Although I was initially confused about the application and meaning of Wednesday’s activity, I am now intrigued by the message the activity conveyed. On Wednesday, our section, along with all of the other FYS Digital Media sections, was asked to change into different colored t-shirts. On the front of the shirts was a number and on the back was a letter. Upon changing into the shirts, we were asked to perform a variety of tasks. These tasks ranged from dividing ourselves into groups with the same color t-shirts, lining up in numerical order, creating a letter with the group, creating a dinosaur with the group, to creating words by using the letters on the backs of our shirts. Through this experimental procedure, I not only realized the range of relationships we have with one another, but also how our actions stimulate specific reactions. These specific tasks forced us to work as a whole, thus exhibiting emergent behavior. When given the task to create a dinosaur, the group was forced to work as an entirety. Based upon experimental behavior, everyone moved around in order to form a somewhat dinosaur like figure, thus contributing to the group. Those these interactions were based in simplicity, the outcome created a great affect. Emergent Behavior can be exhibited in a community of people trying to accomplish a task, in nature, such as a colony of ants working together, or even online. Although we are one separate entity, we have the opportunity to collaborate and unite online. One example is through the simple idea of sending and receiving e-mails. When we send an e-mail, we wish to connect with that singular entity. That entity can even chose to forward that e-mail, thus connecting with another singular entity, thus creating a larger group, ultimately establishing a community of sorts.
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