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Reflection 5:

This week, we were asked to listen to a talk with Dr. Bonnie Stewart. She discussed datafication, algorithmic systems, and their impact on society, education, and digital literacy. In this talk, she highlights that technology is now embedded in our daily lives, in spaces where we learn, work, and make decisions. Is technology neutral? Stewart…

Reflection #4: Indigenous Perspective on Digital Literacy with Nodin Cutfeet of Waniskaw Foundation

Who is digital literacy actually designed for? Before listening to this talk with Nodin Cutfeet, founder of the Onseeka foundation, I’ve always thought that digital literacy was neutral, but after hearing from Nodin, my perspective has greatly shifted. My biggest takeaway was Nodin’s argument that tech education, unfortunately, requires a technology pathway based on access…

Process Update #4

Hi everyone, for step 4 of our inquiry, my partner Parmis and I created a mind map using Canva to organize our research and give us a layout of the content we will be presenting in our final step project! For our 5th step, we will collaborate on a whiteboard animation presentation using Canva to…

Reflection Post 2: Week 6 Artificial Intelligence

In week 6, we discussed artificial intelligence and the impacts of these new tools in academic settings. I took the most interest in the article we looked at by the UN Environment Programme. This article highlighted the potentially positive and negative impacts of AI. While AI has the ability to help address major enviromental issues,…

Inquiry: Process Update 2

At this stage of my inquiry, I focused on understanding how health information spreads on social media and how this contributes to the risks of self-diagnosing online. The first article I examined focused on health information on TikTok, where young people increasingly use the platform as a search engine.  They found that there were hashtags…