Roy Christopher Presentation Notes

Today in class we had the opportunity to talk to Roy Christopher and these are some of the points that stood out to me.

-Analog vs Digital~ we aren't "naturally" digital even though we have grown up in a digital age, we are a mixture of both.
-Remix/Mash-up Culture~ internet history has pieces of hip-hop culture, where you take some of this and some of that and put it together to remix it and create something even better.
-Analog Scaffolding- learn the ideas and the process of something before going completely digital so that you are aware of the basis of something and the main concepts.
-Participate- program or be programmed, the more you know about how things work the sooner you can reach digital maturity.
-There is an "at home" aspect of the computer that won't go away.
-Digital natives may be able to squeeze out the analog eventually.
-Older generations don't trust youth with technology or new things, when they should stop worrying and trust us.
-People know the difference between what type of language to use, like texting abbreviations vs formal writing.
-You can create your own new identity online.
-Multi-tasking is a myth, the more you divide your focus the more you lose quality.
-DIY aspect~ huge part of the web and the future, we must create our own opportunities.
-The end is up to us.
-You don't have to adapt if you don't want to.
-There is no technological end.