My Task 7 and Task 7 by Cody Peters
For this task, Cody and I chose very different tools to mode-bend our original “What’s in my bag?” image from Task 1. Whereas I decided to use genially to provide audio and hyperlinks in my mode-bending, Cody vocalized his task through a Spotify podcast. By giving us a sound sample of the bag itself, we can further visualize the bag itself, and the additional details provided for certain contents in the bag, as well as the manner in which Cody describes them, makes everything feel more real to the listener. In retrospect, I feel like I could have discussed and described the contents of my bag in more detail by providing more background information and reasoning as to why the items were in my bag.
Another key difference in our tasks is how accessible the content is to anyone viewing the post itself. For my Task 7, since the genially URL was inserted directly in the “Add Media” part of my post, the “mode-bending” can be seen right away when visiting my webspace; in Cody’s case, the reader has to click the link provided before they can hear the podcast–an extra, but not too troublesome, step. However, in order to access the links to the items in my bag, the reader does have to Ctrl-left click the blue icons.
Finally, I believe that creating a podcast is probably more time-consuming and needs more effort than what I did to mode-bend. It was fairly easy to use genially and only took me one day to complete this task. All I had to do was record myself reading the descriptions of the items, find web page links, and put those all together. For a podcast, the creator needs to think of a script/what they’re going to say, find or create an intro and outro, and make sure their recording equipment is good enough to ensure smooth listening. That being said, I am definitely considering making a podcast for my final project in this course!
References
Canadian Cultist. (Host). (2023, October 21). Task [7.5] What’s In My Bag? [Audio podcast episode]. In ETEC 540. Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xz9gUcXaMOpjCzJlnMH0c?si=cqTt5FnYT1e-yGfKjS_89w
Huang, D. (2023, October 23). Task 8: Golden Record Curation — Didy’s Webspace. https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540ddhng/2023/10/23/task-7-mode-bending/
Peters, C. (2023, October 20). Task [7.5] What’s In My Bag 2: the Vocalized Boogaloo | etec 540 cody peters blog. https://blogs.ubc.ca/codyp540/2023/10/20/task-7-5-whats-in-my-bag-2-the-vocalized-boogaloo/