Thisismoody's Reflective Final Public Writing Project

Beginning with idea that Jetsonia was centered around the future, our goals were to make a society where everything is three or four times better within the realm of digital citizenship. If our motto hadn’t stated verbatim that “the future unites us all,” then I think our utopia wouldn’t be a utopia at all. We had to think realistically, and consider that too much individualism (mentioned in a few blogs) would stir too much chaos in a perfect utopia. By enforcing a set of given laws and regulations, our people would prosper in digital literacy, train themselves for real-life careers (in relation to digital access), and most importantly, understand digital etiquette and communication so that our society may advance appropriately.
My contributions in the composition came from all different angles. Outside of the individual day entry posts and invitation letter I created the seal description, the advertisement video, collaborated on the proclamation statement and rules and regulations in class. Plus we all did our own editorial revisions of the proclamation statement and daily itinerary. There were a slew of key terms and concepts that I made up throughout the blog experiment. Just a few of them were technological devices (like guilt-a-meters), Non-Technologicians (Jetsonian people who hate technology), terminals (criminals who have committed technological crimes), and Flintstonia (the society where Jetsonians are taking to when violating laws).
I think with the development of Flintstonia, it definitely sent out that message that we were serious about restricting unlawful and unnecessary conduct. Our ideas for a perfect educational system also set the tone about how we determine their future, by evaluating students experience on the computer and on the Internet. MayBe’s (the blogger) response, showed confusion in how much privacy she would be allowed to have in digital access, and wondered who exactly would be able to participate in technological activities. Her main concern related to our theory on mind erasing Earthlings, when they first enter our society. She believed that this took away from fixing problems, but rather ignoring it, when this is our solution to eliminating violence period. By using mind erasing tools, if a Jetsonian should ever rebel against technology (such as a Non-Technologician would) then they would just protest and vandalize by any technological means, and never elevate to violence as an option. My explanation should’ve defined how this functions, keeping the citizen from ever going that route.
I think when the idea for Flintstonia developed it got the group thinking on the same page. Once we figured that Flintstonia was a better alternate than serving a jail/prison sentence, it got our creative minds in working order. If I could change anything, I wish that the whole group could’ve met up at least once as a collective whole outside of class, but we couldn’t due to scheduling differences. I wish we would’ve had our presentation written within the blog, rather than on a Powerpoint. Plus, I would’ve liked some input on the video with other members when writing the text segments in between the pictures and video.
What I liked most about the process was that we were basically free to go anywhere with our assignment, as long as in stayed within the lines of digital citizenship. I think our most difficult task was not so much a task, but actually getting the comments section up on our blog. If it wasn’t for FABunny’s prior blogging experience with her personal blog In the Bunny Kitchen, then we probably wouldn’t have been able to get it up. For me though, I was the responsible group leader, so inside and outside of the classroom I took lead in getting the group organized, in order for assignments to be completed on time. Either once or twice a week, I would contact my members, either through e-mail or by phone to make sure that we were on the same pace. I consider CSKennedy as my co-leader because if I was busy or couldn’t reach another member, he would take charge of the situation. Plus, his blog posts and mine meshed well together, or if we traded ideas we would elaborate them.
The only obstacle I faced was trying to come up with the itinerary assignment. I had brainstormed all of these ideas, but none of them really matched up with daily itinerary. After CSKennedy had set a layout, we were able to pay more attention to the detail in our editorials itinerary revisions. It was easy to come up with inventive material, but sometimes it couldn’t be too different because I still had to pay close attention to what my other group members were writing. Overall, I believe our group deserves an “A” because every member dedicated enough time and effort to creating a unique society that’s out of this world, in comparison to anything on this planet. Thanks to my members CSKennedy, SmarterthanOdysseus and FABunny, I may challenge myself at creating my own personal blog of some sort.