Over the course of the past twelve weeks, I’ve spent time perusing my colleagues web-spaces in an effort to compare the similarities and contrast the differences of our thoughts on text, technology, and their relationship to education. The following are links to my web-space with thoughtful reflections on my colleagues postings.
Link 1 – Golden Record Curation: Selection Criteria
The Voyager Golden Record and the process of curating a sample of 10 tracks was difficult. Abby Smith Rumsey challenges, “what we afford to lose?” – I take a look at how Marwa, Sarah, and myself all interpreted the criteria for this challenge.
Link 2 – The Architecture of an Emoji Story
When exploring the breakout of the visual, the emoji phenomenon plays a key role in understanding the changing spaces of text and human communication. In this post, I compare the architecture of an emoji story as presented by myself, Judy, and Anne.
Link 3 – Deviations in Conventions: Voice-To-Text Technology and the Accent
It’s clear there was much room for error when dealing with voice-to-text technology with respect to the governing conventions of the English language. This was particularly evident when it came to speaking with an accent. Here, I take a look at my voice to text scenario in contrast to Olga’s and Manize’s.
Link 4 – Personal Data as the Currency of the Attention Economy
The attention economy has a number of key considerations that drives it, some positive, some negative. It was interesting to compare and contrast the ways in which myself, Selina, and Meipsy all viewed the collection of personal data within this economy.
Link 5 – A Generational Divide in Manual Scripts
Writing manually seemed to be tiresome and physically taxing. There were deep contrasts in the way Greg, Ying, Dierdre, and myself all viewed manual writing in comparison to typing on a keyboard. I wonder if these difference lie in the generational divide between us.
Link 6 – Common Speculations in Our Visions of the Future
The future has no bounds, especially when we consider the role artificial intelligence plays in its formation. It was exciting to consider my colleagues’ visions of the future and interesting to see the commonalities and differences between my narrative, Megan’s vision, and James’ comment on how our tech-future will unfold.