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
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Mas, how’s it going now? Are things getting a bit more familiar? Can I help? It’s good to see the blog underway anyway, and to see the lifestream taking shape. Remember to aim to post weekly summaries, as described in the course guide, to help make sense of some of this ‘chaos’.
I know how it is with a little one. I can’t let mine even see my iphone – at 15 months, she knows how to use it, and knows exactly where the Youtube application is : )
Sian,
Think I’m getting there. Just a bit slow with the readings at the moment and work is manic too due to the start of the term with all the inductions and research sessions and managing people. I rather managing the machine than people at the moment! I have lots of ideas for my Lifestream and blogging just haven’t got time to do it. I will do my best to post my weekly summaries. I am a little bit worry as to how little my blog is at the moment.
At the moment, we are hiding our IPod touch from Adrian. It is quite scarry to see how much they know what to do with the technology. He even knows what to do with my phone camera!!! It is sweet though to see how he imitates taking photo put the phone right in-front of him facing the right way then he will look at the screen looking for the photo he thinks he has taken.