{"id":23,"date":"2019-09-06T21:10:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T04:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/texttechnologies\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2019-10-10T21:40:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T04:40:38","slug":"task-six-an-emoji-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/texttechnologies\/task-six-an-emoji-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Task Six"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Task 6 Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had a few thoughts after completing this assignment. First, what an advantage you had, if you’re an avid emoji user. I didn’t have to spend any time perusing through the screens of emojis wondering which one might bring life to my story. I knew as soon as I started, which emojis I needed and under which headings I could find them. I started thinking about how this might translate to our youngest school-age learners and how communicating ideas might be challenging for children simply due to the fact that they haven’t acquired enough experience scrolling through the “screens” of the English language.<\/p>\n

A second thought centred around the acceptance of a very generalized form of \u00a0communication. Emojis are becoming increasingly conventional, and with that seems to be an acceptance of their generality. Feeling overwhelmed, annoyed, fed-up, bored? Don’t worry there’s a single emoji for them all – just plunk in an “eye-roll” – no other comments necessary.<\/p>\n

As a final thought, I’m wondering if the use of representations, such as emojis is breaking down the value of a more traditional English language, where grammar, punctuation and a sense of style held value. Is texting culture contributing to the demise of communication beyond the “heart-eyes” and “thumbs-up”?<\/p>\n

I invite your thoughts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Task 6 Reflection I had a few thoughts after completing this assignment. First, what an advantage you had, if you’re an avid emoji user. I didn’t have to spend any time perusing through the screens of emojis wondering which one might bring life to my story. I knew as soon as I started, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65137,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/texttechnologies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/texttechnologies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/texttechnologies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/texttechnologies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/texttechnologies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/texttechnologies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/texttechnologies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/texttechnologies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}