Category Archives: Text

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A short passage that sheds light on ‘Text’

Posted on September 12, 2012 by mckay

“Text is written authority” I think that this simple statement, taken from our own module referring it the Modern Usage of text, touches on my own attitude about text. Prior to getting started in this course I was quite unsure … Continue reading →

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the text-ure of language

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Sheila

I love this picture – it speaks about the ancient roots of the word “text’ and its entanglement with texture, technology, techne….the history is always there: “concepts have a way of carrying their etymologies with them forever.” (Ong p.11). There … Continue reading →

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A Message to Share.

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Sarah Richer

Ahoy! Ahoy!  The term text in my opinion is limitless.  A place where the reader, the writer and the speaker can meet.  A circle of definitions that in fact all lead to the same idea.  I decided to use wordle … Continue reading →

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What Text Means to Me

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Deborah S

I am very interested in etymology and have incorporated the origin of the word text from its French and Latin roots. I chose to represent text as a Wordle using keywords obtained from a number of different sources. My description … Continue reading →

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Writing looks different but it still has meaning

Posted on September 11, 2012 by kstackhouse

When thinking about the word Text and the definitions we have reviewed a few things kept resonating with me. The idea that a text is something that is created and has substance (texture) meant that texts in the past and … Continue reading →

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Text – A personal understanding

Posted on September 11, 2012 by deannas

I have created the above image to represent my new understanding of text. I translated the simple word ‘text’ into many different languages including Morse code and braille. I believe text to be the use of symbols to provide communication. … Continue reading →

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George Orwell, Ted Hughes, and Writing

Posted on September 10, 2012 by cmck

This is an excerpt from George Orwell’s “Why I Write”: Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by … Continue reading →

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Orality and Text

Posted on September 10, 2012 by smyers

“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.” ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Reading Walter J. Ong’s Orality and Literacy … Continue reading →

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Andrew Murray – Back To School

Posted on September 10, 2012 by murray12

The comic above really speaks to my first few days at work this school year and to some of the tones towards writing and technology that I have experienced in ETEC 540 so far. New technological advances come with loses and … Continue reading →

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Hall of Records

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Adam Matthews

This is nothing like the image I wanted. The image I wanted had two major parts. A man and a commodity. As it was, that commodity was a record or record store bag containing vinyl records. I am somewhat caught … Continue reading →

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