week 6 - affordances

after failing to populate my blog so far i have decided to start over post-TMA01
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Affordances


having read through the initial description my notion of affordances is shaky at best

"what interaction the environment offers the organism"

but later the "post-Gibsonian" use with more complex phenomena is beyond me

maybe things will become clearer with some application ...

Activity 1

email affordances: thread visualisation, address book integration, scope for informality, access to anyone with an email address; speed ??

blog affordances: personal space, date logs/archive, public debate, photo visualisation, links

how do the affordances influence the type of communication i engage in?

email routine work communication - short notes with no capitals; cold-calling;

blog diary, collaborative communication tool with students, 
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