I really like how short and sweet the podcast was. I really enjoyed how Victoria started off with land acknowledgments and giving a bit of background of Indigenous culture and ideas. Using a podcast is a great use of technology to inform listeners. Podcast allow for anyone to listen to the audio at anytime. It is especially great during car drives or transiting from place to place as you are not distracted by attempting to read a text. I have only ever created one podcast and that was during my last term in the BEd program. My group would have an open conversation about a topic and then we would take turns in editing it down within the time limit we had. I sometimes get nervous during recordings and it can show in the tone of my voice. Victoria was very confident and her voice was very clear and concise.
I like how podcast can capture a whole conversation and listening to someone’s voice allows for listeners to determine the emotions and thoughts of the podcaster. Reading text doesn’t always capture the thoughts and emotions of someone. With our voice, we are able to control it in a way that showcases our thoughts and emotions on topics. People are able to capture it and relate to it. All the words that Victoria listed out are word that were ones I was thinking of as well. What I noticed is that the “main” definition of the words have been tech related. The secondary definitions listed are usually the ones of the past. It is really interesting to see how the definitions of words change and the slang that is used during certain time periods. It is interesting to see how language evolves. My one major question is: How does the evaluation of language become widespread? Who starts it? For example, Victoria mentioned the word “meme” was coined in the 1970’s and currently is used to describe pictures with text on it describing experiences. Who popularized the words “meme” in today’s context?