For our final, we are going to be giving a five minute TED talk. I am still not 100% sure what I am going to do yet but I think I am going to talk about how the webcam and programs like Skype are helping people to communicate with each other and how they are changing communications practices.
People usually stay in touch via phone, cell phone, chats, texts, emails, and social networking sites. While some of the aforementioned practices allow people to communicate in real time it is only the webcam that allows for both real time conversation and visualization. It is as if two people are standing in a room together having a conversation when in reality they could be on two different sides of the world.
In my speech I will talk about the benefits of the webcam, how it is different from the way people currently communicate, and how it could possibly be used it the future.
Hey, this sounds like a really cool topic...it's true that the webcam provides an "almost real" form of communication. I've used it in the past to talk to my sister, who goes to Richmond; my friend used it to communicate with her boyfriend who was living in Chile at the time. Seeing the person who you are talking to definitely makes a difference. I'm looking forward to your talk.
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