Whitacre

When I first started watching Eric Whitacre and his successes in bringing a variety of people from all around the world together in an intangible place like the internet, I thought that there is no way for people to be ‘brought together’ by means of technological devices.  Computers, cellphones, and other technological advances have gotten the bad reputation of separating people from face to face communications from some who fear technology and the power that it can hold.  While some of this may be true, Whitacre illustrates the thought of what a positive effect technology and global communication can have on a single group of people, which has ultimately had an effect on the world.

I think the thought is beautiful.  Whitacre’s inspiration from the video of the young girl demonstrates what a powerful effect technology has within society today due to the fact that it can bring two people, who are at different ends of the earth, together.  The power of the performance of the 2,000+ people is impressive, but to hear the back story of how each video was submitted separately, at different times, and from different places and different people, creates a larger picture for the endless amount of possibilities that technology can bring to the world today.

Just like how this class is set up, although I have met only a couple of my classmates from this course in person, the personalized blogs allow for me to see, hear, and overall “meet” those who I am not familiar with thanks to blogs, discussions, and videos, generally, allowing us to sing in unison from around the country.