...focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

well, yes obviously i'm not alone in thinking that this was a pretty darned good unit. the use of weblogs as part of our tutorials was something that encouraged my enrolment in the unit to begin with, i have a blog which some of you may have read and i thought it would be pretty cool to use them as a way to communicate with fellow students. and thankfuly it seemed to work! having the readings posted before the tute was helpful because the tutorial group knew the kind of argument that you would make and could prepare comments accordingly. it was also good to see people's different approaches taken in addressing the webliography questions and being able to give encouraging and perhaps even critical comments. the commenting function, and the mandatory comments meant that we were able to continue discussions after the tute. and even though we may not have used it to its full potential the fact that the option was there to post brilliant thoughts, clarify points or argue further when the tute was long over is useful in itself.

the infamous cyborg question...i was pretty against the whole "you're a cyborg" mentality right from the start. and i still don't really like it all that much. it's not because i don't agree that i am embedded in technology just that the word cyborg to me doesn't seem appropriate. maybe a word which has never had a hard core definition- a NEW word rather than a word which already has connotations attached to it. again i don't disagree that technology is a part of me and that i am a part of technology just that the word cyborg literally doesn't work for me as a definition. but as that is the only definition we were given the option of using, i am a cyborg- i admit defeat, you've broken me down, finally.

the course (though i'm sure this along with everyone elses comments will just be used to inflate tama's ego!)was different from anything i have ever done and many of the students i have spoken to agree that more discussion was stimulated in this unit that any other. ethics issues and debates on a range of topics were new and challenging. this unit certainly challenged the way i think about the future and "life" whether it be real, virtual or artificial. the guest lectures were relevant and extremely interesting. the multimedia and etc used was a great way to keep us awake and making the lecture not only educational but enjoyable. i could go on but it's only going to be more about how great i thought the unit was!!

p.s. i thought you guys in my tute group were wicked. there was always discussion and humour-a-plenty. i'm a better thinker for having listened to your opinions, it's a shame the tutes couldn't run for longer like the 8 point units used to do, i had so much fun with you guys! thanks guys and thanks tama for being so approachable and available for consultation, you're a wikid unit co-ordinator and awesome tutor, ok enough about you :)

p.p.s. cranium (wink wink orietta)

p.p.p.s. please don't mark me on my blogger grammar!