abraham
calligraphy
encryption
significance of writing vs. electronic or verbal communication
Arabic script in pictures of Virgin Mary
Facsimile continued
writing implements
making the artifact Greek
writing in the margin of books
Buddhist mysticism and mummies
making the artifact Mayan
result of calligraphy party
printing vs. digital in spread of ideas
making the artifact Chinese
King James exhibit in library
occult in Hebrew magic
Folios in production of codices
Chinese printing of money
printing led to legibility
translating artifact Cuneiform
translating the artifact Latin
making artifact Mayan
King James exhibit in Library
translation of artifact Mayan
Activity
Rosetta stone Project
print
Bibliography Spelling
Crandall print museum
Bibliography Typography
Crandall print museum
King James Bible exhibit
Isolation. Rapid growth of knowledge but lack of human connection
pictures for previous posts
Bibliography Censorship
Fonts in Renaissance
Bibliography medical advances and print
Bibliography print and spread of knowledge
Bibliography Dictionary
Thesis Spelling
paper complications
Thesis typography
Printing anatomy
Thesis print distribution
Writing process Rhyme
Paper draft spelling
paper draft censorship
Thesis Anatomy and medicine
Paper draft distribution
Writing process spelling
Paper draft Anatomy and medicine


1 comment:

  1. I have noticed that the table doesn't fit here very well sorry. It is just the most organized way for me to review everything, it helps me to remember what I read.
    I just wanted to expand a bit on my thoughts on how our interactions mirrored those of the time we were studying. When we did our oral unit our project was the group recitation. We practiced together, practiced with our roommates and simulated friends (computers reading aloud). In the written knowledge unit we seemed to form little guilds. You are responsible for preparing the material, you for the actual text, you for putting it on our medium. We worked together but it was much more specialized than before. Now with our print unit we collaborate. This is my project, but I respectfully seek your input, that may or may not be included. In our segmentation we are able to be more complete and in depth but we are cut off from each other.

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