LifeStream Summary Week 10

Posted on November 28th, 2011 in Lifestream Summaries by Neil David Buchanan  Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

This week has really been about trying to come to terms with the concepts of PostHuman and, to a lesser extent, Cyborg.  The latter seems more easily grasped in and I’ve found current events stories online very useful in clarifying what the cyborg is.  For example, the creation of cyborg yeast and cyborg insects.  For [...]

LifeStream Summary 8 & 9

Posted on November 20th, 2011 in Lifestream Summaries by Neil David Buchanan  Tagged , , , , ,

As Carol observed in her blog, after the ethnography I felt like I could take some time to reflect on all that had taken place and the work that had been done. I worked hard on the ethnography because I loved the process and felt that I had achieved something. I also wanted to do [...]

LifeStream Summary Week 7

Posted on November 7th, 2011 in Lifestream Summaries by Neil David Buchanan  Tagged , , ,

This week has been one immersed in ethnography, both in the making and in the sharing.  I have enjoyed looking at everyone’s work and have got so much out of seeing the results of our readings and our attempts at creating an ethnography.  This has helped bring the LifeStream and the course itself alive for [...]

LifeStream Summary Week 6

Posted on November 1st, 2011 in Lifestream Summaries by Neil David Buchanan  Tagged , , , ,

For some reason, certain feeds stopped working on my LifeStream, namely YouTube and Delicious.  This meant I had to tinker with the settings.  This induced fear; fear of breaking something and not being able to get back my “stuff”.  After it was all sorted and the feeds were flowing again, I reflected on this aspect [...]

LifeStream Summary Week 5

Posted on October 24th, 2011 in Lifestream Summaries by Neil David Buchanan  Tagged , , , ,

This week I wanted my LifeStream to reflect what I actually do online rather than try to find things with which to fill it. As a language teacher, much of my online presence is occupied with finding resources, practice materials and classroom stimuli, so I wanted these to feed into my life as a student. [...]