Accessibility is so important and is a major focus of my day to day job as a Creative Learning Assistant as I support staff on their journey of making their learning materials accessible. I remember learning about the accessibility features…
Category: 23 Things Syndicated
23 (digital) Things – The inception post
Thing 2 – Blogging In the interests of kick-starting my professional development for 2020, and re-invigorating this blog, I have signed up to The University of Edinburgh’s 23 Things program (http://www.23things-archive.is.ed.ac.uk/). The aim of this program is to explore digital technologies, concepts and ways of working that are integral to operating safely and effectively in … Continue reading 23 (digital) Things – The inception post
Video…Told in a Transcript of My Inner Monologue
Don’t get stuck in the YouTube rabbit hole.Don’t get stuck in the YouTube rabbit hole.Focus…23 Things. Come on. Focus. Ok. Here we go. Let’s pick something nice to listen to while I click around.Ze Frank…that’s a good video to play around on. I like his voice.“What’s on your HappyList?”Sounds good.Ok…Transcription was auto generated, but it […]
Openly Educating Myself
Well of COURSE I am going to link to this Open Educational Resource. Folklore is my jam, and these tragic incidents are a part of folklore and history. I always wonder what the stories of the accused were; midwifes, political adversaries, someone who just looked at you the wrong way. I consume a lot of […]
Don’t Copy Me….but do!
The assignment for this one isn’t applicable to me – so let me just tell you some of my love for Creative Commons, and slip in two CC pieces of media while I do. I love the Creative Commons licencing. As a mixed media artist, as well as a storyteller and folk-enthusiast, I see a […]
Hangouts to Dry
Look. I love Google products as much as the next person – but I am not doing Google Hangouts. It’s over a month in to COVID-19 isolation and video chat platforms have taken off – Microsoft Teams, House Party, Discord, Skype, Zoom, FaceTime….I have them all and more (except House Party, I deleted that) for […]
Assumption makes an Ass out of U and Me
Emoji… well… I never assumed the original emoji colour was some sort of generic basis of White Anglo Saxon tradition nor as any other tradition. I was aware of its origin in Japan and put no weight to it other than as a limited avatar for human communication. How things change well here is myContinue reading “Assumption makes an Ass out of U and Me”
Digital Security
As someone who’s real life security system seems to be owning so much ‘weird shit’ people don’t want to come in to your home (eg. ‘Is….is that a pile of bones?’ ‘Oh yeah – I found them naturally stained black by silt in a lake. Cool huh?’‘What is that?’‘Oh! That’s a faceless monster statue my […]
Permission Granted Thing 4
Well unless on the very rare occurrence I only add apps from the legitimate app store and permissions granted are nothing out of the ordinary. The only one that has ever surprised me is the covid safe app and even then it is understandable the out of the ordinary request it has made in theseContinue reading “Permission Granted Thing 4”
I Have a WHAT NOW?
So….I didn’t know I had an IMDB page. That’s news. Two indie films – one as an extra and one as a propmaker. Pretty on-brand for me, but still – strange. For the Digital Footprint component of the 23 Things, I both Googled and Duck Duck Go-ed* myself. If there’s one thing the results seem […]
Why?
Use your blog to write a short post about what you hope to gain out of the 23 Things programme. To be absolutely honest, when head office sent out an email about more digital training, I intended to put it where all the other digital training offers go. It’s not that I have anything against […]
Thing 14- Audio: Podcasts
Podcasts are downloadable, digital audio files that can be listened to from your mobile phone, PC, laptop, android or iOS device. Unlike ‘live’ TV or radio programs, their downloadability means podcasts can be enjoyed whenever and wherever you like. My favourite place to listen to a podcast? In the car! I find SoundCloud a great …