Kay and Goldberg

i thought it was interesting how heavily involved children were with the development of the Dynabook and other somewhat mobile media devices. Today i feel like children are more or less ignored technologically unless they are having toys marketed to them. This creative technology could be used to help kids who don't learn in a conventional way due to neurological or sensory issues. While i have indeed noticed the movement away from face to face interaction i do not believe this to be a bad thing. I don't believe the development of technology is going to bring the foundation of humanity and being human crashing down on itself. I do however marvel at how far we've come just in the past 20 years in developing mobile media even if it's only for consumption and not so much creation.

Week 11 | Personal Dynamic Media

This article really brought me back to the first reading we did in class. The ideas were reminiscent of what we read about how computers were going to "set us free", in the sense that we have unlimited access to all information. Of course this rings true to total media consumption. However, with this innovation we have better ways of connecting and staying involved in world politics and culture. In some sense we have more control than we think we do because of our individual interactions and where the masses really venture into the world wide web. It's interesting to think about how children interact with computers on a daily basis and how younger people are running towards learning how to program. I feel as though we've hit a creative ceiling because of the amount of people who don't really understand the power that the computer has.

Kay & Goldberg

It is impressive to see the dynamic change between how we interacted with computers than back then, compared to now. Media devices back then were intended to help us create our own programing and designs. The dynabook device allowed people to manipulate  "musical scores, waveforms, and simulations" (394). Computers of our time allow us to do this as well, but most of us do not take advantage of this ability. People of our generation use computers as a one way intake of information, and do not give output.

Week 11 Personal Dynamic Media

When learning about this, I had no idea that computers were only used and targeted to a certain demographic. Just think, the ideas that sprung from Kay and Goldberg led to the personal usage of computers in today's society. Time has changed drastically. In creating a personal computer, we have increased learning and knowledge to all aspects of society, which is incredible. The introduction of the notebook also enables portability rather than having to stay in one place to use the computer. This innovation of the notebook computer changed the face of computers and technology for the greater good. Individuals have benefitted greatly from this innovation.

Kay & Goldberg

   I feel like dynamic media is creating a whole new variety of creative sources that can be used now in todays society. It is amazing how much technology has improved in such a short spand  of time and how people were afraid of how we might cope and use this technology for the future. An example of how technology is changing for us is day to day use. We can now take a photo of something and make it look better or read a book on a tablet screen instead of using a big heavy paperback book. Though some are afraid of these advances in technology we can be sure that is is helping us in many ways through normal day use, sciences, the creative field, and education.

Personal Dynamic Media

To think that the Dynabook was just a starting point for our technology now, and to see how far we have come as creators is amazing, and to think that they were afraid how people would accept this new technology. The drawing and painting aspect of the Dynabook resembles what we would call photoshop, or any other online website that allows you to manipulate photos now, and for free. You were also able to read books through the Dynabook, which now we can do on pretty much any tablet or kindle. Although they were worried about the Dynabook being "too many different tools for too many people", technology always needs a starting point and now ideas like the Dynabook have now been refined, and will continue to be developed throughout the future of technology.

Kay and Goldberg; Personal Dynamic Media

I find it really interesting how important children were to the purpose and creation of the dynabook. It shows how important learning and teaching was to the design process and overall purpose of the program. It makes me wonder why programming was ever taken, or never placed, in the curriculum of high school, middle school or even elementary school settings. I think had it been incorporated today's youth be more interested in creating their own platforms rather than the social media obsessed youth we have today. What i mean is today's youth is prone to using platforms such as social media, programs that have been created as a input/output cookie cutter function, rather than using the technology available to them to create their own programs and really utilize such technology in a more unique, artistic way. In addition I wonder how different my work, and myself as a person , would be had I been taught about computers and programming at a young(er) age.