Evaluation of the Use of Blog for Learning Purpose Wong Yat Sing

Before I take this course, I have no idea what is cyborg. Cyborg is a human or machine? As the technology develops well nowadays, technology makes our live become more convenient. At the same time, technology also brings us so many problems.

During the course, I learn so much about the gender issue and the technology problem around us. It is a great opportunity for me to learn about these things. The course make me feeling that everything are not simple such as Facebook. When we are using it, we think that the program is very simple and user friendly. However, the fact is that it is very complicated actually and there are so many problem appear. Another example is the e-money and the credit card. These
technologies bring us a lot of conveniences,but it also bring us so many problems.

Also, I have watched so many movies about the robot. Before I take this course, I will not think why the robot can talk, walk even do anything they want just like human. The look of the robot are also according to the sharp of the human. After this course, everytime I watch this type of movie, I will think it deeply. I also learn the importance of the technology. The technology will affect our internet life or even our real life. The relationship between us and the technology is becoming closer and closer.

After the whole course, I really think that this course is very interesting and meaningful. I learn a lot from it and I would love to explore more in the coming day.

Evaluation of the Use of Blogs for Learning Purpose – Anna Ng

About the blog
I have written blogs for a few years. And this time, using the same blog with classmates is a new experience for me. This blog is a good platform for us to share our works. There are millions of resources in the internet; it is hard for one people to read and pick out many of them. By posting our own webliography, we can read more useful articles on that related topic in an easier and faster way.

Moreover, this blog provides a chance for us to share our opinions. As this subject does not have any correct and wrong answers, answers are mostly depends on the directions that we think of and the ways that we explain. Reading others’ newstory reflection in the blog can make me know how others and I interpret same news differently and train me to think in a more multi-direction way.

In addition, since I am too shy to voice out my own opinion in the lesson, I seldom join the discussion. This blog becomes a medium for me to have a discussion with classmates by leaving comments to their presentation. I can get rid of others’ view and speak my mind without reticence.


About Self.net
At the beginning of this semester, I have completely no idea of the things that this subject talks about. Cyborg? Post-human? Identity? These are all fuzzy concepts and I would not put much concern to them. Later on, I found these concepts are important to us in living in this society. Taking Identity as an example, it seems is an abstract concept to understand. It includes gender, sexualities, race and class; and these greatly influence the way that we constructed ourselves in this society.

Throughout this course, the thing which mostly goes deep inside my mind is the example of Jennicam. I have never thought of this case can be used to redefine the identity of women nowadays; and even break the relationship of gazer and the one is gazed. The subjectivity of cyborg in this case is a very interesting concept. In our common sense, we may just think that Jenni was passive to do anything; but the fact is she is also able to control everything.


About Cyborg
After studying this course, I have no doubt that I am a cyborg! I am sure that many people like me, cannot live without technical devices, like computers and mobile phones. After having my first technological product, my passion towards it never reduces. And now, I owned quite a number of these products. Technology slowly infuses in my life. Sometimes, I introspect if I too dependent upon the technology. I always tell myself not to rely on it; however, I failed to do so.

Frankly speaking, the improvement in technology brings us side effects. It greatly affects our mode of communication. Face-to-face communication becomes meaningless in our life. We neglect the importance of non-verbal communication. The relationships of people become cold and detached.

Evaluation of the Use of Blogs for Learning Purpose - Tang Lok Sum (Audrey)

Honestly, when I touched with this subject at the first day, I really feel confused about it because the content seems too far away from me or even the definition of cyborg is also debatable. However, after this course and I find that it’s matter and very personal concern of us, and it do so makes the meaning of the word - "Human", has changed because of the technology.

After 12 weeks of courses, I have been from full of doubts till now that I can determine I am a cyborg. Although there is no mechanical on my body which something to keep me alive (Glasses is it?), but I am sure that I can not live without science and technology, I can not imagine if i have no mobile phone, computer or television. Also, as people should keep on learning, if have not the assistant of technology, and I can not connect with the outside world, I would like to believe that my life will be very generic taste and bring a lot of inconvenience, because I am live in an "advanced information" generation and the environment now. If I don't absorb the informations, I would find out how "fall behind" I am or even have much less topical subject with my friends, and it's a part of me.

