Final Reflection

Contribution

I’m someone who learns through practice and activities, so I found a lot of what we did in this course very memorable and interesting. For example, what I extremely enjoyed were games that both combined the digital literacy issues we learn about, and something interactive that employs a lot of player agency, like the game … Continue reading Contribution →

Egyptian Social Media Influencers

With the rising influence of social media, many people used it to their advantage creating youtube channels, instagram and facebook pages, sharing and presenting their views and interests. These influencers have discussed topics that range from health, education, fashion or entertainment.  When I think of social media influencers, I usually think of celebrities, such as … Continue reading Egyptian Social Media Influencers →

How our Privacy is invaded. Daily.

Lately I’ve experience so one too many “coincidences” regarding my phone, that I started questioning the pattern. For example, I would just be talking about horoscopes with my friends and do a quick safari search, and not a minute later I would find my instagram feed suggesting a horoscope app to download. I would bump … Continue reading How our Privacy is invaded. Daily. →

Soliya Experience

Recently, I have experienced a cross cultural experience on a digital platform called Soliya and it was extremely different than any other experience I have ever encountered. My previous experience with online communication with people from different cultures is very minimal and it was usually on a one to one basis. And unlike the connect … Continue reading Soliya Experience →

Final Outcome of my Digital Narrative Game.

The topic choice and what I’ve learned during the creation of this game:  As previously mentioned in my game prototype, social inequality is a topic I find extremely important and intertwined with every aspect of our life. People unfortunately get sucked into their own problems that they rarely recognize other people’s problems and try to … Continue reading Final Outcome of my Digital Narrative Game. →

Game Prototype.

I chose the topic of Social inequality because in my opinion it is one of the most relevant problems that exist on the big scale in my country and on the smaller in my university and in my day to day life. There is a huge class gap problem in Egypt, and a lot of … Continue reading Game Prototype. →

Information Equity & Digital Redlining.

The first article discusses a concept we have previously debated in class which is information equity, the fair distribution of information among individuals/groups in our society. First the article stresses the importance of information and how vital it is that individuals gain access to it, using the educational, health and political system as an example … Continue reading Information Equity & Digital Redlining. →

Game Design Mapping.

When brainstorming for ideas for my game design, i wanted something relatable, a game that would reflect a scenario of situation that is extremely present in our society yet somehow we are gated and blinded from it. I do not know if this is the case with everyone but my friends and the people I … Continue reading Game Design Mapping. →

CLT Reflection.

Last week instead of attending a normal lecture, we did something different that I was shocked and extremely impressed that was available in my university, we attended a Auc CLT symposium about our learning environment and digital literacy. to me, this created an vital space where not only the faculty can learn new ways to … Continue reading CLT Reflection. →