While I read this week, this quote from Dunne and Raby (2013) struck a chord with me: “Now, a younger generation doesn’t dream, it hopes; it hopes that we will survive, that there will be water for all, that we Continue reading Task 12: Speculative Futures
The Golden Record’s original 27 musical compositions represented a wide variety of styles and cultures. The most difficult part of deciding which ten songs to include in my list was resisting the urge just to pick the ones I would Continue reading Task 8: Golden Record Curation
I did some of my reflecting in the audio file itself, but wanted to add a few things here as well. In reinventing the “What’s in My Bag” post, I wanted to “redo” the assignment using the same items Continue reading Task 7: Mode Bending
Task 6: Emoji Story Reflection For this task, I chose to use the book that my grade four class just finished a novel study on. It lent itself well to the activity because of the story’s descriptive nature and the Continue reading Task 6: Emoji Story
The Eyes of the Sun You can download a zip file of my game here: The Eyes of the Sun Final Or you can play it on my Wix Portfolio site here Process This game represents the second time I’ve Continue reading Task 5: Twine Game
In the Cooke (2012) video, the typesetter states that he finds the process of creating a print therapeutic. Similarly, I found the process of carving letters and stamping them on paper to be relaxing and more akin to an art Continue reading Task 4: Manual Scripts and Potato Printing
I found this entire video and the accompanying paper absolutely fascinating. It forced me to think about language in an entirely different light. I had never even considered correlations between language and thinking about conceptions like time, colour, gender, and Continue reading Task 2: Does Language Shape the Way We Think?
Hi everyone, my name is Eric Wilson, and I am a grade 4 teacher in Grande Prairie, Alberta. My wife and I have three kids: 2 teenage girls and a 10-year-old boy. I enjoy being outdoors and look forward to Continue reading What’s in my Bag?