The Language of ICTor What has ICT done to Language?

Michael CoghlanJune 21st, 2012

“IN THE BEGINNING WAS

THE WORD…”

John 1:1–18

“AND THE WORD WAS GOD.”

John 1:1–18

ACRONYMS/ABRREVIATIONS

• ICT? CMC? LMS? CMS?• USB? RSS feeds? ISP? RAM? HD?• OS (= Open Source, OR Operating System)• 3G, 4G (what the?)• KB, MB, GB• BYOD, GPS, etc etc....

SPELLING?

E-learning OR eLearning?

From eLearning Technology Blog (2007)

Internet OR internet?

• In 2002, a New York Times column theorized that Internet has been changing from a proper noun to a generic term. Words for new technologies, such as Phonograph in the 19th century, are sometimes capitalized at first, later becoming uncapitalized.

• More recently, a significant number of publications have switched to not capitalizing the noun internet. Among them are The Economist, the Financial Times, The Times, the Guardian, the Observer and the Sydney Morning Herald. As of 2011, most publications using "internet" appear to be located outside of North America, but the gap is closing.

(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_capitalization_conventions)

CHANGING VOCABULARY• e-everything (email, ecommerce, e-health, e-democracy, ereaders, e-living etc)

• Surf, Net, web, filter, save, install, programs, C-drive or D-drive and E and maybe F)• crop, bookmark, scan, cut, paste, copy, back-up, files, folders• Desktop, laptop, notebook; tablets• Keyboards: return, shift, control, tab, (go) home, esc (escape), enter• Chat rooms, forums, virtual worlds• Virus, worm, trolls, flame• Windows, Apple

• MOBILE• Gig, hardware > fleshware (the people)

• i-everything: iPod, iPhone, iPad, iView, Youi

• Smart mobs, flashmobs, crowd sourcing• Word, Powerpoint, Excel • curation, port, resolution, screen time, wireless, tagging, etc• Creative Commons

CHANGING VOCABULARY• e-everything (email, ecommerce, e-health, e-democracy, ereaders, etc)

• Surf, Net, web, filter, save, install, programs, C-drive or D-drive and E and maybe F)• crop, bookmark, scan, cut, paste, copy, back-up, files, folders• Desktop, laptop, notebook• Keyboards: return, shift, control, tab, (go) home, esc (escape), enter• Chat rooms, forums, virtual worlds• Virus, worm, trolls, flame• Windows, Apple

• MOBILE• Gig, hardware > fleshware (the people)

• i-everything: iPod, iPhone, iPad, iView, Youi

• Smart mobs, flashmobs, crowd sourcing• Word, Powerpoint, Excel • curation, port, resolution, screen time, wireless, tagging,

(“and the WORD was made flesh and dwelt amongst us.”)

CHANGING VOCABULARY• e-everything (email, ecommerce, e-health, e-democracy, ereaders, e-living etc)

• Surf, Net, web, filter, save, install, programs, C-drive or D-drive and E and maybe F)• crop, bookmark, scan, cut, paste, copy, back-up, files, folders• Desktop, laptop, notebook• Keyboards: return, shift, control, tab, (go) home, esc (escape), enter• Chat rooms, forums, virtual worlds• Virus, worm, trolls, flame• Windows, Apple

• MOBILE• Gig, hardware > fleshware (the people)

• i-everything: iPod, iPhone, iPad, iView, Youi

• Smart mobs, flashmobs, crowd sourcing• Word, Powerpoint, Excel • curation, port, resolution, screen time, wireless, tagging, etc• Creative Commons >>>>>>

Creative Commons (CC)

from Jeffrey Beall at http://www.flickr.com/photos/denverjeffrey/301014978/

THE DARK SIDE OF THE INTERNET

CYBER –

• space, smart, safety • porn, sex, bullying, fraud, crime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI

CHANGING VOCABULARY

YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Fail Whale

NEW VOCABULARY - VERBS

• “IM me.” OR “Text me later.”• “Facebook me when you get home.”• “I tweeted about that last week.”• “Have you Skyped your son lately?”• You can now Photoshop an image.• “Have you Googled it?”

NEW VOCABULARY• Download software, upload files, boot up, netiquette, podcast• BYTES – kilo, mega, giga, tera......• 4 terabytes = a life!

• PROGRAMS: Twitter, Facebook, Google, Moodle, YouTube, Flickr

• Apps, Android, Kindle, avatar, blog, wiki, Twitter, tweet• Geeks, nerds• Social media, social networking, hashtags (eg #ALAevent)• Wifi, Hifi, lofi, hi res, lo res, pixels

• BRICKJUICING? BACKDOORING?

• Synchronous, asynchronous >>>>

Asynch

Synch

Oral Written

Spontaneous/Dialogue Spontaneous/Minimalist

More reflective; combination

of dialogue and monologue(eg podcasts)

Most structured form

ofcommunication

COMMUNICATION AXIS

Asynch

Synch

Oral Written

Spontaneous/DialogueSpontaneous/Minimalist

More Reflective; combination

of dialogue and monologue(eg podcasts)

Most structured form

ofcommunication

COMMUNICATION AXIS

NEW: Chat, SMS

TXTING: THE GR8 DB8T

SMS POETRY

his is r bunsn brnr bl%,his hair lyk fe filingsW/ac/dc going thru.I sit by him in kemistry, it splits my @omsWen he :-)s @ me

(most creative use of SMS prize in Guardian sponsored poetry

competition; quoted in Crystal)

SPELLING?

idea borrowed from Jonathan Finkelstein

SMS INFILTRATION

WTF?!

ABBREVIATIONS ARE NOTHING NEW

• RSVP, PTO, PO, BYO, AMDG, BC, AD, NB, DOA, MIA, viz

• STD, ISD• Academic: op cit, ibid, MA, B.Ed, etc

MULTILITERACIES

• What does it mean to be literate these days?• Digital, information, critical, media (can you

create video?) visual – infographics

From http://www.schrockguide.net/literacy-in-the-digital-age.html

MULTILITERACY(sometimes called Transliteracy)

• The ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media ... through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.

MULTILITERACY

Course: • http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com/w/pa

ge/10972799/FrontPage

Example:• Howard Rheingold -

http://www.screenr.com/rNl

FOLKSONOMY

• The world of tagging• Tag clouds• What gets ‘tagged’?

– Blogs– Photos– Videos– Links (Favourites, Bookmarks)– Events (#hashtags)

• Knowledge and information is being reorganised/recategorised according to your own personal ‘Dewey system’

TAG CLOUD FOR THIS PRESENTATION

Created with Wordle

FLICKR TAG CLOUD

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/tags/

MULTIPLE CHANNELS

• RESOURCE: Alone Together (Sherry Turkle)

Image courtesy of Alec Couros

What tool do you use to break up? Announce a

death?

CULT OR NORM?

CULT NORM

GARTNER HYPE CYCLE

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CULT OR NORM?

CULT NORM

GARTNER HYPE CYCLE

PokeTweetLOL }

??OBLIVION??

Images fromGallery of Modern ArtBrisbane

Michael Coghlanmichaelc@chariot.net.au