Digital Portfolio
About The Author:
Sawyer is a DTC major who wants to be involved with graphic design and marketing. He has always had a interest in technology and design so he felt that DTC 375 would be a interesting class for him. He wanted to learn more about digital technology since he works with technologies such as computers, video games, and Adobe products on a daily basis. Throughout the semester Sawyer learned a lot of new things, but the biggest for him was getting a new understanding of what a technology really is. Sawyer felt like he had a good understanding of what technology was and how it could be used. He thought technology was just anything having to do with being electronic or digital. But after going through the class and doing these historical analysis projects, he learned that technology can mean many different things. What Sawyer’s new understanding is, is that technology is any new tool that can be used to improve your way of doing something. DTC 375 has helped Sawyer get a better understanding of what technology is and he has found that to be very helpful considering he uses technology everyday. And this was one of the course outcomes that was expected, to learn a new meaning of technology. So through reading and discussing about those readings, Sawyer has accomplished that goal.
But that is just one of the goals he set out to complete that he actually completed. Sawyer also wanted to get a better idea of the cultural impact that certain technologies have had on the past and how they effected the future. He went about doing this by focusing on the historical parts of a technology to see the reason to which it was created and how it effect the current culture doing the time period it was created. After that he would talk about the history in a discussion post to get feedback and find relations to todays culture and how that technology was apart of making a change. Finding these connections from past to present really helped get a better understanding of the impact certain technologies. A reason he wanted to connect the past to present was because he had such a interest in digital technology and that knowing the history helps you have a better understanding of things. And DTC 375 has given him the chance to dive deeper into that.
The Past and Present of Train Technology:
The topic for this historical analysis was the creation and evolution of the locomotive technology. What I talked about was how and why trains were created and then worked up to how and why they are still used today. I chose this topic for my first historical analysis because the locomotive was a technology that completely changed the world of travel and is a technology that is still being used today, which a lot of technologies made before the 1900’s aren’t still being used. This historical analysis gives depth to the engines used in the first train, steam powered, and also the first ideas before the actual creation of the engines. There was so many different pieces that went into this technology, not just the physical train itself, but the railroad layout, design ideas, cost and prices. And all of this is covered in this analysis. In the end of the analysis I talk about the current state of trains and how that technology has continued to change the travel culture and how we can travel the world. Having this connection really helped me personally connect to trains more because I didn’t know how much of a impact the did and still do have.
How they came to be, Video Games:
In this historical analysis I go in depth on how video games came to be and how they created a new culture. This was a technology that people didn’t believe was possible and when it started, people didn’t believe in it. But now it is a billion dollar industry and will only continue to grow. In the analysis I talk more about the tech behind how the video games worked. Such as the computers that were used to develop the first games. And I talk about the cultural impact that these games would go on to have the world. These games created communities of people who enjoyed playing the games. Arcades became a thing because of these games and those arcades were a huge part in shifting culture inside communities. I really wanted to talk about this technology because it plays a big part in my life because I play a lot of video games and would enjoy working in that industry so I felt that talking about this technology was worth it. Also I think talking about technology that is still alive today is important because it is always good to know the history of these technologies.
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