Comments on: Copy and Paste Literacy: Literacy Practices in the Production of a MySpace Profile – An Overview http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/dperkel/2006/08/01/copy-and-paste-literacy-literacy-practices-in-the-production-of-a-myspace-profile-an-overview/ A place to find Dan Perkel's stuff on the web Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:48:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Dan http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/dperkel/2006/08/01/copy-and-paste-literacy-literacy-practices-in-the-production-of-a-myspace-profile-an-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Dan Sat, 23 Sep 2006 11:36:34 +0000 http://dream.sims.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/wordpress/?p=21#comment-158 Nate, This is a great question and one that I have been grappling with a bit. I think all of your points are right on. I guess I was thinking about "learning" HTML and CSS as something more than just having some exposure, but really getting why you'd want to do things like separate the structure of a page and the style of page. The paper tries to get at this, but I can see where I am unclear. I do think that MySpace might be a great hook into this whole world of "coding" though, and you might be absolutely right. The fact that you made sure to mention "social community" is really important because it is the community that provides a lot of the incentives, the support, and the conventions that are a part of using these tools. On the topic of "learning to code" I guess I should say that I am a bit ambivalent at the moment with regard to MySpace. I hope that a lot more research will lead me to more concrete conclusions, but I assume that any conclusions will only come with a ton of new questions. Nate,
This is a great question and one that I have been grappling with a bit. I think all of your points are right on. I guess I was thinking about “learning” HTML and CSS as something more than just having some exposure, but really getting why you’d want to do things like separate the structure of a page and the style of page. The paper tries to get at this, but I can see where I am unclear.

I do think that MySpace might be a great hook into this whole world of “coding” though, and you might be absolutely right. The fact that you made sure to mention “social community” is really important because it is the community that provides a lot of the incentives, the support, and the conventions that are a part of using these tools.

On the topic of “learning to code” I guess I should say that I am a bit ambivalent at the moment with regard to MySpace. I hope that a lot more research will lead me to more concrete conclusions, but I assume that any conclusions will only come with a ton of new questions.

]]> By: Nathan P. http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/dperkel/2006/08/01/copy-and-paste-literacy-literacy-practices-in-the-production-of-a-myspace-profile-an-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Nathan P. Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:00:12 +0000 http://dream.sims.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/wordpress/?p=21#comment-157 When you mention that MySpace might not be the ideal environment for learning HTML and CSS styles, why might this be? If I had an outlet like that when I was at that age, I would have a much better grasp of that particular type of language at this current age. Isn't there something to be said that a good amount of today's younger generation (that has access to computers and online communities like MySpace) will have basic proficiency in these languages rather than none? I know maybe 1-2 friends out of my entire social network that know how to code anything, let alone HTML or CSS. I've had to learn these skills as the needs of business demands. With a social community built around MySpace, leaning the necessary languages at a young age has got to be very attractive. -Cuz When you mention that MySpace might not be the ideal environment for learning HTML and CSS styles, why might this be? If I had an outlet like that when I was at that age, I would have a much better grasp of that particular type of language at this current age. Isn’t there something to be said that a good amount of today’s younger generation (that has access to computers and online communities like MySpace) will have basic proficiency in these languages rather than none? I know maybe 1-2 friends out of my entire social network that know how to code anything, let alone HTML or CSS. I’ve had to learn these skills as the needs of business demands. With a social community built around MySpace, leaning the necessary languages at a young age has got to be very attractive.

-Cuz

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