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Selfies

“Selfie” was Oxford’s word of the year for 2013, and it hasn’t seemed to slow down in terms of its popularity and ubiquitousness. So, what is it about taking and sharing pictures of ourselves that is so attractive to us?

Goals:

  • Develop a critical understanding of selfie culture
  • Practice negotiating and curating digital identity

Suggested Tasks:

Suggested Readings:

Anything on this list.

See also:

Slack Channel: #Selfies

Categories Creativity

Gaming

SHALL WE PLAY A GAME? — WOPR / Joshua, Wargames (1983) Do you play video games? Of course, you do! Video games are an interactive medium capable of engaging their players with …

Categories Creativity

Creative Coding

Code is. Poetry is code? Code is poetry. Is code? Code? Is poetry is? Code. There are many reasons to write computer code. As we read from Nelson and Rushkoff …

Categories Uncategorized

Digital Journalism

It’s a complex world and we need complex tools to make sense of it. In this module, you will identify a topic or pose a question, investigate that question, and …

Categories Creativity

Critical Making

The Maker Movement evolved out of a DIY (or Do It Yourself) ethos, morphing into an approach to learning. From YouTube video how-to’s to hacking your electronics, the Maker Movement …

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