{"id":80,"date":"2021-02-07T18:13:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T01:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/narration4transformation\/?p=80"},"modified":"2021-02-07T18:40:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T01:40:47","slug":"task-4-manual-scripts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/narration4transformation\/2021\/02\/07\/task-4-manual-scripts\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 4: Manual Scripts"},"content":{"rendered":"

To Write or to Type?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\u201cWhen handwriting, there is simultaneous, continuous and concurrent visual, motor and kinesthetic feedback providing the brain with spatiotemporally contingent information \u2013 the movement (making strokes, lines, dots and curves) of the writing hand entails online feedback to the brain about the visual shape of the specific letter presently being produced. When keyboard writing, locating and tapping keys on the keyboard do not entail any such information to the brain. Behavioral as well as neuroimaging studies provide evidence of the importance of such feedback, indicating that the sensory and motor processes of handwriting \u2013 but not keyboard writing \u2013 contribute to the subsequent visual representation and recall of the letter.\u00a0 The handwritten letter is, literally, an \u201cimprint of action\u201d\u00a0 in a sense that keyboard writing is not\u201d (Mangen & Balsvik, 2016, p. 102.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cTo write or to type?\u201d is the question for this week\u2019s task.\u00a0 In considering this question, I have discovered that while I am equally a hand-writer and typist in terms of \u201ctotal hours spent,\u201d my writing process typically starts with a pen and ends with a keyboard.\u00a0 With pen in hand, I feel more connected to the unique, personal perspective that drives the planning and execution of a final, typed product.\u00a0 While completing this assignment, I discovered that my preferred process is not one of universal preference, and that my preference may be as much a reflection of my generation as the effectiveness of either tool.<\/p>\n

Given that this task asked me to start with a piece of handwritten work, I found the process to be easy and enjoyable.\u00a0 I chose to focus on journaling, the process that provides a \u201cpaper mirror\u201d (Hibsch & Mason, 2020).\u00a0 I first discussed the topic of personal journaling via handwriting or typing with my daughter, and then reflected on the topic through writing.\u00a0 The resulting work follows below (please click the images to enlarge.)<\/p>\n