Comments for Don't Eat The Fruit http://donteatthefruit.com Technology is Fast, but Redemption is Slow Mon, 21 May 2012 14:38:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on What Scifi Can Teach Us about Technology and Humanity [VIDEO] by Adam http://donteatthefruit.com/2012/05/what-scifi-teaches-us-about-technology-and-humanity-video/#comment-95592 Adam Mon, 21 May 2012 14:38:48 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=1919#comment-95592 Great post John. I was thinking along similar lines after watching <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>, and <i>I, Robot</i> in the same weekend. Great post John. I was thinking along similar lines after watching 2001: A Space Odyssey, and I, Robot in the same weekend.

]]> Comment on What Scifi Can Teach Us about Technology and Humanity [VIDEO] by Dave Stearns http://donteatthefruit.com/2012/05/what-scifi-teaches-us-about-technology-and-humanity-video/#comment-95075 Dave Stearns Thu, 17 May 2012 22:43:17 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=1919#comment-95075 Wow, that JJ Abrams show looks <i>awesome</i>! And I love this post--your reorientation of the question is fantastic, and I like how you are wrestling with what makes a Christian perspective on technology different from a secular one. Wow, that JJ Abrams show looks awesome! And I love this post–your reorientation of the question is fantastic, and I like how you are wrestling with what makes a Christian perspective on technology different from a secular one.

]]> Comment on Q&A with Dr. Mark Hoffman, Professor of Religion and Media by mgvh http://donteatthefruit.com/2012/05/qa-with-dr-mark-hoffman-professor-of-religion-and-media/#comment-94757 mgvh Mon, 14 May 2012 23:58:11 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=1907#comment-94757 Fascinating discussion today on the Diane Rehm show on "Social Media and Loneliness." You can listen or get transcript here: http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-05-14/social-media-and-loneliness Fascinating discussion today on the Diane Rehm show on “Social Media and Loneliness.” You can listen or get transcript here: http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-05-14/social-media-and-loneliness

]]> Comment on Q&A with Dr. Mark Hoffman, Professor of Religion and Media by Dana http://donteatthefruit.com/2012/05/qa-with-dr-mark-hoffman-professor-of-religion-and-media/#comment-94733 Dana Mon, 14 May 2012 19:07:35 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=1907#comment-94733 Tim, You have asked some great questions. I hope to share about the issue of “presence” in online courses from the perspective of a practioner. For perspective, I serve with eDOT, a ministry that among others uses of technology in ministry, helps European Bible schools develop online learning courses/curriculum. As we help these schools develop online programs, we tend to stress the importance of "presence" and communication in online learning environments over content. That should not be understood in any way to de-value content; merely to indicate that in the online learning environment, the development of “presence” and communication require more intentionality on the part of the teacher/facilitator. Most teachers do not struggle to find content for online courses; but some teachers do struggle with the best methods to engage students in the online learning environment. Our experience suggests that content does not often cause a student to drop an online course; but the inability to establish online “presence,” or the inability/unwillingness to communicate effectively in an online course will often lead to a student’s failure to complete an online course. We stress the importance of communication within the online course by suggesting that our partners make 30% or more of the final course grade contingent upon successful participation in discussion forums and other collaborative activities throughout the course. To better understand the importance of "presence" online and methods to encourage more online learning community in courses, I recommend the following texts by Palloff and Pratt: The Virtual Student (2003); and Building Online Learning Communities (2007). To see examples of course solutions (A solution toward student involvement in online learning environments) that eDOT has built with online courses, feel free to navigate to http://demo.equiphispeople.com and peruse the courses there. Tim,
You have asked some great questions. I hope to share about the issue of “presence” in online courses from the perspective of a practioner. For perspective, I serve with eDOT, a ministry that among others uses of technology in ministry, helps European Bible schools develop online learning courses/curriculum. As we help these schools develop online programs, we tend to stress the importance of “presence” and communication in online learning environments over content. That should not be understood in any way to de-value content; merely to indicate that in the online learning environment, the development of “presence” and communication require more intentionality on the part of the teacher/facilitator. Most teachers do not struggle to find content for online courses; but some teachers do struggle with the best methods to engage students in the online learning environment. Our experience suggests that content does not often cause a student to drop an online course; but the inability to establish online “presence,” or the inability/unwillingness to communicate effectively in an online course will often lead to a student’s failure to complete an online course. We stress the importance of communication within the online course by suggesting that our partners make 30% or more of the final course grade contingent upon successful participation in discussion forums and other collaborative activities throughout the course.

To better understand the importance of “presence” online and methods to encourage more online learning community in courses, I recommend the following texts by Palloff and Pratt: The Virtual Student (2003); and Building Online Learning Communities (2007).

To see examples of course solutions (A solution toward student involvement in online learning environments) that eDOT has built with online courses, feel free to navigate to http://demo.equiphispeople.com and peruse the courses there.

]]> Comment on Q&A with Dr. Mark Hoffman, Professor of Religion and Media by mgvh http://donteatthefruit.com/2012/05/qa-with-dr-mark-hoffman-professor-of-religion-and-media/#comment-94516 mgvh Sun, 13 May 2012 07:10:37 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=1907#comment-94516 Good question, Tim. I think you can have every bit as rich as experience in the virtual world as in the real... but it is different. I've had great discussions that happen online, but they lack the give and take of a real classroom. I know I have had to figure out different ways to teach--or better, to facilitate learning--online, and the results end up being different as well. One isn't necessarily better than the other. I do also note that it has helped if people know each other somewhat in the real world, because it creates confidence in knowing how to 'read' a person online. Good question, Tim. I think you can have every bit as rich as experience in the virtual world as in the real… but it is different. I’ve had great discussions that happen online, but they lack the give and take of a real classroom. I know I have had to figure out different ways to teach–or better, to facilitate learning–online, and the results end up being different as well. One isn’t necessarily better than the other. I do also note that it has helped if people know each other somewhat in the real world, because it creates confidence in knowing how to ‘read’ a person online.

