How has week 1 been so far? Well… I am still adjusting myself with the new applications – WordPress Blog, my Lifestream, Tweeting, … I thought I can get away with Tweeting, Flickr, YouTube as I just haven’t got the time. The only reason I’m being online apart from accessing this course is to check my e-mail and Facebook as wasy for me to keep in touch with my friends and family. As stated by Hand that the Internet has bring the world closer, I no longer have to wait 2 weeks to hear from my family, no longer have a massive phone bill as Skype gives me the cheaper option. These are as far as me being in a digital culture as it comes naturally to me. Even at work first thing I do is to power up my laptop and access my inbox instead of saying hello to my colleagues – bit sad, I know.
It has been a mind blowing last week for me – learning new technologies for this course. Not easy – keyword here is familiarisation and for this time is required which is a struggle for me at the moment. I can’t power up my laptop without my 17 month old boy interfering – beebies, beebies (CBeebies) and pressing the keypad at the same time, his busy tiny little fingers pressing the swtich on/off button. Is he the true digital culture? Brings back memory on my previous course IDEL – Prensky Digital native, where being online is so natural to him. I am not giving up…I am still learning. Bear with me people…
I also wonder how people divide their time between being online and offline? I have asked this to my husband tonite – his answer was – they are teenagers, 20 year old living with parents, those who works just to pay for their phone bills, games.
Adrian in front of Grandad's pc
