{"id":293,"date":"2015-05-12T11:54:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T18:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/?p=293"},"modified":"2015-05-12T11:54:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T18:54:06","slug":"introductions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/2015\/05\/12\/introductions\/","title":{"rendered":"Introductions"},"content":{"rendered":"

I chose this image because when prompted to think of a photo taken around text this image came to mind. It was taken last summer at my family cottage after our wedding. My husband and I got married in Whistler but had a big family party in Kingston and wanted to finish our Thank you cards before flying to Bristol for a final wedding party (international couple – first world problem!). We were gifted with a cool, rainy day, not very common at the cottage in the summer, and set to work, writing out as many as we could! We took the time to hand stamp each card and were pleased to be getting something done, after months of planning had paid off and we were thankful for our wonderful families who had celebrated with us!<\/p>\n

But more to the point – I chose this picture because of what I believe text has symbolized and how it\u2019s shifting. I wonder what will happen to regular mail in the years to come. Since early days, mail has been the primary means of communication. The telegram, telephone and fax altered people\u2019s dependence of hand-written correspondence, but not enough for it to be a lost art. Today, mail is actually under risk of becoming obsolete. We can communicate in so many other ways now and that is exactly what my students are doing! A birthday email is great! Sending a text to catch up, the perfect means of communication! In fact – it makes me wonder if we\u2019re more connected than we\u2019ve ever been before, because we can communicate so easily now!<\/p>\n

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And yet, through all this, text itself, remains vital. It is just its form that is changing. I am excited and curious to see what I will learn in this course and how my understanding of technology and text will expand. I like to think of myself as willing to change as required, but I will always cherish receiving a letter from someone I love and opening up the envelope to find their hand-written note full of care and love. I will continue to enjoy sending a parcel, taking the time to wrap everything just so, thinking of the person who will enjoy unwrapping it, and the smile on their face! Can we make text experiences in technology equally or more rewarding than that?<\/p>\n

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I chose this image because when prompted to think of a photo taken around text this image came to mind. It was taken last summer at my family cottage after our wedding. My husband and I got married in Whistler but had a big family party in Kingston and wanted to finish our Thank you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31611,"featured_media":294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[279],"tags":[4173,1231535,1231395,4972],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-introductions","tag-communication","tag-introductions","tag-sarah-irwin-gibson","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31611"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions\/297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec540summer15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}