Turkle and Wesch

Sherry Turtle argues in her ted talk that people want to b able to customize their lives be present together in one place while also be present somewhere else. "Control where they put their attention" This observation Turtle points out made me think of Wesch, that "attention" to me is the drive Wesch is hoping for his students. If you are putting all your attention in something you'll be more likely to keep asking questions. "Good questions are the driving force of critical and creative thinking and therefore one of
the best indicators of significant learning." (Wesch pg 5.) People tune in when its something that interest is something both say in one way or another. It goes done to, are they inspired to keep going, ask question bring more meaning to what they are learning.

I feel Turtle and Wesch could be allies in this discussion of new media but Sherry Turtle said that people give up real conversations so they can be connected to more and more places. She argues they by doing this we lack "capacity of self reflection" and "We expect more of technology and less from each other". This were I believe Wesch would say the wouldn't matter if it was in person or online if the drive is there and they feel inspired their ability to self reflect shouldn't decrease just because one is connected in multiple places. If anything, that multiple connection can spark that interest in other places. Turtle talked about the Goldilocks effect, not too much, not too little, Just right. In technology people tune in the interesting part and dismiss the "boring" parts if you miss out on the over arch of the real conversations. Just like I am sure students in Wesch 500+ lecture hall are emailing on their laptop, playing with their phone, or involved with other tech that they only tune in to his conversation when its interesting to them or the might miss it completely because they "digitally" somewhere else.

I'm taking the idea of the Turkle and Wesch, and trying to find the happy medium of the two (Goldilocks effect again) and what makes sense for both to give learning together the focus it deserves.