]]> Comment on Q&A with Dr. Mark Hoffman, Professor of Religion and Media by Tim Bulkeley http://donteatthefruit.com/2012/05/qa-with-dr-mark-hoffman-professor-of-religion-and-media/#comment-94450 Tim Bulkeley Sat, 12 May 2012 17:22:38 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=1907#comment-94450 While you are both "here" can I ask some supplementary questions. In connection with distance education I've become really interested in "presence". I teach a class where students "attend" a weekly online tutorial. The system offers audio and visuals (whiteboard, PPT sharing PC screens). Video is available but at present we don't use it because bandwidth to some locations is not good. What is it about face to face meeting that such a system does not offer that is significant? Or is our knee jerk assumption that "virtual" communication and face to face communication are different in kind is merely a hangover from older less rich technologies? While you are both “here” can I ask some supplementary questions. In connection with distance education I’ve become really interested in “presence”. I teach a class where students “attend” a weekly online tutorial. The system offers audio and visuals (whiteboard, PPT sharing PC screens). Video is available but at present we don’t use it because bandwidth to some locations is not good. What is it about face to face meeting that such a system does not offer that is significant? Or is our knee jerk assumption that “virtual” communication and face to face communication are different in kind is merely a hangover from older less rich technologies?

]]> Comment on Project Glass: Will Google’s Augmented Reality Glasses Finally Make Technology Fade Into the Background? by mgvh http://donteatthefruit.com/2012/04/project-glass-googles-vision-of-augmented-reality/#comment-94168 mgvh Thu, 10 May 2012 17:35:27 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=1888#comment-94168 Will we all be IR tagged at birth? (It sure would help with those Google glasses...) I think/wonder/worry if the next step after Google glasses > contact lenses is simply embedded chips. Let's say you could have a chip with the Bible (every Bible!) and that Greek concordance you want. That would be very appealing. Of course the first applications would more likely be databases, encyclopedias, translators, and such. And they would be expensive, so only those who could afford them would get them, and they probably would get them if it provided an edge in school/business/politics... As you've started doing in your writing, we need to be thinking about these things in advance. Will we all be IR tagged at birth? (It sure would help with those Google glasses…)
I think/wonder/worry if the next step after Google glasses > contact lenses is simply embedded chips. Let’s say you could have a chip with the Bible (every Bible!) and that Greek concordance you want. That would be very appealing. Of course the first applications would more likely be databases, encyclopedias, translators, and such. And they would be expensive, so only those who could afford them would get them, and they probably would get them if it provided an edge in school/business/politics…
As you’ve started doing in your writing, we need to be thinking about these things in advance.

]]> Comment on NIV 2011: Every Last Change by The Didgeridoo http://donteatthefruit.com/2010/11/niv-2011-every-last-change/#comment-93735 The Didgeridoo Mon, 07 May 2012 02:24:35 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=1039#comment-93735 It was the NIV of 1984 that "watered down" not only the King James, but even the far more direct and stronger than the NIV ever was Revised Standard Version. It was the NIV of 1984 that “watered down” not only the King James, but even the far more direct and stronger than the NIV ever was Revised Standard Version.

]]> Comment on Parenting Tip: Three Photos, and I’m Out! by Rob http://donteatthefruit.com/2012/04/parenting-tip-three-photos-and-im-out/#comment-92976 Rob Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:41:36 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=1902#comment-92976 Only you could bring Skrillex, Technology and Parenting together. Very insightful! Only you could bring Skrillex, Technology and Parenting together. Very insightful!

]]> Comment on Parenting Tip: Three Photos, and I’m Out! by Rosie Perera http://donteatthefruit.com/2012/04/parenting-tip-three-photos-and-im-out/#comment-92919 Rosie Perera Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:58:30 +0000 http://donteatthefruit.com/?p=1902#comment-92919 I'm a photographer, so I definitely go beyond the "3 photos" rule, especially with my nephew. I try to balance just being with him and being in the moment with taking plenty of portrait quality photos of him (which often means I need to take a lot of candid shots in order to select the very best ones as portraits). I love just hanging out with him and not taking photos, but I live 2500 miles away from him, so I *need* the photos, and his parents appreciate them too. However I do hear KC's point. One ironic moment I happened to record on camera was the day my parents and my brother and I got to meet my nephew for the first time, when he was 3 weeks old. His other grandparents were there that day too. We were all oohing and aahing over him, and before *any* of us asked to hold him, all the digital devices came out and were focused on him. In that ironic photo of mine, there were three visible digital cameras or smartphones snapping photos, plus mine. I realized that was crazy. We should have been holding him and experiencing our first meeting of him up close and personal, not through a lens. I’m a photographer, so I definitely go beyond the “3 photos” rule, especially with my nephew. I try to balance just being with him and being in the moment with taking plenty of portrait quality photos of him (which often means I need to take a lot of candid shots in order to select the very best ones as portraits). I love just hanging out with him and not taking photos, but I live 2500 miles away from him, so I *need* the photos, and his parents appreciate them too. However I do hear KC’s point.

One ironic moment I happened to record on camera was the day my parents and my brother and I got to meet my nephew for the first time, when he was 3 weeks old. His other grandparents were there that day too. We were all oohing and aahing over him, and before *any* of us asked to hold him, all the digital devices came out and were focused on him. In that ironic photo of mine, there were three visible digital cameras or smartphones snapping photos, plus mine. I realized that was crazy. We should have been holding him and experiencing our first meeting of him up close and personal, not through a lens.

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