Week 3 Reflection

Tuesday was my first time in this class and I learned a lot. It was interesting seeing how much people can talk about restrooms and it was fascinating how the public spaces are formed for a certain goal. Public spaces could differ through cities and cultures. The idea of libraries expanding from a place to gain knowledge from books to becoming a gathering ground in which knowledge comes from the community was very interesting to me. Thursday showed me how much one technology can be used and how the purpose of the technology is stable yet constantly shifting. Speaking on the topic of blackboard, the hidden features in blackboard were interesting and something I can look into, but while listening to the analysis, it made me think about the features and the people who are designing it. The bridge between users and producers seemed to get smaller as users and producers work together to create a technology beneficial to the market.