I was really impressed with Anderson's TED talk. Mostly because it is something we haven't really talked about yet: where video and technology can take scientific research. It makes sense that scientific writing is already multimodal in that it utilizes pictures, diagrams, etc but doesn't it make even more sense that it would begin to actually visually demonstrate experiments! I was really impressed with this because I haven't even thought of it being a possibility. This, theoretically, could make advancements in scientific technology increase and hopefully make a more error-proof system. Wouldn't it be great if everything was run like this? Efficient living would be increased in every way.
I thought the other video was just as interesting but just not as new for this class.
I agree. Trudi. The potential for scientific advancement and innovation is massive in an atmosphere where videos become a part of the scientific publication and peer review process.
ReplyDeleteI like your excitement about scientific writing via video--mostly because I share it. :-) I'd never heard of "Jove", but once I clicked on it, I was hooked! ('Course you're talking to a girl who's favorite part of CSI is the lab part--this is like that except It seems I can trust that these experiments are real and I can learn stuff! Geek heeeeeaven! :-D)
ReplyDeleteI thought that the idea of jove was really cool too. I know that i haven't done many science experiments except for a few high school ones, but i do think that just reading the instructions for them and hoping yours turns out like it is described on paper can be kinda difficult. I think the idea of filming the whole science experiment is an excellent idea. I think it would make it a lot more error proof and in turn will benefit everybody.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that more visual examples should be used to demonstrate their experiments. That is why I was slightly disappointed that Anderson's ted talk used more discussion than visual examples. The examples he used were inspiring, but I do wish he expanded on them.
ReplyDeleteI thought the same way about using youtube as a learning tool. I personally have never heard of it and never really thought of it as a virtual classroom experience to log onto youtube. But how cool! My first thought was, how this could help out people who aren’t fortunate enough to go sit in a classroom and learn from an instructor or for people who are home schooled. They now have access to some credible information (hopefully) and they don’t have to just read it out of a book. being able to see something happen is much different than reading sentence upon sentence in a book.
ReplyDeleteWhen I hear youtube being said aloud, I normally instantly think about music videos or some pointless, yet hilarious video some talented individual put together. But now I will also think of the perhaps less popular educational videos that are also available.