- I think about “texts” as being what we have recorded or documented (in any format) and I see technologies as media that we used. A technology could be the computer and the program I am using at this moment, or it could be a pencil, a paint brush, a camera, a microphone, a tattoo needle, or a stick scratching in the dirt.
Text = message
Technology = tool
2. Jonathan Berkowitz’s list of words that have been changed over time by technology – Computer, viral, virus, cloud, tablet, firewall, cursor, fire hose, catfish, mouse, Google, tag, file, browser, code.
Here are some others that come to mind…key, type, creep, bookmark, window, “i”, link, page, scroll, trash, spam, threaded, plugin, friend, like, post, twitch, desktop, filter, mask, zoom, chat, game…
3. Here are some notes I made as I was in the OED…
these may seem messy, but I like using arrows to connect. I am particularly interested in all of the woven references and am thinking about how I might physically weave my learning in this course. Literally, not figuratively. Oh, and I have a loom and a background that includes weaving. I teach Textiles (ADST) as well as Art classes at my school.