Linking week 12: Speculative Futures to Michael’s
Here is Michael’s link: https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540f2021/2021/11/20/task-12-speculative-futures/
My link: https://blogs.ubc.ca/54064c/2021/11/27/week-12-speculative-futures/
Of the two speculative features, we had one in common, surprisingly our scenarios for the future 2050 classroom learning had some similarities with how students will learn in the future. Michael also used a voice recorder like I did for his narration, that’s where I felt the connection. As it relates to differences, he used emoji to author his other speculative feature. This completely differed from mine because I used a digital story to show how students will be learning. However, I found Michael’s narratives on global language to be very interesting and creative, maybe it is the fact that we use emoji so often while using our cellphone in today’s society?
His post was straightforward and easy to navigate, his recording was professionally done and could appeal to any learner. This site provided a variety of authoring tools such as text, pictures, audio, and text.
Despite the minimal differences between our tasks, Michael’s task really did resonate with me as I could connect to the ideas and the global educational pedagogy through the universal language of emoji. He has proposed some very useful ideas!
Linking Week 11: Economy to Susana
Susana’s link : https://blogs.ubc.ca/createablog/2021/11/13/task-10-attention-economy/
My link: https://blogs.ubc.ca/54064c/2021/11/21/week-11-detain-release/
I could really relate to Susana when she said how “relieved” she was after exploring “user inyerface”. It took us both over fifteen minutes to complete the game when compared to other class members who took less than 10 minutes. It makes me wonder are they so smart? How is it possible to complete this evil game in under five minutes?
When she eventually came to terms with the game, she realized that she enjoyed it after she understood what it was about. Unfortunately, I did not share the same enthusiasm, I was not that excited about it because I felt I wasted a lot of time when the answers were right in front of me.
We were both annoyed by the popup boxes and shared similar sentiments on the strategies designers use algorithms to get people to click on ads using surveillance authoritarianism. The greatest takeaway from this activity is that we both received hands-on experience in this technical field of big data, along with gaining insight into the world of deception using dark patterns.
Susana’s post is simple and easy to navigate, she utilized a simple design from the blog post which focuses on well-written text.
Linking Task 8: The Golden Record to Christina’s
Christina: https://blogs.ubc.ca/chidalgo540blog/2021/10/23/task-8-the-golden-record/
My link: https://blogs.ubc.ca/54064c/2021/10/30/task-8/
I choose to link my assignment to Christina’s because we have no common curations in common, what I found interesting was that we both stated in our blogs that we wanted to select curations that are from different cultures. More specifically her focus was on vocals and instruments while I selected my curations from various genres.
She mentioned that there were some songs she was ‘uncomfortable’ with, I respect her decision. Personally, I appreciate all genres of music regardless of the language, instruments, or vocals used. I found that statement rather contradictory if she really wants to explore different cultures. While we may be ‘uncomfortable’ with how others perceive their own, we don’t always have to like it but be respectful of what is outside of our norm.
Her curation was simple and the blog space used was easy to navigate, however, she did not provide any links to her curated list.
Linking Task 7: Mode bending to Elizabeth
Elizabeth Link: https://blogs.ubc.ca/introspections/2021/10/25/mode-bending/
My link: https://blogs.ubc.ca/54064c/2021/10/24/task-7-mode-bending/
I chose Elizabeth’s mode bending task because we had so many differences in our presentation, one of the things that stood out to me was that she used both English and French to bring across the concept which is very interesting because she was not only appealing to one demographic. This can be applied to an educational setting where the teacher is using Universal Design for Learning framework to ensure all learners are reached.
Another difference that stood out was our web authoring tools, I used H5P authoring tools that included a combination of graphics videos, audio, pictures, and interactive content.
The authoring tool was completely different because my end-users could connect with my resource and get a score at the end of interacting with my content. She used labels and pictures along with the audio to bring her concept across. Elizabeth’s site was accessible in the context that she provided users who did not speak English to have access to French which I felt was very thoughtful. She also used audio, to support an audience who cannot see the contents she has in bag. In other words, her presentation was a true example of inclusion and accessibility when teaching a lesson.
The authoring tools Elizabeth used were pictures, speech to text, and voice recordings, she also added some changes to her image which gave it an extra appeal. She utilized the UBC blog to bring her concept across, a well-done presentation.
Linking Week 6: Megan Emoji story
Megan’s link: https://blogs.ubc.ca/mravenhill/2021/10/17/task-6-an-emoji-story/
My link: https://blogs.ubc.ca/54064c/2021/10/17/task-6-an-emoji-story/
I connected with Megan’s emoji story because both our scripts were four to five sentences, this is when I noticed that we both used emoji to represent two or more words and sometimes a phrase or a sentence. It was evident that we also used emojis to explain what the title of our movie is. Another similarity was that we both made a connection to the fact that the relationship between words and images is becoming increasingly unstable, and this instability is especially apparent in various popular forms of graphic (Bolter, 2001, p.4). This is so true because I honestly tried to review her emoji, but I had no idea what she was trying to say.
I also made a connection with how today’s generation are using a lot of emotional icons in expression. The shift sometimes limits our ability to construct a proper paragraph, especially in school-age children. Megan’s also suggested that as a millennial that’s mainly what she uses to communicate emotions and regularly uses them with her peers.
One of the differences was that she did not connect to any of the past readings to compare how far along we have come from the different modes of communicating (e.g., hieroglyphics, potato writing, ink pens, printing press).
Authoring: Megan’s blog was well laid out using text and pictures on the UBC blog site, it was very easy to follow and the images were pasted to a white background, so it was easy to read.
Linking Task 4: Potato printing to Grant
Grant’s Link: https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540dgm/2021/10/01/task-4-manual-scripts-and-potato-printing/
My link: https://blogs.ubc.ca/54064c/2021/10/03/task-4-potato/
I decided to link my assignment to Grant’s because it seemed we both had frustrating experiences with having to recarve our letters. It took us both over 30 minutes longer to complete the task. I had to recarve “L” while he did “N”. What I found most interesting is that he carved three letters together on the same potato! I could only do one and a time to make sure it was done properly.
My authoring tool was somewhat different because I used video to document the process. I really enjoyed the experience so I wanted to document the process so others could see how time-consuming the entire process was. It makes you appreciate all the accessible tools we have today.
We both made connections to the text about the mechanization of writing being a very time-consuming process compared to handwriting. Looking back at the printing press they had to determine how many pages the work would take, how many lines per page to determine the amount of paper to order (Richard, 1997, p.16).
Grant used paint and pictures to bring his point of view across in the UBC blog. His post was easy to use and he made connections to the text and compared how much we have evolved from prehistoric potato printing to today.
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