What I Heard in the Telephone Game: "Thinking Critically about the Bolter Text"
The lay out of the Prezi was a dark blue background with white text. There was one YouTube video that was a satirical look at hypertexts. The text was all bullets points with many direct quotations from "Writing Space" by Bolter. One huge strength in this prezi was the real examples of web pages that had hypertext. Showing these examples from the actual websites "Wikipedia" and "ebay" really showed what hypertexts look like within real web pages. A second huge strength was that the presenters used so many direct quotes from the chapter. These quotations made the text come alive for audience and made them focus on how the presentation directly related to the text. It also showed that the presenters really read the chapter and analyzed it. This was impressive. Lastly, the prezi was organized very well and it “flowed” very nicely. One weakness of the"prezi" was that there were spelling mistakes! For a presentation on hypertext and the advantages of technology, it was annoying that some words were spelled wrong! The Internet can help correct spelling and it was not utilized fully. Another weakness was that the presenters were sometimes unprofessional while presenting. It was distracting and made the audience not fully focus on the information being presented.
The point of Chapter 3 of “Writing Space by J. David Bolter, "Hypertext and the Remediation of Hypertext" was to discuss what hypertext is, the existence of hypertext and the difference between hypertext and regular text. The presenter’s describes hypertext as being a link on a webpage that can create relationships between different things. Hypertext creates a network. It can take the reader on a path, from one idea to another. This presentation also contrasted books and web pages. Books give the reader control, but not as much imagination. Hypertext can enhance the imagination and overall experience for the reader. This chapter highlights the importance of hypertexts.
Can there be hypertext within books? (Not just in the index of the book or in "Make Your Own Adventure" books, but actually within the writing in the book like you would see within a web page.) Is hypertext easier or more challenging than regular text? How is hypertext a path when it really can take the reader in so many different non-sequential directions? Can hypertext be more effective to proving arguments than regular text? What can hypertexts do that books cannot? Does hypertext or books give the reader more control?
I don't think there can be hypertext within books. When I see or think of "hypertext", I assume that there is a way for me to get to another space or another example. In written books, you have the text, and you have whatever visuals that may be included, but nothing else. Hypertext is a link to something else to enhance your learning or second what you are reading, so I don't believe hypertexts can be found in classic paper books.
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