Sunday, January 13, 2008

the start of week 3

Week 3 begins today!

Sashak and B Strong have already gotten the blogging started with both discussing the web lecture on Technology and Teams. Sashak noted the positive and negative aspects of the pervasive communication environment in which we live. Organizational communication scholars in the early 1990s championed the idea of using new communication technologies to blur the boundaries of work and home. Working at home is great! But as Sashak points out, it can also mean we can't get away from work. B Strong commented on the communication imperative. This is an important concept because it reminds us that technology doesn't determine how we communicate. Instead, we figure out ways to make technology work for us to achieve our communicative goals.


Looking forward to more blog entries and comments this week! I'll also be reporting on the 3-day workshop (Tu-Th) I'm taking on universal design in the classroom.

--Prof. Cyborg

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