Netiquette from the Future!

"As a note for travellers: Before planning your trip to another country, make sure you apply for a Geolocation Visa in order to surf from internet cafes within that country. Alternatively, you can also jump into your cybersuit and just enjoy the other country through Google Street View 3D Plus Touch. Google Street View 3D Plus Touch will only show you those things from the other country which are legal in your location, so it’s a great, risk-free and streamlined experience to get to know other exciting cultures." ("How to Access the Internet (a guide from 2025)")


I know this guide to internet access (from 2025...) is kind of a silly take on netiquette, but maybe it could be used in part to humorously introduce this code to a class. It made me think of the young adult novel, Feed, written by M.T. Anderson (another Boston local!). This book is a futuristic tale of adolescent love and self-discovery. Apparently, the average future teenager thinks "the moon sucks," and everyone is wired with a brian-feed that constantly streams advertisements, shows, music, and fashion every day



I think this book, maybe paired with a web-based assignment or greater task could be implemented well. Has anyone seen this book used in a classroom? It seems a great fit!

Journal Reflection 5: Multimodal Literacy, Web Design and Reading the Web

Ok, ok, I selfishly reviewed a site with a specific purpose in mind. Photonhead.comis a great resource if you're looking to buy a camera! This site condenses the essential facets of buying and operating...And since I’m considering buying a new camera I carefully viewed the Buying Guide and found it’s depth of information very helpful.



The design is as concise as the information presented with well-aligned and hierarchical embedded text links. Teaching, like web design, is very much about the delivery. The most satisfying part of our job is that we possess total control over the quality of our direct instruction. By taking some of the practical suggestions mentioned in the Williams and Tollett chapter, paired with the pedagogy of delivery mentioned in Garr Reynolds’ PresentationZen chapter, we have a means of meaningfully accessing the web and our classrooms in a way that promotes the active learning we strive for. Simple ideas ring with absolute clarity, they concisely convey the most precise points of any pedagogic ideal. To consider Reynolds’ conceptualizations like design, story, and empathy is to know what good teaching looks like. Of course Williams and Tollett, as well as Reynolds, focus their attention on fabulous web design and artistic framing, they approach their content areas with the seriousness and delicacy as a teacher might, or should, possess.


I know this blog, Reason #613, doesn’t fully represent my application of this understanding—I don’t have the time to devote to the minutia of web design! But approach is everything. The way we present our knowledge, ideas, and persona are conveyed in a multitude of ways. Digital literacies are real and need to be tapped by teachers and students alike.