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Mode / Content / Meaning = Technology / Text / Literacy

Posted on December 6, 2012 by awhetter

At the great risk of oversimplifying everything we’ve learned, I am taking away from this course the idea that: Technology = Mode/Medium Text = Content Literacy = Ability or process of creating meaning from the technology/text (or mode/content) I tried … Continue reading →

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Some final thoughts on 540

Posted on December 4, 2012 by smyers

When I started this course I believed I would have an upper hand in relating to the material, having a background in English language and literature. While reading Walter Ong’s Orality and Literacy I quickly realized that was not to … Continue reading →

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Living Fabric

Posted on December 3, 2012 by mcquaid

Like my thoughts on remediation earlier on, I have been wrestling with what to say here to sum things up / make connections. I’ve known the essence of what I want to say for a while, but with others’ great, … Continue reading →

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A Summary with Selected Readings

Posted on December 2, 2012 by ddubien

In this post, I’m going to summarize the topics we covered in the course, going by module and referring to other posts on this blog. Module 1: Introductions and Defining Terms We started off by explaining what the terms text … Continue reading →

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Connections

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Adam Matthews

The blog in this course provides an interesting timeline of understanding. A way to know in what ways we’ve changed over this short period of time. The first posts I made were rather nerve wracking as others have stated. For … Continue reading →

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Connections: From Papyrus to Blog Post

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Meggan Crawford

Throughout the course my focus has been upon the impact that the evolution of text has had upon my work, my world, and myself.  In looking at the development within the realm of text, however, I have not simply gathered … Continue reading →

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Making Connections

Posted on December 2, 2012 by jkendell

Hi all I just had a few things to share for this last assignment.  First off I wanted to thank everyone for their commitment to the course this term.  I am sure that we are all in the same boat … Continue reading →

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Making Connections

Posted on December 2, 2012 by kymfrancis

When we first began this course, I was uncertain. It seems that is a natural progression throughout the MET program; each course is a new adventure. Looking back on the readings and assignments we have completed, it is impressive how … Continue reading →

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Connections Collage

Posted on December 2, 2012 by sheza

As I thought of how best to make connections between the wealth of ideas explored in ETEC540, I realized I now had a variety of media to choose from to complete this task, many that were introduced to me through … Continue reading →

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A Community of Connections

Posted on December 1, 2012 by jmah

It has taken me some time to write this culminating and concluding weblog post. In our preceding readings we have been exploring how written languages have been in a constant state of change. Developed through our readings with Ong (2002), … Continue reading →

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