Monthly Archives: November 2012

Chinese Characters: From Icon to Symbol

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Adam Matthews

In oral cultures, physical records were limited to icons and other memory aids. Knots, poetic devices and mnemonics were used by story tellers and accountants to keep track of their daily needs.  (Ong, 2002) Icons eventually became symbols as rules … Continue reading →

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Lino

Posted on November 15, 2012 by smyers

As I had posted on the course site a few days ago that I was going to try using a bulletinboard web 2.0 tool. I opted for Lino. Here is mine of my boy Shylock. It was really fun. I can see using … Continue reading →

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Gliffy vs. Cmap

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Deborah S

For this exercise, I updated a flowchart that I had originally created using Cmap for an MET course I completed this past summer.  Please click here to view my flowchart. I have created flowcharts in the past using Visio, Vue … Continue reading →

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My Collection of Resources: LC2.ca and Diigo

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Christie Robertson

One of my current responsibilities in my job is to chair and write for our Learning Connections Blog.  Since one of our options for the Rip.Mix.Feed is to post a collection of resources, such as a blog, I thought it … Continue reading →

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PowerPoint vs. Gliffy

Posted on November 14, 2012 by murray12

Due to an overwhelming amount of printing inquiries at my school, I created a troubleshooting sign for my school using Powerpoint. Given the MET opportunity, I decided to recreate the same sign using Gliffy. After some initial trial and error … Continue reading →

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A new landscape.

Posted on November 13, 2012 by inscho

In his attempt to examine the changing landscape of representation and communication, Gunther Kress’s (2005) article titled, “Gains and losses: New forms of texts, knowledge and Learning” raises many discussion points that are helpful for analyzing this field.  His primary … Continue reading →

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Print versus Image: The Development of Multimodal Communication

Posted on November 11, 2012 by jjmh

In “Gains and losses: New forms of texts, knowledge, and learning,” Gunter Kress (2005) differentiates between the words ‘mode’ and ‘medium’ to describe the emergence multimodality in the 21st century. Kress (2005) believes that current semiotic transformations in the modes … Continue reading →

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Hypertext, a Hostile Takeover?

Posted on November 11, 2012 by kstackhouse

In his chapter “Hypertext and the Remediation of Print” Bolter (2001) contends that remediation is about redefining cultural perspectives (p.43).  The big question between hypertext and print becomes whether one is more real, authentic, and natural than the other (Bolter, … Continue reading →

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Technological vs Digital Literacy

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Kenton Hemsing

Ubiquitous access to learning material and information has changed how students learn in today’s schools. This access to new material and information has created a need for students and educators to adapt their literacy skills to accommodate not only the … Continue reading →

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Diversity and Education: The TCF Story

Posted on November 11, 2012 by sheza

The article, “A Pedagogy of Mutiliteracies: Designing Social Futures” by The New London Group begins with an analysis of the spheres of our working, public and private lives and how these changing realities are redefining the concept of literacy pedagogy. … Continue reading →

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