Katherine Kelly’s Post – Emoji Story
What web authoring tool have they chosen to manifest their work?
Katherine used https://emojipedia.org as the tool to present her Emoji story, This was after noticing that the copy and paste function from https://emojikeyboard.io; did not transfer correctly. I also noticed this same problem when trying to copy the emoji story onto the blog site, it changed the overall look of the emojis selected. When I copied and pasted onto a Word document, then the look of the emojis remained the same. I also connected with the struggle of being unable to search for emojis to retell my story, which made the task more difficult. I noticed that on https://emojikeyboard.io, there were different systems to choose from when it came to selecting a Emoji type (Twitter, Google, WhatsApp). I wonder what Emoji type was used for https://emojikeyboard.io and if there are other “types” out there for people to use?
Katherine also included a video “Frozen as Told by Emoji” to prove Bolter’s (2001) argument that images have the ability to bypass written work altogether. As I was watching this video, I was impressed by the use of emojis, but what we didn’t have was the ability to use music, sound effects, and animations within our Emoji story. What a difference it makes when you change the mode of presentation to make it conducive to all audiences. This video supported the visual, audio, and musical learner.
What literacies compare and deny in comparison and contrast to yours?
Katherine chose to translate a classic picture book for her Emoji story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. She focused on individual words from each page of the book to represent her Emoji story. I focused on the ideas of the plot for the TV series, This is Us, to create my Emoji story. I believe that Katherine had an easier time translating her book into Emojis because the majority of her book contains nouns, which can easily be found in emoji form. I had a more difficult task since the TV series I decided to retell is about 6 seasons worth of content. So I focused on the main characters and briefly described the major events that happened with this family.
Katherine included a title in her Emoji Story, whereas I did not. My title is too difficult to replace the words with emojis, since there are no concrete nouns within the title.
What theoretical underpinnings are evident in your/your colleague’s textual architecture and how does this affect one’s experience of the work?
We both quoted from Bolter’s (2001) work in this task, and are both understanding of his point that emojis/visual images provide viewers with a visual experience that allows for an appropriate realization. The more visual the material, the more engaged the audience will be. Using emojis is a different kind of digital literacy that includes the need for translating, evaluating, analyzing and reading skills. Emojis have become a part of our language, especially in the digital world of texting and emails. They are an informal way of communicating but emojis provide context to what the writer is expressing in a quick manner.
References
Chapter 4. Bolter, J. D. (2001). Writing space: Computers, hypertext, and the remediation of print (2nd ed.). Mahwah, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. doi:10.4324/9781410600110