The Language of ICT or What has ICT done to Language? Michael Coghlan June 21 st , 2012
May 10, 2015
The Language of ICTor What has ICT done to Language?
Michael CoghlanJune 21st, 2012
“IN THE BEGINNING WAS
THE WORD…”
John 1:1–18
“AND THE WORD WAS GOD.”
John 1:1–18
ACRONYMS/ABRREVIATIONS
• ICT? CMC? LMS? CMS?• USB? RSS feeds? ISP? RAM? HD?• OS (= Open Source, OR Operating System)• 3G, 4G (what the?)• KB, MB, GB• BYOD, GPS, etc etc....
SPELLING?
E-learning OR eLearning?
From eLearning Technology Blog (2007)
Internet OR internet?
• In 2002, a New York Times column theorized that Internet has been changing from a proper noun to a generic term. Words for new technologies, such as Phonograph in the 19th century, are sometimes capitalized at first, later becoming uncapitalized.
• More recently, a significant number of publications have switched to not capitalizing the noun internet. Among them are The Economist, the Financial Times, The Times, the Guardian, the Observer and the Sydney Morning Herald. As of 2011, most publications using "internet" appear to be located outside of North America, but the gap is closing.
(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_capitalization_conventions)
CHANGING VOCABULARY• e-everything (email, ecommerce, e-health, e-democracy, ereaders, e-living etc)
• Surf, Net, web, filter, save, install, programs, C-drive or D-drive and E and maybe F)• crop, bookmark, scan, cut, paste, copy, back-up, files, folders• Desktop, laptop, notebook; tablets• Keyboards: return, shift, control, tab, (go) home, esc (escape), enter• Chat rooms, forums, virtual worlds• Virus, worm, trolls, flame• Windows, Apple
• MOBILE• Gig, hardware > fleshware (the people)
• i-everything: iPod, iPhone, iPad, iView, Youi
• Smart mobs, flashmobs, crowd sourcing• Word, Powerpoint, Excel • curation, port, resolution, screen time, wireless, tagging, etc• Creative Commons
CHANGING VOCABULARY• e-everything (email, ecommerce, e-health, e-democracy, ereaders, etc)
• Surf, Net, web, filter, save, install, programs, C-drive or D-drive and E and maybe F)• crop, bookmark, scan, cut, paste, copy, back-up, files, folders• Desktop, laptop, notebook• Keyboards: return, shift, control, tab, (go) home, esc (escape), enter• Chat rooms, forums, virtual worlds• Virus, worm, trolls, flame• Windows, Apple
• MOBILE• Gig, hardware > fleshware (the people)
• i-everything: iPod, iPhone, iPad, iView, Youi
• Smart mobs, flashmobs, crowd sourcing• Word, Powerpoint, Excel • curation, port, resolution, screen time, wireless, tagging,
(“and the WORD was made flesh and dwelt amongst us.”)
CHANGING VOCABULARY• e-everything (email, ecommerce, e-health, e-democracy, ereaders, e-living etc)
• Surf, Net, web, filter, save, install, programs, C-drive or D-drive and E and maybe F)• crop, bookmark, scan, cut, paste, copy, back-up, files, folders• Desktop, laptop, notebook• Keyboards: return, shift, control, tab, (go) home, esc (escape), enter• Chat rooms, forums, virtual worlds• Virus, worm, trolls, flame• Windows, Apple
• MOBILE• Gig, hardware > fleshware (the people)
• i-everything: iPod, iPhone, iPad, iView, Youi
• Smart mobs, flashmobs, crowd sourcing• Word, Powerpoint, Excel • curation, port, resolution, screen time, wireless, tagging, etc• Creative Commons >>>>>>
Creative Commons (CC)
from Jeffrey Beall at http://www.flickr.com/photos/denverjeffrey/301014978/
THE DARK SIDE OF THE INTERNET
CYBER –
• space, smart, safety • porn, sex, bullying, fraud, crime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI
CHANGING VOCABULARY
YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
Fail Whale
NEW VOCABULARY - VERBS
• “IM me.” OR “Text me later.”• “Facebook me when you get home.”• “I tweeted about that last week.”• “Have you Skyped your son lately?”• You can now Photoshop an image.• “Have you Googled it?”
NEW VOCABULARY• Download software, upload files, boot up, netiquette, podcast• BYTES – kilo, mega, giga, tera......• 4 terabytes = a life!
• PROGRAMS: Twitter, Facebook, Google, Moodle, YouTube, Flickr
• Apps, Android, Kindle, avatar, blog, wiki, Twitter, tweet• Geeks, nerds• Social media, social networking, hashtags (eg #ALAevent)• Wifi, Hifi, lofi, hi res, lo res, pixels
• BRICKJUICING? BACKDOORING?
• Synchronous, asynchronous >>>>
Asynch
Synch
Oral Written
Spontaneous/Dialogue Spontaneous/Minimalist
More reflective; combination
of dialogue and monologue(eg podcasts)
Most structured form
ofcommunication
COMMUNICATION AXIS
Asynch
Synch
Oral Written
Spontaneous/DialogueSpontaneous/Minimalist
More Reflective; combination
of dialogue and monologue(eg podcasts)
Most structured form
ofcommunication
COMMUNICATION AXIS
NEW: Chat, SMS
TXTING: THE GR8 DB8T
SMS POETRY
his is r bunsn brnr bl%,his hair lyk fe filingsW/ac/dc going thru.I sit by him in kemistry, it splits my @omsWen he :-)s @ me
(most creative use of SMS prize in Guardian sponsored poetry
competition; quoted in Crystal)
SPELLING?
idea borrowed from Jonathan Finkelstein
SMS INFILTRATION
WTF?!
ABBREVIATIONS ARE NOTHING NEW
• RSVP, PTO, PO, BYO, AMDG, BC, AD, NB, DOA, MIA, viz
• STD, ISD• Academic: op cit, ibid, MA, B.Ed, etc
MULTILITERACIES
• What does it mean to be literate these days?• Digital, information, critical, media (can you
create video?) visual – infographics
From http://www.schrockguide.net/literacy-in-the-digital-age.html
MULTILITERACY(sometimes called Transliteracy)
• The ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media ... through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.
MULTILITERACY
Course: • http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com/w/pa
ge/10972799/FrontPage
Example:• Howard Rheingold -
http://www.screenr.com/rNl
FOLKSONOMY
• The world of tagging• Tag clouds• What gets ‘tagged’?
– Blogs– Photos– Videos– Links (Favourites, Bookmarks)– Events (#hashtags)
• Knowledge and information is being reorganised/recategorised according to your own personal ‘Dewey system’
FLICKR TAG CLOUD
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/tags/
MULTIPLE CHANNELS
• RESOURCE: Alone Together (Sherry Turkle)
Image courtesy of Alec Couros
What tool do you use to break up? Announce a
death?
CULT OR NORM?
CULT NORM
GARTNER HYPE CYCLE
PokeTweetLOL }
CULT OR NORM?
CULT NORM
GARTNER HYPE CYCLE
PokeTweetLOL }
??OBLIVION??
Images fromGallery of Modern ArtBrisbane
Michael [email protected]