This week I was drawn to two different articles discussing media and our current use. Reflecting on them, I can’t help to think how far we have come, but in the same sense what have we also lost? In the Federman article, McLahan’s concept…
Continue readingWhere I’ve been & where I’m at
Thinking about what to write for this first blog post was difficult in that there are so many perspectives and snippets from readings to guide which form it will take and considerations of where I’ve been and where I’m at in terms of media literacy. Yet, this is the great complexity of an individual’s media […]
Continue readingAre We Literate If We’re Not Media Literate?
According to W. James Potter, “Media literacy is a set of perspectives that we actively use to expose ourselves to the mass media to interpret the meaning of the messages we encounter.” Media literacy strengthens your ability to have control over the overwhelming number of messages we encounter daily. Sometimes educators get frustrated that theContinue reading “Are We Literate If We’re Not Media Literate?”
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Continue readingI Share Therefore I Am? – Week 2 Required Blog
After reading, watching, or browsing the required articles from this week as well as those from the last, I find myself thinking that there is an overall lack of responsibility/ownership when it comes to understanding technology, understanding how it is … Continue reading
Continue readingWeek #2 – Connected, but Alone?
Hello! For this week’s reflection I’d like to talk and reflect on the TEDTalk from Sherry Turkle found here. Connection is such an important part of our lives. We need to connect with our family, friends, colleagues, students and many more. Coming from an immigrant family- I’m a first generation Filipino-Canadian, I have MANY relatives… Continue reading Week #2 – Connected, but Alone?
Continue readingUsing AI to help me conceptualize.
In a recent class, I was introduced to a thought-provoking lecture by Dr. Patti Lather, delivered at the University of Regina on March 24, 2015. Her knowledge of methodology frameworks and theories made me question my own area of research about creativ…
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Continue readingFirst Reflections on the Power and Role of Technology
“Embedded in every technology there is a powerful idea, sometimes two or three powerful ideas.” Neil Postman This one quote has stuck out to me this week. Reading through Postman’s “Five Things to Know About Technological Change” has made me reassess what technology is and what role it is supposed to play in our society. … Continue reading First Reflections on the Power and Role of Technology
Continue readingGoldilocks and the “Just Right” Technotopia
Techno-optimist, realist, or neo-Luddite? As an Xennial, I often struggle to find my place on the spectrum of tech adoption or resistance. I’m old enough to remember the joy of receiving a Nintendo at Christmas, travelling (and dying) on the Oregon Trail in school, and my life before it was purchased by social media. Yet…
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