Today some of the pitfalls of technology became clear. Our internet connection kept failing today,, we contacted the ISP and were told that the entire town of Oxford, Mississippi was having internet difficulties. The connection ‘hiccupped’ while I was uploading a video blog entry and some supplementary technical notes. I copied and saved the notes and left the web page open, hoping that when the connection was restored the upload would continue. Of course this does not prevent the creation of media on my computer although it does hamper my ability to share. I do not have a smart phone or tablet with 4G access; even if I did, these offer only a partial solution to a lack of internet access problem. First, some smaller devices do not have the ability to run some of the more sophisticated programs, so I would be limited in what I could create - even if there is an iMovie-type app, I doubt it has the capabilities of the program on my computer and it would be a lot harder to use without a large screen and a mouse. Secondly, only other people with 4G access would be able to retrieve things I do post. This starts to make me thing of the ‘tree in the forest’ thing (if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?). If I post something on the internet but no one can go online to view it, is it 'available?' Another question is, if I post something and people can view it, but they don’t, is it 'available?'
This (the fact that I anticipate internet issues) is why I do not rely on Dropbox for files I use in my classes and instead carry around flash drives with my not Information about this post: created on Word and saved to my computer hard drive several hours prior to posting.
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AuthorI am Sheryl L. Chatfield, Ph.D, C.T.R.S. I am a member of the faculty in the College of Public Health at Kent State University. I also Co-coordinate the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research and I am a member of the Design Innovation Team at Kent State. Archives
February 2024
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