The very last reflection.. *sob*

1. What I learned in this course (whether you gained knowledge, skills or attitudes), and what specifically helped me learn it (activities, interactions, readings, videos, etc): (3-4 points) a. About myself I learnt that there is so much I didn't know in the digital world. I wasn't aware of just how dangerous the Internet can …

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My grant to CORE2096 (contribution)

The material in this course are seriously assets that I will forever keep, thats one of the main reasons my blog posts are so detailed and long, because I want to remember what assignments we were handed. However, if I was to put in a little touch of my own, it would definitely be the …

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#CurationxSherif

For my curation assignment, I decided to blog about the one and only, Sherif Fayed, the renowned TV Host, viner, actor and model. Sherif started off making funny videos on Facebook and instagram, and then went on the developing his career as an Instagram influencer. With over 1 million followers worldwide, the young Egyptian-American has …

Do Not Track

I chose the Like Mining video on the Do Not Track website, as it seemed the most appealing to me. The video discusses how our likes on Facebook are all stored on a database and used for later use for programming and advertising, even though we might not know it. The German video host, Richard …

DS 106 Creative Assignment (Bonus)

Fan Fiction Picture: Take the name or title of your favorite band, song, movie, or tv show and display it in the form of photography. You can take as many pictures as you want, but have your photos capture the band, song, movie, or tv show you pick. Be creative and have fun!   Subtitle …

My 2-week virtual cultural experience (Soliya)

Soliya is a virtual social platform that involves the interaction of people all over the world through a video conference. It differs from Skype and other virtual platforms in that it is purely educational and informative, once you sign in, you select the time-slots that you're available at, and you're automatically assigned to a group …

Peer-destruction

Alia El Kadry and I have designed a game called peer-destruction which puts the player in the place of either an over or an under-weight girl. We designed real-life scenarios on how people mentally abuse and destroy those without the 'ideal' body-type, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Our game aims to raise awareness to the consequences …

Information Equity and Digital Redlining

Information Equity     “Access to accurate, useful information is central to everything we do. Thanks in part to the internet and smartphones, accessing information has become so simple that it is easy to forget its significance.” The author discussed how to do anything in our daily lives, we need good access to information, which …

Game prototype

Together with Alia ElKadry, we will design a game that raises awareness to body shaming. Whether being too skinny or overweight, body shaming is something the entire world either faces, engages in, or witnesses. We want to raise awareness to how people either through microaggression or plain direct bullying, cause mental distress to people who …