I checked in with Doug Johnson and his BlueSkunk blog and was referred to an article in the 11/21 Sunday NYT’s Magazine entitled, “Becoming Screen Literate” by Kevin Kelly.  After acknowledging the omnipresense of video and moving pictures around us, he began to address the implications of this both as viewers and creators.  He compared visual composition with the evolution of literature after the development of the printing press and how that technology changed how and what was read.  Digital video technology has changed the way movies are filmed and edited.  With this editing technology,  the video does not actually have to reflect anything that is real; it can be edited to create whatever the editor/director would like it to be.  This is similar to photoediting as video can be re-constructed literally at the pixel level.  He also spoke about a future ability to search by images in a video.  The example he gave was to search for an example of a “fez.”  With this yet-uncreated-technology, a picture from “Casblanca” would come up with a person wearing a fez.

Articles like this in the NYTs make we want to renew my subscription to the Sunday Times but then cause me to reflect on the pros and cons of this traditional method of news delivery.

After citing this article, Doug referred to something else on his blog which I found particularly useful as I begin my graduate studies in Library Media Technology.  He calls the post “Libraries for a post-literate society,” a most interesting perspective and one which I hope will offer academic discussion and consideration in school. I have bookmarked this for future reference.

Also through Doug’s post, I found a great resource in Kim Cofino’s wikispace, “Always Learning.” This gave me some great ideas for middle school and I will add her to my reader and website.