While at times I felt like there was an overload of information in the blog, overall I thought it was quite useful for sharing information that extended beyond our discussions in the workshop and tutorials. I think a tutorial blog has the potential for being a great learning tool for formulating and sharing ideas relevant to the unit. It would be great to see if there was a way to get people more involved with the blog on a daily basis as opposed to just posting the required amount of information. As mentioned previously I also think that the blog gives people who may not speak a lot during tutorials and workshops and avenue through which to express their opinions. The spacing out of the required tutorial activities also made the blog seem like less of an assessment. However, while I enjoyed reading the daily contributions to the blog, I still wasn't personally compelled to make any additional blog posts (I would call myself more of a lurker). Overall I felt it was a different but interesting assessment and I definitely enjoyed partaking in the blog more than I thought I would.
Before I began this unit I had never thought of myself as a cyborg and while I still don't like view myself as one, after our many discussions over the semester, by definition I am a cyborg. I wear glasses, contact lenses and have had braces and I am able to modify how I look with the help of technology. I have an online community of friends, some of which live on the other side of Australia but with whom I speak daily. I like to view my online persona as simply a reflection of who I am in the offline world but admit that through online communities I am able to modify the way people may potentially perceive me. I do feel a reliance on technology through my ability to access information and people whenever and wherever I choose, so perhaps whether I want to admit it or not, it has become an extension of who I am.
Overall I really enjoyed this unit. I thought the content that was covered was interesting which made preparing for assignments and tutorials more enjoyable then some of the other units I have participated in. The unit really made me challenge the original views that I held towards some of the topics covered in our tutorial debates, in particular out discussion on the ethics of pornography and cyber-rape. I think these sorts of discussions are very relevant to today's society as technology is advancing at ever increasing rate. Attitudes and laws surrounding internet-use are taking a while to catch up so I think it is really important to form a societal discourse on some of these issues. Anyway I wish everyone all the best of luck for exams!!
Jasmine :)
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