September 2nd, 2008
Continuing on with plotting and organizing my planned research, I’ve created another bubbl.us mindmap to outline how the dissertation be structured. To be sure, this is very high-level, very raw, and very mailable. Nonetheless, I’m putting it out for a few folks to check out. I’ve been considering a shift in the details of the topic, so you might see that it does not seem to sufficiently address podcasting. While this is currently true, the reasoning will be detailed as it develops.
Here is my Dissertation Outline mindmap.
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September 1st, 2008
Having discovered (or been directed to) bubble.us, I have been playing with this great tool and developed some mindmaps in the general aim of the dissertation. This is really an excellent tool for organizing thoughts. Of course it is logical for applying to one’s own papers. projects, and ideas. However, I am going to experiment with applying this to the next few articles I read. I can see how this would be very useful in taking (organizing) notes and ideas gleaned from reading an article or book. If I continue to apply this to sources read, I will include the mindmap of each with my notes, comments on it.
Below, is one I created for the research question (as it is now). Click and drag to view the entire map.
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August 27th, 2008
A research buddy just turned me on to a new research tool. This one, bubbl.us, is a mindmapping tool. In this way, one creates an account (or not) and can then add a bubble thought and branch off new ideas to create an entire sheet. The sheet can then be shared with friends, emailed, exported, or (as shown below) added to a Web page. This is an example of where I currently am in forming my research question, feel free to zoom and drag the image around in the fixed window: Read the rest of this entry »
July 30th, 2008
In past posts, I have established digital orality as relevant to the way we communicate using non-textual (largely oral), computer-mediated communication forms, such as podcasting and vodcasting. I have juxtaposed this concept to writing, noting the differences between the two and why communicative writing tools, such as IM and Chat cannot be forms of digital orality. I have been careful to not form a binary (”orality vs. writing”), since one of the foundational points I want to examine is how the two interact in given situations and media. However, looking at the many forms of communication media and trends that arise seemingly weekly, I question how something like Jott fits in with this structure. Read the rest of this entry »
June 29th, 2008
OK, I’ve been away from here for a while, tending to teaching and other duties, including this new blog/Web site design, which is still not quite complete as of this date. I have not been hugely active in blogging on digital orality since last Fall. However, if all goes as planned, this blog is about to become quite active (ok, perhaps not for about two more weeks). So, to get back into it, for my readers and myself, I want to post a quick refresher of where I am and what I mean by digital orality, since that’s really the fundamental topic on which this site and my studies are based. Read the rest of this entry »
