[Air-L] digital literacy takes a field trip to a farm

jonathan jamma at fuse.net
Mon Apr 28 23:36:49 PDT 2008


Denise--
I just love your post.  Thanks for sharing it.
I empathize with your comments about cellphone usage--completely!
:-)
Best,
j.

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University of California, Irvine
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---- denisecarter at denisecarter.net wrote: 
> Kim said<<<Let's also remember that looms, pens, and even language  
> itself are technologies, so when we say logging off, what exactly do  
> we mean?  Not sitting at a desk?  Not using ICT?  --I know this may  
> seem nit-picky, but I just want to be sure I'm thinking f the same  
> thing as others in the discussion when we talk about logging off, or  
> about technology.>>>
> 
> How fascinating don’t you think, that in this web2.0 wired, converged  
> and connected world that we are now beginning to understand (maybe),  
> that the phenomena of ‘logging off’ from ICTnow seems out of the  
> ordinary and worth studying!!
> 
> Well I for one am relieved, I can now reveal my secret vices:
> 
> -I love that end of the working day when I switch off my computer,  
> pour a glass of wine and ‘speak/logon’ to my husband.
> -I hate students who email me on a Sunday afternoon and expect me to  
> reply asap even though I only work part-time!
> -I like spending time alone in my greenhouse, and recently planted  
> cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers (I didn’t speak to them and they  
> didn’t speak to me but give it time
)
> - sometimes I give myself an email-free day
> -I take it personally when someone doesn’t text me back or answer  
> their mobile, especially when they always reply to messages received  
> when I am with them
> -I log off most nights for about 7 hours sleep
> 
> Denise
> 
> Dr Denise M. Carter,
> Lecturer in Sociology,
> Dept. of Social Sciences
> University of Hull.
> 
> http://www.denisecarter.net
> 
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