Do Web based technologies enhance professional practise? 8/02/11
Last Tuesday within the 1st campus based session we were set a small task to do a short presentation about the web and how it can enhance professional practise; we also looked at the positives and negatives surrounded by using the web as a performing artist.
The presentation had to be at least five minutes long and we were able to do it as one big group, smaller groups or individually.
My opinion is an easy answer to this question is obviously yes, as in today’s society most of us seem to use the web for practically everything. Personally for me the web has made me lazy in a sense and I think social networks such as Facebook/Twitter have taken over most of our young people’s spare time.
Topics that were mentioned in our presentation are shown below in the presentation’s mini slide show and within my part of the group presentation I spoke primarily about the figures regarding the use of the web and how many of us rely solely on the web to communicate. I also mentioned that I will not be one of the many million that let the World Wide Web control their day!
2 comments:
I watched the video from the Campus Session and definitely agree with you that we need to be careful that the Web doesn't make us lazy - as useful as it is, there is still a lot to be said for taking the time to make a phone call, or instigate some face to face contact. As you work with young people, it's really interesting to hear your views on the way that they communicate nowadays. With so many young people struggling to find employment at the moment, I think it's important that they arm themselves with the best possible communication skills to help them stand out at job interviews etc.
Your totally right Stephanie, the unemployment rate amongst Young people today is crazy and to me this is strange because I’ve been in work since I was sixteen and worked and studied continuously ever since, so to some that might seem like I was one of the luckier ones perhaps.
I am hoping that with our drama classes we encourage good communication practise, promote a high level of confidence and can prepare them to convey an assertive personally rather than just being stereotyped at situations such as interview because after all first impressions are the most important and this is where it can go so wrong for some young people as some people obviously judge on simple things such as a person’s dress code/ the way they walk into a room/eye contact etc.
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