Impacts of CSCL 3331.1

I really enjoyed this class as I do all CSCL classes. It's always so interesting to study the complex components of culture, but it's even more intriguing when it's compared and/or correlated with science. This is what I particularly appreciated when I consider the benefits of this class. The intervention project took this concept t0 even a higher level. It's so important to recognize the concept of hybridization within our lives. It encourages us to not only acknowledge, but understand the fact that issues within our lives have to be considered and viewed from a multi-dimensional point of view. I will admit that this class exposed me to such a diverse way of thinking. It allows you to see the world in such a different light.


This class really gave an insightful perspective of how our society longs to quantify and categorize everything into it's own little place, whether it be by race, gender, image, disorder, IQ, etc...I think that it's important that we don't get caught up in such a black and white way of thinking when we live in such a gray world. Even if it's continually stressed that there is only 2 sexes, we must learn to acknowledge and accept the possibility of the in-between. Nothing is concrete or promised, the world is constantly changing around us.


The poster project did a great job of illustrating all the diverse components within our world. It was so interesting to observe how groups were able to descend to a deeper level of thought and really analyze why and how are society has gotten to where it is today; there always is a process, its just easier to acknowledge the result instead. The posters were really successful in conveying the idea that culture and science are actually more closely related then one would think.
They are actually dependent upon each other, and that's why it's so imperative that we recognize, acknowledge, and consider this notion when it comes to everything we do, value, or approve of. And just like our poster of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch attempted to convey: the accumulation of LITTLE, less noticeable things can have a HUGE impact on not only our lives, but the entire world; so consider and weigh ALL the options with an open-mind because our perception is just ONE out of a billion realities that our universe is composed of.