Sunday, March 27, 2011

Creativity

New media is an essential part of today's world of technology. Critical thinking is an important skill to have as we are facing with challenging problems and issues everyday. With the risings of new media such us online publications, blogs, web designs, etc..., many are inspired to rethink, redesign and refine ourselves to find new ideas and new ways to succeed. New media fosters creativity in a way of helping people understand and connect with others. It is also the idea of trying to create new and better ways to work around these new media technologies. Other than that, when children are exposed to new media at an earlier age, it helps them express themselves better when develop a sense of technological literacy. For example, there are tons of applications out there that can foster creativity. For children, they can learn from varieties of new media such as creative art or music project. Learning and applying these digital technology can further one's knowledge. Thus, when technology lives up to its full potential and advantages when we approach it creatively. In the article, The new math of mashups, Mashups is able to find a way of using new media technology to help better compose music. The software app, Acid Pro, helped him to puts loops of different songs both in time and in tone with each other. Many of these technologies first started out with nothing but one's imagination. With the user's contribution and creation as well as the help of new media, it maximizes one knowledge and creativity.  New media is a framework for a user to fill in its contents with one's inspiration. These new media such as web page designers, game creators, 3D designers, music industry, when use differently, varieties of results hidden can be discover by different users. Some of the digital media foster creativity are programming, game design, arts and crafts, literacy and a great deal of others of communication tools enhances one's imagination and insights. The growing number of digital media aspires people creative opportunities and a platform to discover different activities never been before the rises of new media.

1 comment:

  1. I also looked at the mashup articles and found a few good songs on youtube. Did you find any youself?

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