Evelyne Tsang
A3 – Intranet for Digital Citizenship
My mobile forecast lies in the use of existing technology to create a digital citizenship scaffold. This is a place where students and their families practice digital citizenship competencies together. The idea is to develop good digital habits within an intermediate intranet stage before graduating onto the internet. The subject of digital privacy and fake […]
UBC Library Access and RefWorks
The UBC Library has extensions to facilitate scholarly research. UBC Library Access offers a shortcut link to read the full document, and RefWorks provides a useful online site for storage and citation of research material.
aCe for Accessibility
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) documents are a resource for web developers to design a site that is accessible to people with disabilities. Created in 1999, version 2.2 is scheduled to come out in 2021. Many thanks to Ben Zaporozan for introducing me to the WCAG standards! In the United States, digital accessibility is […]
Influencer Impact
How real is the internet? Based on what they see online, real people are being influenced on their everyday choices. Influencers are people -and their pets– who tend to be passionate about a subject, and whose posts inspire a lifestyle or promote a product, often with a brand sponsorship. This new form of word-of-mouth […]
A1 – Citizen Science at a Glance
What do you do in your free time?
a) Read…
b) Watch movies…
c) Chat…
d) Play video games…
If you selected any of the above, then you are perfect as a participant for Citizen Science!
What you need is what you’ve got
Hommage to what is now taken for granted on a mobile phone.
Science Literacy with Citizen Science
Look, listen, and record. It is by filling in a form that you can help fill up the databanks of various scientific research studies. Called citizen science, participation in gathering data or analyzing results can help move large-scale research forward at a quicker rate. Studies examining the benefits of citizen scientist participation revealed a positive […]
Meet Libby
Libraries are meant for sharing public knowledge, and Libby is an app that facilitates access to digitalized libraries across Android and Apple devices.
StoryToGo
Storytelling is a form of teaching. Fellow MET student Erica Hargreave partnered with Lori Yearwood and Kevin Ribble to create a community site with stories in all spectra of media. Called StoryToGo, the vlog, monthly magazine, and stories now have an accompanying site called StoryToGo classroom and a Facebook group. Aside from being a great […]
I don’t do DATA
I wish to use this mobile device for short-duration telephone calls or text communications, and as a student I also use it as a notepad and textbook.