“Literature makes us work so much harder because readers need to construct everything about the fictional world in their imagination” (Dunne & Raby, 2013, p. 75). I tried very hard to craft two short stories for this assignment, but since this was my first attempt at creative writing, it didn’t go so well. Maybe one […]
Click on the tweet below to see the full thread. The following set of tweets is an assignment for ETEC 540 Task 11: Algorithms of Predictive Text. ???? ???? #UBCMET #edtech — Mark Pepe (@MarkMPepe) July 25, 2022 For this task, I had an expectation of stringing a set of words to form a coherent […]
When Beethoven was alive, I don’t think he knew that his music would broadcasted across space via radio waves and a golden disc. This networking task demonstrates that Beethoven is the most popular composer on Voyager’s Golden Disc, or is he? I first took at look at Group B. Specifically, the targets (pieces of music) […]
My strategy to curate was to find pieces that contain an obvious example of the universality of musical elements tempo, dynamics, harmony, melody, and texture. Obviously, all the pieces on voyager contain them, but I tried to pick the ones where those elements were most present and where I could make connections between those pieces […]
The ETEC 540 Podcast with Mark Pepe The 2022 edition of What’s in my bag? For this weeks task, I decided to create a podcast in the style of the tech reviewer and lifestyle YouTuber Justine Tse. He has many videos about the tech contents in bags: What’s in my School Tech Backpack being an […]
I thought the best way to explain the plot of this TV episode was to express ideas, though I tried using syllables just for the name of the TV show. I started with a syllabic visuals for the title of the show because I thought that would be the best way to understand the ideas […]
I created a walking tour of the city of Florence, Italy. Firenze, in Italian. It is also my favourite city in the world. I used Twine to create a walking tour of a few points of interest as well as introducing some of its famous inhabitants. I went to Florence to study Italian and to visit the […]
I have to admit that I did not reach the expected 500 word limit because my hand started to cramp. That goes to show that I definitely do not write by hand nearly enough, or long enough. When I do, it’s to jot down notes into my notebook, or in the margins of my printed […]
For this assignment, I used the dictation feature in Apple Notes. I am telling a brief story of a weekend trip to Washington, DC to visit my friend and watch the musical Hairspray. About a month ago I went to Washington DC I went to visit my friend Peter who is a guitar player for […]
Hi everyone, my name is Mark Pepe. I was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. I have been teaching elementary music for the past seven years, but this year I have begun teaching modern languages in high school. I am currently teaching Italian, I also taught French last year, and one unit in every […]