Hi, My name is Gary and I work for an environmental charity called Changeworks. I am the Information Communication Technology (ICT) Technician, in other words IT support. 2. I’m not too sure what I will gain from doing the 23 things as I work in IT. I am more interested in what my work colleagues … Continue reading 23 Things →
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Dance Monkey
So this afternoon I have mostly been exploring Merlot – “on a Monday daytime?!” I hear you gasp! No, not the wine (for once) it’s an Open Educational Resource online search tool – try saying that after a few glasses! So what should you learn first when you have the entire world’s knowledge at your … Continue reading Dance Monkey →
Indigemoji – Diversity and Representation
Several weeks ago Thing 5 from the University of Edinburgh’s 23 Things for Digital Knowledge course prompted me to explore diverse online representation through the use of avatars, emoticons and emoji. While I discovered a variety of emoji representing skin colour and cultural diversity, one group not represented was Indigenous Australians. I was very excited …
Thing 8 – Facebook
Around the world more than 1.62 billion people log onto the social media platform Facebook on a daily basis (I have to admit to being one of those Facebook fans), and 5 new Facebook profiles are created every second (Zephoria Digital Marketing, October 2019). Thing 8 explores some aspects of this highly popular social media …
Thing 7 – Twitter
With so many social media platforms to choose from it is hard to find enough hours in the day to be ‘social’. I tend to stick with one or two platforms, and while I do have a Twitter account, I use it more as a quick source of information (current events, news updates) rather than …
Thing 6 -Accessibility
Do you have trouble accessing information on the web? Thing 6 discusses how the internet can make information inclusive and accessible, and conversely, the factors and barriers which decrease accessibility. There is some amazing technology available to assist users to access internet content (text to speech translators is one example), but these can only assist …
Thing 5 – Diversity
Thing 5 discusses diverse representation online and the use of avatars and emoji. I was asked to consider how the release of diverse emoji and emoticons (by Facebook and Apple among others) enables us to better represent ourselves online. Do customisable emoji encourage social inclusion, or conversely, do they actually contribute to racism? It was …
Thing 4 – Digital Security
I don’t know about you, but I’m fairly reliant upon my smartphone. Communication device, calendar, GPS, camera…the only thing it can’t do (yet) is make me a coffee.(Although it can order and pay for one from my favourite café before I even enter the shop!) Technology is great, but just how much of our personal …
Thing 3
Thing 3 from the 23 Things for Digital Knowledge Course.
Variety, apparently it’s the spice of life
Reading Time: 6 minutes For all the folk out there in the blogosphere who also work in higher education, let me just say, we made it! It’s Friday of week 1 and all that work over the summer months and the craziness of welcome week / freshers wee…
Thing 1 & Thing 2
Thing 1 and Thing 2 from the
23 Things for Digital Knowledge Course.
Thing 7 – Twitter
I completed this Thing as a beginner. The first thing I learned was that I had set up a Twitter account in November 2010 and had not posted a single tweet! I still haven’t and I’m not sure that I ever will. I find the application intuitive and very easy to use – it is […]