{"id":106,"date":"2021-02-06T18:54:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T01:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/meipsyshack\/?p=106"},"modified":"2021-02-06T19:11:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T02:11:51","slug":"task-4-manual-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/meipsyshack\/2021\/02\/06\/task-4-manual-script\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 4: Manual Script"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manual Script: <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Reflection on Komodo National Park – <\/strong>The Land of the Dragons<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Normally I use a combination of both manual handwriting as well as typing things out on my computer. I lean more heavily on using a computer to capture my thoughts, notes, letters, etc., everyday. However, I do always keep a scribbler on my desk for capturing notes from meetings or lists of what I need to do each day. Those pages are usually covered with an array of multi-colored Post-it notes with little reminders that I leave for myself. When I look at my writing, it is rarely smooth and neatly written.\u00a0 Usually it is rather messy and more often than not, hard to read by anyone else other than myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Knowing that I was going to be writing for this task, I chose to create a brainstorming page of what I wanted to focus on as this would allow me to stay on topic and create a flow to my writing. I also chose to write on a topic that was familiar to me and I therefore drew on a reflection from a travel experience with my family. I wrote as sort of a reflection as well as offering some advice as if I was to share it with a friend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As I do not normally hand write this much, I knew I was going to have to be careful to try my best to be tidy. When I first started, right away I disliked my writing and the first few words were immediately full of spelling mistakes. I quickly tore that sheet out of my book, stretched out my fingers and began again. I tried to be careful as I wrote, maintaining my thoughts of what I wanted to say along with keeping the writing legible. I found as I was writing, that writing on a computer allows me to quickly fix what I am trying to write and of course it is more legible to read. As David Collier (Cooke, D. 2012, 1:46) mentioned in the YouTube video: Upside Down, Left to Right: A Letterpress film, \u201cWhere technology pushed forward is that we can arrange things in an instant,\u201d which is not easy to do when you are manually writing text by hand. I could feel my fingers start to tire and I would have to adjust the pen I was holding to make it more comfortable. I could see the slight shift in the angle of my writing. As I wrote I also would need to stretch out my fingers from time to time as my hand would tire and at one point I even shook my hand to give it a break. One thing I also noticed as I was writing was how I shifted from printing to cursive writing on and off in the whole piece of writing. I also noted that I was putting too much pressure from my pen onto the paper and that the paper itself started to curl inwards.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the significant differences I reflected on between that of using a computer for digital writing and the hand writing, is that after writing out this reflection, I actually felt more pride in the ownership of the end product where I probably take writing with a computer more for granted as it is easier and more comfortable to use in my daily life. It is also easier to make copies of if I was to share it. This in turn reminded me of what Harris (2018) mentions towards the end of the podcast<\/span> entitled, “The Printed Book: Opening the Floodgates of Knowledge.” In it he talks about, \u201cCultivating the progress of knowledge in our own time,\u201d and how much has changed and advanced with the printed word. <\/span>It makes me realize how we take for granted the technologies we use everyday! I am thankful for this advancement considering how much work it is to produce even a small passage writing by hand. I am dating myself, but I recall still hand writing lecture notes and essay writing in university. I remember being so excited when personal computers became accessible and we no longer had to use the university computers with the green or orange text on a black screen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

References<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Cooke, D. (2012, Jan. 26). <\/span>Upside down, left to right: A letterpress film.<\/span><\/i> [Video]. YouTube.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n6RqWe1bFpM&feature=emb_logo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Harris, B. (Producer). (2011, June 11). <\/span>How it began: A history of the modern world. <\/span><\/i>[Audio podcast] <\/span>https:\/\/howitbegan.com\/episodes\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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