marissa wilkinson

Hello! My three contributions on the class’s timeline are these: The creation of Mazewar, the first online game where players from different computers can interact with each other online. (1974) Queen Elizabeth send an email, making her the first global leader/international diplomat to do so. (1976) Google surpasses Microsoft as “the most valuable global brand,” […]

While reading the first assigned article “Why Mozilla cares about Web Literacy“, I came across a nugget I couldn’t stop thinking about as I continued reading: “Learning by making is not a new idea. This concept is fundamental to the work of foundational thinkers such as Froebel, Dewey, and Papert (amongst many others). For example, […]

The quest: to spend an hour clicking on links and letting the internet take me on a journey. Here were the stops along the way: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/spring-fever/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/obama-to-talk-up-gun-measures-at-town-hall-tonight/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/in-2016-clinton-and-sanders-turn-to-gop-rivals-to-woo-democrats/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/whats-ahead-in-the-long-long-road-to-the-2016-presidential-election/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/16-global-developments-you-should-be-on-the-look-out-for-in-2016/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/oregon-residents-in-packed-town-hall-want-armed-militia-to-leave/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/for-disabled-children-making-the-world-a-custom-fit-out-of-cardboard/ I think the biggest thing that I learned from this exercise was how it’s difficult to leave a website once you’ve entered it. […]

Hello! My name is Marissa Wilkinson. I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon (I miss it constantly). I am currently studying International Economics and Finance with a minor in Environmental Studies at Austin College. And no, the school is not located in Austin, Texas. I live in Sherman, Texas. It’s about an hour north […]

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