Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Did You Know?

I am writing my blog for the week on the YouTube video Did You Know? we were supposed to watch for thursdays class. The video was really cool I thought it was a really good way to get their point they were trying to make across that the world is growing so rapidly and that we need to step it up so we are ready for the twenty first century. Most of the facts were really hard to believe, but they all makes sense the video just brought them into light. That was a great example of something that we have been learning about in class too. The multimedia used in this video is a good example of how we could approach our literacy narrative. Overall my view on the video was a good one i thought it showed some really good points and at the same time used some really good multimedia examples for us to look at for our upcoming projects. The name of the company that made the video is called Xplane The Visual Thinking Company. They make videos and publications to make things simple and get messages across to people through visual techniques like the same multimedia we will work with for our projects.

1 comment:

Jess said...

I totally agree with you and your view of the youtube video. I chose to write about it too!

One of the things I was shocked about was how far back the United States is! It just makes me feel dumb to live here! It just feels like the world is moving too fast already in the U.S. and to know some countries are ahead of us in college graduates, our own language and all the technology! It makes me kind of scared for the future generations and their literacy!

I liked how subtle the video was and the dramatic impact it made on me. I am glad it reached you too!

see ya tomorrow,
Jess :)