Dr. White has certainly given me much to ponder. I've always felt like a digital-techno imigrant having grownup with computers the size of a small room rather than being able to sit on my lap. Dr. White's video presents a perspective of social media I'd not considered, and until beginning this doctoral program, the thought or necessity to participate in social media to any degree other than Facebook to find out what's going on with my family was never even a consideration, much less a thought to ponder.
Before beginning this program, I identify myself as a social media Visitor, looking information up on-line, making use of google, finding useful subject matter articles or instrucitonal formats to assist in supporting teacherings in their continuation of improving their best teaching practices. Though I am still a Visitor to social networking, I now see how I will become a sometime-Resident as well. Living my entire life out in front of the world doesn't appeal to me, but communicating with colleagues in professional conversations and interactions then moving into personal conversations as we continue through our program is simply the nature of evolving.
I understand the attraction of social media to those who are residents, as well as the resources social media has to offer the learner. With the advent of the internet and creation of social media, the world has gotten smaller and the amount of information literally at our finger tips is mind-boggling, to say the least. Information is there for the taking, one only has to seek it.
I never dreamed I'd have the desire nor understanding of the value of becoming a social media Resident. I am looking forward to seeing where all this leads me.
