For this exercise it was recommended that we looked at a website with the WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation) tool.http://wave.webaim.org/It sounded simple enough, but I ran into a bit of a problem with my first choice of site…. it didn’t have that m…
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Digital Security
Following the instructions for ‘Thing 4’ I opened the Play Store app on my Android. I found the menu which listed all the apps installed on my phone and chose the most harmless looking one to find out the permissions it had, ‘Office Jerk’. Sorry, …
Digital Footprint
I’m great at starting a social media account with the best of intentions. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, I think I also have a pinterest account and back in the day I paid my £5 to contact an old school pal on Friends Reunited. I’ve never really thought about how I use this media and why I use this media until I read this section. I spend too much of my time scrolling down pages of other peoples posts and not contributing much myself. I enjoyed reading the checklist and will re-evaluate my use of social media to make it (hopefully!) a more productive use of my time.
The main point I took away from Googling myself was how many Angus Ferguson’s there are in the world. Although we can think of ourselves as being unique I read a number of profiles from an Angus Ferguson in the USA or Canada which wasn’t too far away from my own!
Diverse representation online
I do think it is important to have diverse representation in the online world. After all, many societies where people live and places they work are diverse and this should be reflected online as well. Also, having diversity online allows people to express themselves through their identity, and I think it is appropriate that people … Continue reading “Diverse representation online”
Digital Security
To begin with, my smartphone uses Android version 2.3.5. I have had the smartphone for about three years. In the technology world this is ancient. When I went to the My permission.org website I put in my number to get the app sent to my phone, which it subsequently did; however, when I went to download the … Continue reading “Digital Security”
Angus Ferguson 2017-11-07 23:54:00
My work colleague told me about #23ThingsEdiUni. “It’s a great introduction into how people are using new technologies to learn. The classroom, lecturer and their powerpoint slides are dead. Oh yes! It’s also free!”Sold. Having spent some time now watc…
Rolfe’s first blog post
This is my first blog posting after starting the 23 Things project for myself. I am excited to see what aspects will be applicable to the teachers I work with and how much I have to learn myself. I know that there are so many things that I need to enage with and by starting this project for myself I can gather a perspective on the Things that will be useful to use and which ones will be useful to know.
The upside of recording a presentation
Occasionally, it’s part of my job to pick up a video camera and record a presentation, if and when our lecture capture system doesn’t fulfil the specs of the intended outcome of the capture. It’s not a very challenging job, hence I often use the time t…
The upside of recording a presentation
Occasionally, it’s part of my job to pick up a video camera and record a presentation, if and when our lecture capture system doesn’t fulfil the specs of the intended outcome of the capture. It’s not a very challenging job, hence I often use the time t…
Digital Footprint
Today, with people participating more and more online in various activities, either work or social, people are leaving traces of these activities. This is what I think a digital footprint is – a trace of what one has been reading, viewing, listening, and engaging with in the online sphere. This is why I think people … Continue reading “Digital Footprint”
Eden’s first blog post
Hello, my name is Eden and I am a Social Anthropology student at the University of Edinburgh. I will be using this blog as a way to complete the 23things programme created by the university to hopefully gain a high level of digital literacy and confidence when using online digital tools. I hope to be able to use these skills to help me complete the Edinburgh Award for Digital Content creation. I am also a proofreader and writer for Re;think: an online ethnographic journal.
John’s first blog post
My first post – ever – anywhere! My hope, by the end of this course, is that I can confidently and safely blog.
I wasn’t aware of Edinburgh Uni’s social media guidance, but have now read them both. Many thank for that guidance. It doesn’t just explain aspects to be considered, for me it introduced areas of consideration that would not have occurred to me.