Comments for cheryl santa maria http://cherylsantamaria.com/blog Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on Discover New Music | The Daydream Club by Star Tune of the Week #12 « Sun Spark http://cherylsantamaria.com/blog/?p=2686&cpage=1#comment-1716 Star Tune of the Week #12 « Sun Spark Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:42:56 +0000 http://cherylsantamaria.com/blog/?p=2686#comment-1716 [...] Adam on the other hand knew music was a career he wanted to pursue from when he was a child, “‘I’ve been involved with music for as long as I can remember,” Adam says.  ”When I was about 9 or 10 years old my folks got me a micro-processor and I used to program backing tracks of my favourite songs … this gave me an understanding of lots of different instruments’” (http://cherylsantamaria.com). [...] [...] Adam on the other hand knew music was a career he wanted to pursue from when he was a child, “‘I’ve been involved with music for as long as I can remember,” Adam says.  ”When I was about 9 or 10 years old my folks got me a micro-processor and I used to program backing tracks of my favourite songs … this gave me an understanding of lots of different instruments’” (http://cherylsantamaria.com). [...]

]]> Comment on Why bandwagon activism is dangerous by cheryl http://cherylsantamaria.com/blog/?p=3336&cpage=1#comment-1683 cheryl Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:07:53 +0000 http://cherylsantamaria.com/blog/?p=3336#comment-1683 Hey Stacy! Thanks for stopping by ... how are you doing??? You raise a really good point, and yes - you're right. Social media is a great way to expose people to causes they may have missed otherwise. I guess the emphasis needs to be put on teaching people how to process the information. Sharing ideas is a powerful thing - even more so when people understand the concepts behind those ideas! Hey Stacy!

Thanks for stopping by … how are you doing???

You raise a really good point, and yes – you’re right. Social media is a great way to expose people to causes they may have missed otherwise.

I guess the emphasis needs to be put on teaching people how to process the information. Sharing ideas is a powerful thing – even more so when people understand the concepts behind those ideas!

]]> Comment on Why bandwagon activism is dangerous by Stacy Mitchell http://cherylsantamaria.com/blog/?p=3336&cpage=1#comment-1682 Stacy Mitchell Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:48:26 +0000 http://cherylsantamaria.com/blog/?p=3336#comment-1682 Hey Cheryl, Great article! I guess like anything there will always be good and bad with any new idea or technology. I think you make a great point that there are a lot of people that don't really know what they are supporting without doing some investigation into the cause itself and rely on a simple retweet as a form of that support. But, I also think that with regards to the Kony situation and the Liberation technique and many other situations to come that social media will expose people to causes, possible medical break-throughs, new ideas etc. that may not have been otherwise. Social media is a relatively new phenomena and with any new technology society has to figure things out to make it better. It will happen but it will take time. Hopefully this new way of communicating it will spark peoples interest enough to further research the cause they are posting or tweeting about. Hey Cheryl,

Great article! I guess like anything there will always be good and bad with any new idea or technology. I think you make a great point that there are a lot of people that don’t really know what they are supporting without doing some investigation into the cause itself and rely on a simple retweet as a form of that support. But, I also think that with regards to the Kony situation and the Liberation technique and many other situations to come that social media will expose people to causes, possible medical break-throughs, new ideas etc. that may not have been otherwise.

Social media is a relatively new phenomena and with any new technology society has to figure things out to make it better. It will happen but it will take time. Hopefully this new way of communicating it will spark peoples interest enough to further research the cause they are posting or tweeting about.

]]> Comment on Why bandwagon activism is dangerous by cheryl http://cherylsantamaria.com/blog/?p=3336&cpage=1#comment-1681 cheryl Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:22:40 +0000 http://cherylsantamaria.com/blog/?p=3336#comment-1681 Hi Jodi -- Thanks for stopping by. I completely agree. It's always been important to develop critical-thinking skills, but I would argue it's even more important now, in the advent of social media. I think people are generally aware that they should question advertising and other forms of media, but on social media those waters become muddied - largely because it's friends and family (and not large corporations) who are sharing the information. I also think people need to be made aware that social change doesn't happen by pressing "forward" - it actually requires some work. Yes - revolutions have happened thanks to the Internet, but the people who made that happen did more that write on a Facebook wall. They wrote letters. They took their message to the street - and they got involved. But I suppose that's a whole other can of worms. Hi Jodi — Thanks for stopping by.

I completely agree. It’s always been important to develop critical-thinking skills, but I would argue it’s even more important now, in the advent of social media.

I think people are generally aware that they should question advertising and other forms of media, but on social media those waters become muddied – largely because it’s friends and family (and not large corporations) who are sharing the information.

I also think people need to be made aware that social change doesn’t happen by pressing “forward” – it actually requires some work.

Yes – revolutions have happened thanks to the Internet, but the people who made that happen did more that write on a Facebook wall. They wrote letters. They took their message to the street – and they got involved.

But I suppose that’s a whole other can of worms.

]]> Comment on Why bandwagon activism is dangerous by Jodi http://cherylsantamaria.com/blog/?p=3336&cpage=1#comment-1680 Jodi Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:13:30 +0000 http://cherylsantamaria.com/blog/?p=3336#comment-1680 Great read. I truly agree with your views. I had to have a talk with my son about exactly this issue after one of his highschool teachers ordered "The Kony Kit" for the school's community service volunteers. Yes, it's great that children are willing to take a stand when they see something that's wrong. However, parents and teachers need to educate their children on how to research and form their own opinions instead of following like sheep. Facebook can communicate some great ideas to our youth but it can also be the perfect forum for brain-washing; especially for teenagers who are ready to be independent and not necessarily take their parents' word for things anymore. We need to teach our kids (and in this case, also their teachers) critical-thinking skills and show them that's it's okay to go against the flow if that's what they believe to be right. Great read. I truly agree with your views. I had to have a talk with my son about exactly this issue after one of his highschool teachers ordered “The Kony Kit” for the school’s community service volunteers. Yes, it’s great that children are willing to take a stand when they see something that’s wrong. However, parents and teachers need to educate their children on how to research and form their own opinions instead of following like sheep. Facebook can communicate some great ideas to our youth but it can also be the perfect forum for brain-washing; especially for teenagers who are ready to be independent and not necessarily take their parents’ word for things anymore. We need to teach our kids (and in this case, also their teachers) critical-thinking skills and show them that’s it’s okay to go against the flow if that’s what they believe to be right.

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