Post 5: Digitizing Text and Sound

Learning Objective 5 Digitization is the process of converting something from the natural world into a digital form. Text and sound are great examples of this process because they can both be represented digitally, but they require different processes. Text is made of...

Post 6: What Is Gained and What Is Lost?

Learning Objective 6 There is a lot to be gained when moving to digital. We gain speed, convenience, accuracy, and the ability to share, copy, and spread information quickly. When we look at everything that has been gained over the past few decades, the level of...

Post 7: Critiquing Digital Ideas

Learning Objective 7 Through our conversations in this class, I was pushed to use my critical thinking and not automatically accept technology as something good. It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that technology is always better than what it replaces, but...

Post 8: My Position on Digital Technology

Learning Objective 8 I believe that digital technology is extremely useful, but people need to be aware of its limits. It helps us organize, share, and analyze information, but these tools are not there to do the work for us. As useful as tools like LLMs and other...

Post 9: Reflecting on What I Learned

Post 9: Reflecting on What I Learned Learning Objective 9 This blog helped me reflect on what I learned throughout the course. Before this class, I mostly thought about the digital world in a practical way. I used technology every day, but I did not really think...