Being social during a pandemic

Year 4 to 9 parents and teachers

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the uptake of online interaction in the workplace and educational institutions. It has disrupted our reluctance to make this transition. This stemmed from our reliance on face-to-face connection to read non-verbal cues. Improvements in capacity throughout the network have also made video linkups more reliable. It is unlikely we will ever revert to the ‘old’ way of doing things. In Cyber Secrets, the chapter ‘Online Communication’ touches on catering for different audiences and media. The restaurant setting* has the VIV clock on the wall and so you have almost found the location of the secret message 2eno sent to Zeno mentioned in the VIV chapter of Cyber Secrets. To find the actual note will require a little of your own ingenuity, but you are definitely in the right place.

*The novel, Cyber Secrets - a digital adventure story, has a few interactive links where readers have to use their online skills to retrieve clues.

Question: How does the medium affect online communication?

Casper Pieters PhD Dip Ed is an author and educator who uses adventure narratives to enliven the ICT curriculum for young people. www.casperpieters.com