Hello from San Mateo, CA/Langley, BC

• 10 years ago
• Posted in:Introductions
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• Author: olsonv

Hi everyone,

My name is Victoria Olson and I am a Grade 3/4 & Technology Teacher at West Langley Elementary in Langley, BC… most of the time. I am taking a year of personal leave this school year in order to complete my work in the UBC MET program. In the meantime, I am living in San Mateo, CA, USA, where my fiancé teaches! I believe that texts are heavily influenced through the medium by which they created, whether that is the written word or a creative film, and I hope to cultivate a better understanding of which messages belong to which medium, or the other way around.

I chose the image below because my initial notes on Module 1 demonstrate that the definitions of text and technology hold quite a circular relationship, akin to the traditional chicken and egg analogy. Texts and technologies are related to one another as we attempt to weave knowledge and discourse together as one, to share that knowledge, and to cultivate its growth through collaboration and refinement. Text is the tool of communication and technology is the how we are able to share and refine texts that are created. Traditional “text” was previously passed down via oral language (storytelling), but the oral language could be viewed as the technology of its time! So did it really begin with one or the other?

I am looking forward to being a part of this semester’s cohort! If you want to connect with me further, please link to my social media accounts through my blog, techteacheronamission.com.

Cheers,
Victoria

References:
Ruben Alexander (Photographer). (2010). The Chicken & the Egg Dilemma [Image], Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/the-wanderers-eye/4494147652