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Task The goal of this task was to create a game using Twine. Background Info: What is Twine? Twine is a free, open-source tool for creating interactive, nonlinear stories using hypertext links. It allows users to build “choose your own adventure” style games through text and hyperlinked navigation. No coding…

>> Click here for  Manouchehr’s post for Task 9  >> Click here for my post for Task 9 After reading Manouchehr’s post on Task 9, I was surprised to see that someone else had very similar rationale for choosing what 10 tracks to put on their Golden Record. In the…

Angela’s Manual Scripts and Potato Printing >> Click here for Angela’s post >> Click here for my original post I chose to reflect on Angela’s Task 4 – Manual Scripts and Potato Printing because the photo of her print immediately caught my eye. The backwards letters made me know I…

Instructions This assignment is to visit your colleagues’ webspaces to read, absorb, and ponder their engagement with the course and the means by which they display this engagement in comparison with your own. You will then choose 6 items from 6 different sites that link, in some way, to your…

Introduction In this assignment, I reflect on how the design choices in the game “User Inyerface” influenced my behaviour as a user and heightened my awareness of manipulative design practices in online spaces. The “Attention Economy” Digital platforms are constantly competing for our attention. The “attention economy” describes the ongoing,…

What is the Golden Record? Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched in 1977 and are currently the most distant human-made objects from Earth and the first to enter interstellar space. On board each Voyager is a Golden Record containing music, voice greetings, photos, as well as images etched onto…

Your browser does not support the video tag. If the animation doesn’t appear to be working, follow this link Introduction Writing today is increasingly transmodal – a process where different media such as text, sound, and image interact to create new forms of meaning (Murphy, 1969, as cited in New…

For Task 4, I selected the Potato Printing assignment, blending my love of crafts with coursework. I chose the word “IDEAS” as it reflects both what one could carry in a tote bag and what a sketchbook represents. Preparation Using supplies on hand, I gathered yellow and sweet potatoes, vintage…

What’s in my bag? My bag is a snapshot of my life in one photo: Deodorant Snack Tissues Daytimer (with many stickers) Notebook (for coaching volleyball) Extra battery charger Gum Advil Airpods (in a cute Shiba Inu case) Pencil case with a pen, mechanical pencil, a multicoloured pen, a sharpie,…