I love the whole idea of "emoticons." You know, those little punctuation marks that convey an emotion online. ;-) But I kind of don't like them too. :-(
For one thing, at least in the most basic ones, you have to turn your head to appreciate them. Or at least, metaphorically, you have to. Now how can that be simple communication? It's exhausting to read and then do all that head-turning. Okay, JK.
But they're getting fancier now, and you have to be cool to keep up with them. Below are some new ones that I learned from Wikipedia. (I'm a huge Wikipedia fan, even though I point out to my students at Granite State College that it's not a good research source, but not a bad place to use for some ideas about a topic. Even I could at least try to write an article on particle physics, about which I know drearily little, and until some smart volunteer Wikipedia editor looked at it and realized it was unutterable nonsense, it might be online as a credible source for, well, maybe a few minutes anyhow.)
A really funny cartoon by Dan Piraro, who draws the series called "Bizarro" shows a mother on the phone, saying, "Okay, dear, see you tomorrow. Colon, dash, parenthesis." Her daughter says, "Mom, emoticons are only for email."
So here are the new ones that I have to try to learn so I can be cool: (^_^)/ (That means "Hurrah!") Here's another one: (^_-) is a wink.
Maybe I should stop trying to be artistic with a keyboard and just take one of the art courses we're famous for at Granite State College. Here's information from a recent newsletter about awesome courses Star Island and the Art of Granite State College
"Each year, Star Island and the Isles of Shoals host two Granite State College courses. One of the classes last year was ARTS 644 Special Topics: Art of Landscape/Watercolor, and was taught by Dorine Gross, MFA. Together Barbara Bolko, GSC Librarian, Bonnie Fletcher, Education Technology and Computing and Dorine have produced a Virtual Art Show highlighting the students’ work.
How cool would that be? Maybe I'd be better at drawing than I would be trying to describe particle physics. (^_-)
For one thing, at least in the most basic ones, you have to turn your head to appreciate them. Or at least, metaphorically, you have to. Now how can that be simple communication? It's exhausting to read and then do all that head-turning. Okay, JK.
But they're getting fancier now, and you have to be cool to keep up with them. Below are some new ones that I learned from Wikipedia. (I'm a huge Wikipedia fan, even though I point out to my students at Granite State College that it's not a good research source, but not a bad place to use for some ideas about a topic. Even I could at least try to write an article on particle physics, about which I know drearily little, and until some smart volunteer Wikipedia editor looked at it and realized it was unutterable nonsense, it might be online as a credible source for, well, maybe a few minutes anyhow.)
A really funny cartoon by Dan Piraro, who draws the series called "Bizarro" shows a mother on the phone, saying, "Okay, dear, see you tomorrow. Colon, dash, parenthesis." Her daughter says, "Mom, emoticons are only for email."
So here are the new ones that I have to try to learn so I can be cool: (^_^)/ (That means "Hurrah!") Here's another one: (^_-) is a wink.
Maybe I should stop trying to be artistic with a keyboard and just take one of the art courses we're famous for at Granite State College. Here's information from a recent newsletter about awesome courses Star Island and the Art of Granite State College
"Each year, Star Island and the Isles of Shoals host two Granite State College courses. One of the classes last year was ARTS 644 Special Topics: Art of Landscape/Watercolor, and was taught by Dorine Gross, MFA. Together Barbara Bolko, GSC Librarian, Bonnie Fletcher, Education Technology and Computing and Dorine have produced a Virtual Art Show highlighting the students’ work.
To see the art show, click here .
Dorine has exhibited nationally in museums including The Art Institute of Chicago, The Butler Institute of American Art, The Currier Gallery of Art in New Hampshire, and the GWV Smith Art Museum. Students consistently rave about GSC/Star Island courses: “the Isles of Shoals are absolutely beautiful. . .a once in a lifetime opportunity. . .what an interesting place to have a class.”
How cool would that be? Maybe I'd be better at drawing than I would be trying to describe particle physics. (^_-)
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