This podcast has certainly strengthened my view of how important technology is becoming. Some things i found that were very interesting were the application of technology to journalism and politics.
Both Hilary Clinton and Johnathan Edwards have blogs. Hilary Clinton announced on youtube she was running for election.
I feel journalism is being changed the most though. Blogs are taking off and truly changing the way things are being looked at. But the real thing, is the addition of camera phones. I touched on this briefly when talking to Brian about his phone post. Now anyone across the world can on site become journalist, way faster then any professional could ever get there. And the perfect example that Will uses is the UCLA student who gets tased by the police officers.
The person was able to capture the event as it was unfolding. They heard screams and fired up their phone. Seven minutes later they had a documentation of the events that went on. The view linked to this post has over 946,000 views. I mean how powerful is that. An event that would have simply been covered by a newspaper with crude quotes and comments has been replaced by a true depiction of the event and it has been shown to a huge amount of people.
This idea links with what Rob and Will were speaking about. Rob states that a few years ago, the presentation they are giving would pretty much be lost. It would be a lost conversation, but now with podcast, it will be around forever. It can be shown to many people, and if will posts it on his blog even more people (which he did).
The Nate village story was very interesting to learn.
When it comes down to it; and this is a big issue that lot of us are struggling with also, is that these "tools are potentially valuable." We still need to protect children from public spaces and keep students on task (and many other things). But we getting very good at rendering these ideas and making everything so effective and applicable. And we will all continue to do so.
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I agree with the fact that technology is finally reaching a point that can really change the world. We can do things technologically that can be found for years to come and do not hold the same for texts which can become lost or hidden. The taser issue was a great example of the postive side of technological advances. We cannow instantly take these events and help a colleague out in whatever way possible and share with the world injustices that occur.
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