ETEC 540 Task 3: Voice to Text Task "yes today it was a sunny day I took my two boys for the very first time to the ocean Park in Hong Kong my lovely to boys are now officially nine months old and yes they are twins they both are super excited about outdoor activities every time we take them out so after a quick breakfast my husband and I prepared the two kids put them in the trolley and hopped into our car it is about 39 kilometers distance from home to The Ocean Park. We need to cross the two tunnels one bridge before we can get to the ocean Park on our way I told them about the amazing things they would probably see today there are giant sea turtles and colorful fish and even a big whale shark when we arrived the park it indeed looked like a magical place! the sound of waves just crashing over mixed with having screens from different sides of the park from different families first we visited the Whale aquarium. look at the giant whales statue I point I showed it a t...
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ETEC 540 Task 2: Does language shape the way we think? [11:35] Dr. Boroditsky mentions top 5 nouns in English out of which time ranks the first. It is almost the default setting for advertisement that people would read from left to right as most languages in the world, the sequence for alphabet is from left to right. The example of baby products for Nestle is a typical and interesting example to remind us how language would impact the way we do almost everything in life. For English speaker, reading from left to right is the setting for English that's why English speaker, or the audience of the majority of the advertisement is presumably reader from left to right. The structure of a language can affect time. [11:42] Dr Boroditsky mentions normally people point forward as future, point backward or behind the body as past. The structure of a language can affect spatial relationship. [18:20] Dr Boroditsky mentions teaching people talk in new way will reshape how people t...
ETEC 540: What's in your bag? As probably one of the few MET members who comes from non-education academic background, being an educator has always been my dream since young. Born and raised in Shanghai, China, I moved to Hong Kong to start my career in 2009 and have been working in finance industry for over 15 years since college graduation. Last April, during MET course, I successfully delivered twin boys who brought overwhelming joy, excitement and challenges to the family. So now I am a proud mom, full time employee for one of the world renown investment banks and a MET student! Photo on the left is a recent photo taken during Xmas time in Hong Kong. My lovely boys are now officially 9 months old! Taking a look in my daily bag, I have been tried to keep things as simple as possible, and prefer a neat style that helps me keep important things handy. Calculator is for work as my job function requests me to do simple maths when meeting clients but need 4 decimal places so I carry...
ETEC 544 individual reflection for final project The final assignment that consists of four parts perfectly demonstrated how to learn a new concept, a tool, game design in a form of group project: 1) literature review to lay the theoretic foundation; help students understand the guidelines on how to design a game from scratch. 2) Game design: group brainstorm session for storyline writing 3) Choose game design media (Twine, for our group) and gamify the concept/story/purpose of the game. 4) Testing, debug, presentation, sharing, feedback instructor and peers. We are all first time Twiner! Start from reading sample twine games, we build the whole game from scratch. While Twine is designed to be user-friendly, those who are unfamiliar with programming like us found it challenging to grasp the mechanics of creating interactive stories, e.g. how to quantify “ener...
IP #5: Hegemonic Play: Gatekeeping Game Culture In the glow of screens, where dreams take flight; A kingdom rises, in the digital night; Thrill thrives in the flash of light; With avatars clad, in armor bright. Heroes and villains, clash and collide; Men and women, battle and fight; A semblance of power; A taste of blood. A gamer girl fights with no fear; Yet the battlefield governed by queer; Gadgets too cool for girls to wear; Prize deprived, for cheating to clear. Hegemony reigns, in titles we trust; Misogyny daunts, in gender we bias; Boundaries set, equality we bind; Hierarchy found, in pixels we thrust.
IP 7 Playing Online: Twitch Broadcasting As a non-gamer, it is my first time hear of, try and watch online game streaming live on Twitch. At the first sight when I logged in, the portal looks a bit like Youtube with Live streaming on top of the web. Left hand column shows recommended channels based on popularity, no. of audience watching live and algorithm. I watched three different streamers play the first game first. I randomly clicked into the first live streaming game popped out called Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. It is a spy action thriller set in the early 90s, a period of transition and upheaval in global politics, characterized by the end of the Cold War and the rise of the United States as a single superpower. The multiplayer experience is classic. Players test their skills across 16 new maps at launch and aim to shoot down enemies with guns in different scenarios. The setting is vivid, with live comment and narrative by the streamer whose fast-paced talk and high p...