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Monthly Archives: September 2012
The Trabi
This is a picture of the infamous East German innovation known as the Trabant – affectionately referred to as the Trabi. I chose this image as a representation of one of the themes we have already explored in this course … Continue reading
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The Phaistos Disc
The Phaistos Disc, to this day remains a mystery for most scholars and is undeciphered. To me, it is an example of the complexity of communication and how difficult it can be between future civilizations. I feel that this represents … Continue reading
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The printing press’ new status
I have a friend whose grandfather owns a classic model car. It is a beautiful car. According to Hugo (my friend’s grandfather) it looks and works exactly the same it used to forty-some years ago. So, it’s slow, it has … Continue reading
“A recollection of Memory”
The Voyager Golden Records contain sounds and images that were selected to inform and educate extraterrestrial beings, or possibly our future human selves, about what life on Earth is/was, insofar as it could be summarized and encapsulated, bounded by the … Continue reading
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The very first custom typeface
What would you do if you are the emperor of a territory so big that includes almost all Europe in 800 a.c. and you want to give all this people something in common? You design a typeface. Page of text … Continue reading
Jeremy Inscho – Social Spaces of Text Technologies
Greetings colleagues! It’s great to be back at it with all of you. What a week it has been trying to get started up again back at work in a new school, getting my oldest child started in kindergarten and … Continue reading
The elephant in the…
To increase reader suspense: first… a bit about myself. I live on PEI (as an island-dweller, I think it’s OK to say on rather than in) with my wife who’s also a teacher, our perfect little 14-month-old boy, Charlie, and … Continue reading
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Ask the kids!
My name is Jessica Hall and I am a French Immersion teacher in West Vancouver. I currently teach grade 3 at a small community-based school. This is my 7th MET course (including my two elective courses). With every MET course … Continue reading
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My Name is Milena, and this is my 5th MET course. I am also taking ETEC 565 this term. I live in Montreal, Quebec, and I’m an elementary school teacher. This year I’m teaching Art to grades 1 through 6. … Continue reading
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Books: old vs new
Hi everyone, I chose to use a picture of the stack of books beside my bed. I used to read one book at a time, thoroughly, but now I usually have 3-4 on the go. Is that because my reading patterns have simply … Continue reading
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