Commenting on your final 540 project, Podcasting as a Language Learning Pedagogy.
Wow, I can really relate to your words as I am sure a lot of people can. I too have fallen in love with podcasts as a way of absorbing a lot of information while doing other tasks in our very very busy lives! I think it is a revolutionary technology for people around the world for that very reason. I’m also surprised that your students had not heard of a podcast! How old are they? Are podcasts big in Japan too? I also used to teach in Japan (long before the days of podcasts) and can imagine that would be such a cool t…
Like
Clarisse Yeh
Dec 01, 2023
Hello Louisa,
Task 10: Attention Economy
I, too also felt provoked when completing this activity. It really gets you thinking about our general well-being and our tendencies to react the way we do when working digitally. When reading your task, it made me think once more about our behaviour and relationship with inconvenience and digital literacy. We are all literate to a certain extent and capacity - education and environmental exposure. I know that I had a really great computer class in the public school system and this was the curriculum in the 2000's. Ironically, despite the development of touchscreen devices, the basic concepts and understanding of computer screen, icons, basic computer settings are not known to students of elementary…
Like
M D Forsyth
Oct 11, 2023
Louisa,
It is great to share a class with you again.
I am writing about your Task #3
Congratulations on the new property and puppy, Thor is very handsome!
Finding rental properties that accept pets in Vancouver is also an issue for many people.
A great story, even without the punctuation I was still highly engaged and did not have difficulty following the progression of the story. Your description of your experiences/adventures in puppy ownership had me smiling as I remembered many similar experiences with my own puppy Pika (Pie-Ka) a white English Labrador Retriever who is now ten months old and has entered her teenage angst stage. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmQqBaZhj0LsfDDGtfrUrKQWzc_mBy0-/view?usp=sharing
As I read through your story, I was very impressed with…
Hi Louisa,
Commenting on your final 540 project, Podcasting as a Language Learning Pedagogy.
Wow, I can really relate to your words as I am sure a lot of people can. I too have fallen in love with podcasts as a way of absorbing a lot of information while doing other tasks in our very very busy lives! I think it is a revolutionary technology for people around the world for that very reason. I’m also surprised that your students had not heard of a podcast! How old are they? Are podcasts big in Japan too? I also used to teach in Japan (long before the days of podcasts) and can imagine that would be such a cool t…
Hello Louisa,
Task 10: Attention Economy
I, too also felt provoked when completing this activity. It really gets you thinking about our general well-being and our tendencies to react the way we do when working digitally. When reading your task, it made me think once more about our behaviour and relationship with inconvenience and digital literacy. We are all literate to a certain extent and capacity - education and environmental exposure. I know that I had a really great computer class in the public school system and this was the curriculum in the 2000's. Ironically, despite the development of touchscreen devices, the basic concepts and understanding of computer screen, icons, basic computer settings are not known to students of elementary…
Louisa,
It is great to share a class with you again.
I am writing about your Task #3
Congratulations on the new property and puppy, Thor is very handsome!
Finding rental properties that accept pets in Vancouver is also an issue for many people.
A great story, even without the punctuation I was still highly engaged and did not have difficulty following the progression of the story. Your description of your experiences/adventures in puppy ownership had me smiling as I remembered many similar experiences with my own puppy Pika (Pie-Ka) a white English Labrador Retriever who is now ten months old and has entered her teenage angst stage. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmQqBaZhj0LsfDDGtfrUrKQWzc_mBy0-/view?usp=sharing
As I read through your story, I was very impressed with…