I just had a blog and kept track of personal life before, and now, this is my first time using the weblog to hand in the homework and have a interactive learning with classmates. I find that it is interesting, like a database here, I can always find the information which I want or receive more knowledge of this subject. With the summary of each present group of students, it is very useful with the comprehensive and summary of each topic, through the classmates comments from the weblog and answer their questions by myself, those can makes me understanding better of it. However, if the individual's homework, such as comment on the introductory post, it would be better and more interactive intensively.

This is a challenging subject, but can help me to aware more of our identity in the technological environment, in particular, the sexualities, gender, race and so on. It makes me bring up the few questions, what and how the evolution of it, why the development of current generation is can not live without technology? Is it because the people are too smart to manufacturing the technology, or technology makes people to be more intelligent? What is the boundary between human and machine? I just want to say, I hope that the technology can bring more comfortable and convenient for human’s life, especially the aspect of use in medicine, and I hope that the people could have self-control ability appropriately. To me, how can I live without the technology less and less more? Maybe I can, when I am old, in retirement, and living in a place where is pollution-free and away from the city.

Evaluation of the Use of Blogs for Learning Purpose - Man Ka Po Bobo

When I first saw the course title I just don’t know why should we learn such thing and have no idea of this. But after these weeks, I started to have some basic information about this and have been thinking of the following question. Am I a cyborg? I think the first answer that pop-up in my mind is “NO” but actually, when I think further and deeper, I cannot deny it. In this century, most of us cannot cut ourselves off from the internet or computer or even mobile phone. Just like what my friend told me ‘I cannot do anything when my WIFI USB is broken and the broadband has been setup yet.” Yes, this is what we like in the age that we live in.

Honestly, I am not sure I like this subject or...but the course did make me think more about our life. But the more I know, the more I want to try living off grid. It’s because I can’t even remember how I lived with when I didn’t have a computer. Maybe, I can try it out someday. Although, I don’t really like the subject, I still think the weblog can enhance us to have better understanding of the subject while the usage and interaction should be improved. In fact, I think the weblog hasn’t been fully utilized but it still is a good way for us to express our feeling and to know more about “digital age”, the only way is to reach, to use it.

Evaluation of the Use of Blogs for Learning Purpose - Ng Chung Kee Angela

The First time when I know that I will have this subject in this semester, I really totally haveno idea what I will learn in this course. Also, when I see the course name, I don't know what it is and why it will be related to communication studies.

However, after I know the idea about cyborg, I start to aware the relationship between the technology and real life, how the technology can affect us in the daily life. I think the idea of this course is interesting because some of the topics are really close to our lives and some of the ideas are quite special which  I have not learnt that before.

About the weblog, I think that the purpose is good . It is because the use of the weblog can let the students can have more interaction and they can review the presentation summary on the blog if they have just miss something during the presentation.

There is a problem , that is the interaction of the weblog is not as many as I expected and especially the webliography because there has no one comment on that. So I am a bit confuse about the efficient of it.

Reflection of the Unit, by Ashley Wong

The dualities of body/mind, nature/culture, human/machine…before studying this unit, I have no idea on these concepts and relationships. At the beginning of the course, I found it was so difficult and conceptual. What are Cyborg, feminism, dualities and gender identity? All of them are new to me. At that moment, I really did not know what the course about.

Am I a cyborg?

After twelve weeks studies, do I regard myself as a cyborg? I would say, yes! Even I am not “a cybernetic organism - a hybrid of machine and organism” which defined by Haraway, I have a close relationship with technology. I think I am already tying with it – machine, especially my computer and mobile phone. Because I already rely on technology, most of the information and social connection are gained through use of them. It seems that they are part of me, the extension of my eyes and ears. I have to using them in order to connect with the outside world. Otherwise, I feel lonely and uncomfortable.

Does the weblog help for learning?

For me, this weblog can help us studying this unit. That’s not just enhancing the interaction between students and lecturers, but importantly, learning from each other through reading others’ post and ideas. Besides, this weblog is like a ‘data base’. It includes all of our ideas and assignments. We can go through it anytime now and in the future. However, I think it would be better lecturers also join the discussion and we can be more active to make a post.

Do I like the unit?

During these weeks, I find it challenging but also enjoy studying this unit. It gives me more knowledge on gender& technology that the most I like, such as the relationship between women identity on internet and the reality. Besides, it evokes my interest on the possibilities of posthuman. Will they appear in the future and like the film’s plot? After studying this course, I think it is possible. We, human, are really afraid losing the superior status and controlling by others (e.g machine). How does it going? I am curious!