Notes+from+Constant+Change+Changes

 COMMENTS ON THE PROCESS 1. I find that when editing with 20 people at the same time it is hard to focus on the big picture, and instead get focused on the details of the document.

<span class="writely-comment" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-left-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); background-color: rgb(238, 215, 255);"> After reading the document I made my corrections and considered the corrections and suggestions presented by others. One thing I noticed is that for documents like these the tone and language might change. For example I have a certain style of writing that is more formal that the type of writing in this document. I tried to remain consistent as possible but some changes might be made. Also vocabulary would shift between higher level words and lower level words

<span class="writely-comment" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-left-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); background-color: rgb(238, 215, 255);">Second note: I added my own changes but they were not saved properly. Looking at the current document one can see many changes, but none of mine. This irks me greatly as I do not wish to reedit the document.

<span class="writely-comment" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-left-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); background-color: rgb(238, 215, 255);"> Also after reading this document, I don't have much motivation to review the document and see what other changes are made by others. It may be due to the length of this document but if feels like an accomplishment that I do not with to review - Oliver 5/28/09 12:19 PM

<span class="writely-comment" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-left-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 227, 192);">I gave up editing this document after a while. Although it has a lot of great ideas in it, it is quite scattered in my opinion, especially after all the edits. The writer is jumping back and forth between different anecdotes of Sarah and Ben. Perhaps it will be better to rewrite the writing with a multi-modal manner. I believe that format will be more suitable for the nature of this article. -Toto 5/29/09 8:50 AM  <span class="writely-comment" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-left-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 215);">I feel confused when I'm editing. Do I need to insert ideas for explaining the original one, or propose my own? If I propose my own, then it might not fit the original idea. So, I have to write something as a supplenment of the original. And sometimes, the original writing is perfect and I won't able to insert one word to destroy the entity, thus I just didn't write any comment or editing anything at the last seveal paragraphs. Anyway, I re-edit what I wrote in class and I hope it is what we need to do -Xiaonong Shen 6/2/09 1:06 PM

<span class="writely-comment" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-left-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 215);">I cannot read the above comments - the colour is too hard on my eyes - sorrry if I am repeating anything. My thoughts are, I wonder how this can be faciliated so the process is not so "muddled" - too many people adding too many things - who has the final say in the final document? I would not want to be the one who has to read through eveyone's contributions and decipher it all. I am not sure if I like this. Maybe you need to limit the amount of people who can edit and set some criteria. cakeane@shaw.ca 5/29/09 12:57 PM

Comments: (there are a lot of great comments that I didn't want to delete but don't work in the document, so here they are - Leah) (Shannon: If the teacher is not familiar with novel technologies, probably the kids will lose their motivation and interest easily in his/her class, that means, they may learn much less in a non-tech class than in a high-tech formated class) -Xiaonong Shen 6/2/09 12:36 PM

<span class="writely-comment" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-left-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 215);"> Are parents of digital natives capable or media literate enough to be up to date?~ Jeremy -Jeremy Ratcliffe 5/28/09 11:40 AM.

<span class="writely-comment" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-right-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-bottom-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); border-left-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 215);"> but this should be the exception and not the rule - technology does not really replace "being there", but it is a good alternative -cakeane@shaw.ca 5/28/09 11:46 AM 