Wednesday, April 29, 2009

More video glory!!

11 comments:

jnormington said...

So this is our delicious video that shows the digital divide and access issues between the students of UW Madison versus the general Madison population. As far as what I contributed to the video, I collaborated with the group about themes of the video and what it would be about. Then, I typed up our ideas into a very rough draft of the script and Kevin polished the draft. Then, we shot the first part of the video. We all took turns recording, speaking and getting the computer to work. After that, we shot the second half of the video on state street and I spoke the lines, while Brian videotaped. Then, we edited the video as a group and uploaded it onto youtube and the blog!

Brian K. said...

I shared a joint role in brainstorming, narrating, and recording for our film. Also, I called up members of our group for our first meeting and e-mailed updates summarizing the ideas we discussed. Since we didn't always meet as an entire group, I played a key role in keeping others informed as to what was happening.

Mark Latif said...

I was involved in the brainstorming and scripting process. I also help shoot the video but mostly I figured out how to upload the clips and edit the video. I was at all group meetings.

eemartin2 said...

For this project I helped generate the initial thoughts and direction of the video. I later helped with brainstorming, clarifying and expanding on ideas, while still keeping them relevant to our class because our initial ideas progressed a lot and evolved into a very different project.

Anonymous said...

On this project, I was involved in the early brain storming of ideas and fleshing out of concept and helped write and edit the script with julia. I was involved in shooting the video and am in sections of it. Finally I helped with some of the editing and helped to upload it to the web.

Amanda said...

The role I played in the creation of this film was helping to brainstorm ideas for the project initially and also in developing the final idea that was actually used for the film. Also, I aided in the creation of the script that was used in the video.

Professor Ethelene Whitmire said...

Good job covering various aspects of the digital divide. Professor Whitmire

Brian K. said...

I forgot to discuss what I’ve learned from this project on the blog.

The main thing I’ve taken away from this experience is a realization of how much we have. A possible project idea I came up with when we were brainstorming was to explore differences in internet access between student apartments. This was something people could relate to and was one the main differences in access I could think of within our student body, but what we ended up doing instead was a much better idea. Every student at Madison has access to internet, if not at an apartment, then through one of the numerous computer labs on campus. I was trying to focus on a minor inequality between students, when there are much greater internet disparities that are easy to forget about in our highly connected community.

Mark Latif said...

I also forgot to post on what I've learned.
I agree with Brian in that I had more of a realization. While brainstorming about access and talking about potential topics I realized how unappreciative we as students can act. The big picture when looking global digital divide overshadows anything we can experience on a student campus in terms of access. Students get so upset sometimes when their blackberry doesn't work correctly or when they cant find a convienent wireless connection, or even while researching different sources. While thinking about it I realized there must be a great barrier even here in madison and that we're lucky to be students of such a highly connected university

Amanda said...

I also forgot to mention what I learned from the making of this video. Since I enjoy learning through a more hands-on technique, this project was particularly enjoyable. It was really interesting to brainstorm the various different ways that the issues we discussed in this class can be found in our local community. We chose to center our video around barriers to access in the Madison areas, but we also discussed a number of other issues from this class that are present in our area. It was very interesting to apply concepts such as where third places are, different people's opinions of the digital divide and whether or not the digital divide even exists in our society, to a place that we are all fairly familiar with. I think the application of these issues to our community helped me to gain a better and deeper understanding of the issues themselves and where my community stands.

I think one of the most interesting things we found was that Madison is actually a very connected city. There are various public libraries offering access to both internet and print sources around the city, and as a college campus little to no digital divide exists. Because there are so many resources within our reach, the digital divide is not so present in Madison as it is in other cities, such as Chicago, that we learned about in class. It was interesting to see another perspective, because the class basically asserted that there was undoubtedly a digital divide, however in Madison it is not very prominent. My role in the video mainly involved helping with the brainstorming process and the creation of the script. I think that it was through the brainstorming of these various issues that I learned the most because we applied not only the issue of barriers to access to our community, but numerous other issues as well. This really helped me to gain a better understanding of how the things we learned in class can not only be applied to cities around the world, but to ours as well.

jnormington said...

I too forgot to mention what I learned from the experience. Making the video made me realize that over my entire life, I have had so many opportunities to be part of the information society. Even now, I don't think that there is any barrier to access that I can't overcome. The University is so connected to the internet that pretty much all students must have access, which causes the student population to be very plugged in. The professors and other instructors expect so much digital knowledge from the students. For example, many assignments, registering for classes, e-mails from professors, and checking grades are all online. Basically, in order to be a student, you must have access, in all forms, to the internet. Contrasting this to the general population really opened my eyes as to how much we, as students, actually have. Many people do not have access to the internet, be it physical, mental, skills, or usage. Connecting to the class overall, I learned that any one of these issues of access could potentially prevent someone from accessing information that may be vital to functioning in today's society. At the University of Wisconsin Madison and pretty much all other major universities, students do not face these issues that the general public face. Students, myself included, should recognize how fortunate we really are and we should use our priveleged position to help bridge the digital divide.

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