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Tag Archives: adora
Commentary on Multiliteracies
As I work through the modules and do the readings, I wondered what literacy actually encompasses. I am aware that the course is about literacy but one term has resonated in me: multiliteracy. “Multiliteracy” is a term that was devised … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary 2
Tagged adora, commentary_2, communication, Definition, digital, education, language, learning, literacy, literate, media, reading, technology, writing
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Modern English, Punctuation, and Word Separation
Introduction Thinking back to when I first learned to read in English, I was taught to read aloud. I was taught to sound out the words. While learning to read, I was also taught to write. It was imperative that … Continue reading
Posted in Research Paper
Tagged adora, english, grammar, history, language, punctuation, research_paper, scriptura_continua, words, writing
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Writing and Context
Reflecting on the readings of the first two modules, in particular Chapter 4 of Orality and Literacy, lead me to do a search in the Oxford English Dictionary for two words: write and writing. The entry for “write” categorized it … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary 1
Tagged adora, commentary 1, context, language, literacy, orality, phonetics, text, words
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Technology and Society
Being a Biologist, it is natural for me to wonder about the evolution of society and humans. Technology in all it’s forms has transformed the modern world. Information is being sent globally at extremely fast rates. More people communicate with … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged adora, education, images, information, language, media, messaging, technology, text, video
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Text as communication
We use the word “text” in many forms from referring to a book for a course with copious amounts of information to referring to “text” as a message sent between individuals. I found these two SMS poems on a site … Continue reading
Ancient Media
If text is the creation of something and closely related to technology, the photo of the Japanese characters used in a printing press brings the two together. Japanese kanji is an ancient form of the written word and the printing … Continue reading
Posted in Introductions
Tagged adora, creation, introduction, language, media, technology, text, words
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Commentary #3: Print in Cyberspace
As I surf the Internet and search for different things, such as recipes, fashion advice, and so forth, I have noticed that the Internet has a plethora of websites with very similar layouts and web addresses. The posts are in … Continue reading →