Category: ETEC540

    For this assignment, I reflected on Boroditsky’s (2017) talk, the power of language in our society, and how I use language in my part-time role as a high school volleyball coach. As a monolingual speaker, I don’t have multiple languages to draw examples from, so I turned to…

  ** Adrianne’s original post can be found here: https://blogs.ubc.ca/akraft/2025/11/16/text-to-image/ For this linking assignment, I reflected on Adrianne’s post and their “Studio Ghibli-style” text to image prompt. Adrianne used the prompt in Microsoft Copilot: “Create an image of an inclusive makerspace in studio Ghibli style.” The resulting image was surprisingly…

Prompt for Microsoft Copilot: “In approximately 500 words, describe or narrate a scenario about a building found a century into a future in which order is deliberately coordinated or imposed. Your description should address issues related to family and elicit feelings of excitement.” Response from Microsoft Copilot: The Harmonium Spire:…

  See Full Text Conversations here:  Experiment 1: Text to Infographics Experiment 2: Text to Photos Introduction  This week in ETEC 540 we learned all about algorithms and discussed some technological applications (such as generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) and text-to-image generative models) that are central to the debates about technology…

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,…