Link to Original Post: Task 6 – Emoji Story (Young, 2023) Comment Hi Jessie! Your emoji story wouldn’t happen to be The Last of Us, would it? I’m basing this on the mushroom and zombie emoji in the first line, as well as the game controller emoji next to the film clapper board (given that …
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Link #2: Dana Connors – Potato Printing
Link to Original Post: Task 4 – From Scroll to Text (Connors, 2023) Note: Commenting wasn’t available on the original post. As such, I’ve shared my response to Dana’s post here. Comment Reflection Dana’s post prompted me to reflect further on literacy and it’s implications related to privilege and access. I’m reminded of the responsibility …
Task 6: Emoji Story
This week’s task involves describing the title and plot of a movie, book or TV show using only emojis. Using the built-in emoji keyboard on my iPhone, I’ve shared my attempt below. Reflection Did you rely more on syllables, words, ideas, or a combination of all of them? I found myself relying more on ideas …
Link #1: Sarah Ng – Voice to Text
Link to Original Post: Task 3 – Voice to Text (Ng, 2023) Comment Hello Sarah! I found it interesting that you mentioned how the tone and emotion of your original message is missing and comes across as harsh. In my own post, I reflected on how Gnanadesikan (2011) notes that “intonation and emotional content” (p. …
Task 4: Manual Printing
This post explores the manual production of a potato stamp to print a five-letter word. This exercise provided an opportunity for me to consider the time, labour, and resource costs involved with producing text in a way that pre-dates the mechanized printing process. Production With Juniper’s (2015) video as a guide, the process of carving …
Task 3: Voice to Text
For Week 3 of the course, we are tasked with sharing a five-minute unscripted anecdote using a voice-to-text tool. In doing so, I’ve decided to describe the events of my day on January 25th using the built-in dictation functionality in my phone’s notes app: OK I’m trading this audio notes using the text to speech …
Task 1: What’s In My Bag?
Hi everyone! My name is Chris Rugo (he/they) and I’m a white, non-invited settler based in Tkaronto/Toronto, Ontario, where I live, learn, play and work. In my professional life, I work full-time as support-staff at Humber College, where I support e-learning and digital fluency initiatives offered through the library. This includes developing online resources and …