Trying to be political correct all the time can be taxing. I know I have said the wrong thing on occasion when my words had been twisted. In terms of the emoji conversation about whether they should have a skin colour and Apple’s attempts at diversifying the emoji selection – I agree that’s it unnecessary. … Continue reading Diversity and Emojis →
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2nd Thing
This is the excerpt for your very first post.
Thing 2: Blog and Blogging
My very first blog was set up last week and I found blogging as a good way to disconnect my thinking from my PhD project. So far I’ve been enjoying it and here we go again! I hope that once I progress to the next things (Thing 3 and so on), I will be more comfortable… Continue Reading →
23 Things – Thing 5 – Diversity
Good morning from me & my Bitmoji 🙂 . This week I was looking at diversity online through the use of emojis, which, I admit, is not a subject I had ever thought about before! Reading the articles linked on the 23Things page was very interesting as it showed me view points I had never … Continue reading 23 Things – Thing 5 – Diversity →
Thing 7 – Twitter
I’ve never really got to grips with Twitter. It seemed to me the Twittersphere was for mutual admiration and back slapping. However I spent some time tonight going through the twitter guides in Thing 7 and can now see I was only scr…
Google Hangouts: Thing Number 9 of 23 Things
Thing number 9. Google Hangouts. This is a thorny one. Before I begin with my thoughts on Google Hangouts, it is probably worth clarifying my digital history and how that very obviously is going to colour my view.For instant messaging I have used …
Sharing Too Much Information
So learning about digital security is never fun, but it’s essential. I learnt how to find my IMEI which made me feel like I was in an exclusive club typing in ‘*#6#’ into my phone! In terms of what my Apps are sharing, I’m pretty good at limiting that, but I suppose that’s why I’ve … Continue reading Sharing Too Much Information →
Accessibility- what you see is not what you get …
There were so many aspects of this area of discovery that surprised me, from the simple design features of a form that we could so easily engage with, through the misunderstanding of page design and navigation that I had assumed was “accessible” but after using WAVE discovered to be significantly less so, right up to … Continue reading Accessibility- what you see is not what you get … →
23 Things – Thing 4 – Digital Security
This week’s ‘Thing’ was Digital Security & I found it particularly interesting – who knew my phone had an IMEI number (or what IMEI meant, had to Google that one). Well, anyway, I do know now & I took the advice from the Ofcom page & registered it with Immobilise, so I felt a little … Continue reading 23 Things – Thing 4 – Digital Security →
Thing 6 – Accessibility
What a great course this has been so far. I’ve learnt something new in every activity.It must have been about the mid 90’s when I got my first Nokia mobile phone. I remember it went off when I was on the bus and the entire bus turned around t…
A Rather Faint Footprint
My digital footprint often worries me the most about the internet – what if I say something stupid and it’s on the web forever, never to be deleted? And this reluctance in digital fluency was pretty much reflected when I Googled my name. There’s a Pedagoo teaching account I’ve never used and a Pinterest account … Continue reading A Rather Faint Footprint →
Facebook: Thing 8 of the 23 Things
So, as part of this 23 things journey we are asked to confront the beast, the giant that squats over all social media, trying desperately to scoop new channels into its gaping maw. That’s right. Thing #8 is all about Facebook.Confession time: I have be…