It's 2000, I'm sitting in my parent's walk-in closet in our tiny apartment, where we kept the computer. I start up the computer and hear, Pshhhkkkkkkrrrrkakingkakingkakingtshchchchchchchchcch*ding*ding*ding* (I've included a youtube video if you need a reminder on what dial-up sounds like).
The internet was just emerging! I felt like the luckiest person to have internet in my house. I don't remember doing much with it, but I do remember that sound and the simple appearance. Just to think that it was Web 1.0 that I was experiencing. Now I get to experience Web 2.0 and even Web 3.0! As much as it is great to experience Web 3.0, I would like Facebook to stop promoting items I don't need... But wait maybe that's Web 4.0? Before I give myself a headache, maybe I'll just stick to trying to understand Web 2.0 before I get into the others.
Social media in the classroom sounds great in theory, but I'm not sure if it's great. Personally, I haven't had success with it. This week I read, "Towards an understanding of social media use in the classroom: a literature review" by Antonie Van Den Beemt, Marieke Thurlings, and Myrthe Willems. The first line resonated with me. "Many teachers appear to struggle with the tension between possible pedagogical use and the tempting distraction of this technology."(Van Den Beemt et al., 2019) I struggle with the use because I see firsthand students being distracted by technology. Ever since COVID-19 students now use laptops in a class all the time. I'll walk around and see students off task. It's so hard when you have the internet at your fingertips. I think it has to do with the student's maturity level. For example, in this class, we are using social media in all sorts of ways. I don't find myself getting distracted, but if I tried this cl...
Happy Hump Day! This week feels longer than the last. Could be because school lets out in 6 days, which means my workload lightens and I can already feel myself wanting to take a much-needed vacation. After looking through the different reading options this week, the journal article that stood out most to me was, "Constructing academic alter-egos: identity issues in a blog-based community". The keyword is alter-egos . As I read through the article I kept thinking about Monday's Instagram challenge. I don't just post all the time on my Instagram feed. Only "curated" photos go there. If I want to share a photo or video that doesn't fit my "standard" of what goes on my feed, I just share it to my stories. I hate how I'm explaining what goes where and why, like if I have a mass following and must keep to my brand. Dennen shared a piece from Bruner, that I felt encompassed what I was feeling. "As bloggers weave the narratives of their live...
Reflection: What did I learn this week? Never leave your laptop when you go on vacation. Not everything can be done from your phone! I wanted to make sure I kept up with actively participating in blogs. For some reason my phone will not allow me to log in to my google to post on blogger accounts. Which left me having to go through everyone’s blogs to find who wasn’t using blogger 🤦🏻♀️ Talk about a pain in the butt! As for more relevant things I’ve learned this week. I need to be better at giving credit where credit is due. So much is out on the internet, but that doesn’t mean you can just take what you want. I’d hate for someone to take my images if I worked hard at creating them.
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