Monthly Archives: October 2011

Summary: Week 4

This week we’ve focused on the theme of digital literacies with a particular emphasis on the visual.  We have each explored some really stimulating ideas through the production of a visual artefact, and it has been interesting to notice how … Continue reading

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Lifestream Week 4

“Digital Artifact – AI – Avatar Identity” The week’s lifestream entries reflected the work that went into the production of the digital artifact for the Digital Cultures course at http://atate.org/ai/ai/ and related experimentation with non-player character (NPC) production via scripts … Continue reading

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Visual artefact

I was actually enjoying working on this task before my frustrations with technology set in.  The theme I initially chose was Good and Bad and even had a piece of music I thought would slot in nicely (Biffy Clyro’s ‘God … Continue reading

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Digital communication… or lack of

This has been a week of problems with applications and Internet connection.  It’s part of life here that Internet connection can be intermittent.  Although I pay for higher bandwidth, the connection is extremely slow. Whenever I complain I’m told that … Continue reading

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Visual artifact

  After reading the comments I thought it appropriate to provide a closer view of the elements I chose for my artifact: Johnny 5 A.I. DATA Marvin

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Lo and behold …

My visual artefact on the theme of dystopia and technology …. A bit of background: To paraphrase Lennon, my visual artefact is what happens while you’re busy planning something else. The original idea was to be neutral -something that would … Continue reading

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visual excellence!

The visual artefacts that have come in so far are really great – remember to take a look and give some feedback, and also to try to get your own up over the next few days, if you haven’t already. … Continue reading

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Week 4 Artifact: Worlds Divided

Here is the link to my artifact: I initially named the piece “Worlds Divided by Conscience” but feel the “Worlds Divided” is perhaps more appropriate. “…by conscience” was perhaps a more personal motivation. Let me explain. Throughout this course, I … Continue reading

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Uncanny pedagogy: Fear or fascination in digital learning environments

Here’ a link to my visual artefact. http://www.flickr.com/photos/68574450@N03/6238623494/ Looking forward to your comments!

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Aldebaran Nau Demo in Edinburgh

The Aldebaran Robotics Nao European Tour for educators was in town today, and I went along to see the robot and its software interfaces being demonstrated.

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