Weblog is a good way for people to express their opinions and to let other people to comment on it. In Hong Kong, learning means sitting on the chair quietly and listening to what teachers said carefully, because we need to get the good result in the exam. Expressing our opinion through a weblog? Seems impossible! Indeed, weblog for learning is a new way to train our writing skills. Also, it provides a free platform for the learners to learn from others. But some may say our weblog were written by the students without any assessments through the lectures that it may just a “junk” weblog; and how can these academic writing weblogs appear on the internet publicly? I would like to say it may has some disadvantages of using weblog for learning purpose, but I do enjoy this new learning way.
In this course, we also have studied about Haraway’s cyborg. The notion of cyborg has inspired me to re-think what human is. I think if any technologies we use just an “extension” of our eyes, ears, arms, and leg, etc., why not us positively accept ourselves can be a combination between human and machine. I would like to consider myself as a cyborg not just because I think I am a human and machine, but also it can blur the distinction between male and female. It seems that cyborg can allow us not strictly be defined as men or women with many social expectations, but accept we are just the cyborg with many possibilities.
Although this subject is difficult for me as I do not have a scientific mind, this course does help me to realize and to explore how technology has truly impacted on human’s lifestyle, behavior, and relationship. As we are living in the 21st century, we are the human beings who are not just dealing with the reality world; most of us have experienced the virtual reality as well. So it does really helpful when we have the chance to study and to re-think our identities in the digital age.
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