I
have had the chance to read articles written about cyber slang and I have come
to understand the obsessive behavior of the learners to use acronyms and slangs.
This is the twenty first century characterized by technology and a fast
changing world. You try to fight the system, you are left behind and have no
one to blame but yourself.
Online
collaboration is not an easy task. As a student of CCTI, I have had some
collaboration online in the previous three courses working on one task or
other. It is not an easy thing if the people you are grouped with are facing challenges
such as electricity or internet problems or are hindered by family issues here
and there. However, it is fun being in position to collaborate with colleagues
and sharing ideas. It eases the work and reduces the tension in fulfilling the
task.
I have learnt to create a comic strip and
it has been an exciting experience. I have always admired the people who created
comics for newspapers. I have now discovered the secret. Presenting my understanding
in a comic strip has been a bit of a challenge too but once one masters the
steps it becomes very easy.
The potential this holds is that;
·
It
creates room for social media to develop its own language of communication that
will embrace all users of technology because of its ease and minimization of
time and space.
·
It
encourages even those who would have been reluctant to join digital
globalization to come on board, since they do not want to be left out.· It promotes understanding of how technology can be used to serve our interests and the interests of the learners and much more.
Margaret this is a wonderful post. It's true online collaboration has been a wonderful way in which we learn from each other but those challenges make it difficult to have a common time when the collaborating partners are free.
ReplyDeleteTrue Twaha. It is now up to us to devise means of removing those challenges.
DeleteThanks Margaret , creating a Comic strip has been really very interesting and I agree with you it motivates.
ReplyDeleteThanks Julius.
DeleteHallo Maggie, it's true young people today are obsessed with cyber slang and acronyms. It's no wonder if you consider the amount of time they spend chatting!! That requires some shortcuts!!
ReplyDeleteGood observation Prossy.
DeleteVery well stated Marg. Especially the idea that: Comic strips ' create room for social media to develop its own language of communication that will embrace all users of technology because of its ease and minimization of time and space'.
ReplyDeleteIt is so because language evolves according to life style and the needs of its users. It looks like informal language will not be the same as it is now fifty years from today.
Thanks Nellie.
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