I found a link at the bottom of my Blog 'Learn how to start mobile blogging' and I decided to give it a go. I got all excited when I read the instructions and saw how simple mobile blogging or moblogging could potentially be that I whipped out my Blackberry and started with Option 1: Sending an e-mail for my claim code. Got an instant reply saying that my device had failed to register and that I would have to send the same e-mail again. ATTEMPT 2...failed me again though I did appreciate the instant replies. Undeterred I decided to go with Option 2: Sending an SMS instead. After 2 more attempts at signing up for the service, here I am a Blogger NOT on the go.
Until my next post...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Multitasking crash
Am I truly multitasking or am I simply shifting my attention from task to task? From simply driving to where I need to be in rush hour traffic every morning and having breakfast at the same time to simultaneously replying e-mails, checking the daily weather, having a cup of coffee and answering my mobile phone, how effective am I in all I do? Is it better to complete one task before beginning a second one or am I actually using my time better by multi-tasking.
A number of articles I read online this week supports the notion that doing two, three things at once does not actually save us time. While our brains are perfectly capable of keeping us walking, talking and chewing gum all at the same time, it is only because these movements have been practiced so much that they are automatic. When it comes to deeper and more meaningful activities that require a higher level of consciousness, multitasking may simply be a myth.
Take into consideration the digital and technology friendly era we live in and more than often it's information overload for us. Technology has created methods for information to reach us a lot more rapidly than in the past and in most cases we have failed to adapt as rapidly and to learn to filter information efficiently. We are not discrmininating between what is important and what is mundane.
It is not information overload, it is filter failure
Until my next post...
A number of articles I read online this week supports the notion that doing two, three things at once does not actually save us time. While our brains are perfectly capable of keeping us walking, talking and chewing gum all at the same time, it is only because these movements have been practiced so much that they are automatic. When it comes to deeper and more meaningful activities that require a higher level of consciousness, multitasking may simply be a myth.
Take into consideration the digital and technology friendly era we live in and more than often it's information overload for us. Technology has created methods for information to reach us a lot more rapidly than in the past and in most cases we have failed to adapt as rapidly and to learn to filter information efficiently. We are not discrmininating between what is important and what is mundane.
It is not information overload, it is filter failure
Until my next post...
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Social networking sites
I went on Facebook today, trying to find out how long I've been a member of this social networking site and funnily enough, though I can find out the daily going-ons of my friend's life on this site, I failed to locate how long it's been since I've clicked the 'Sign up" button on Facebook. Recent lectures have gotten me thinking about my 'online conduct' and if a potential employer were to click on my page one day, would my page reflect an accurate perception of myself or would it possibly condemn me and my chances of getting the job. My answer: It's accurate if you carefully follow the progression, personally know who I am and have been a live witness to the context of each and everyone of my pictures and videos. Verdict: I'll probably be condemned and lose my potential job.
So then, are we responsible for our each and everyone of our online actions and to what extent? Can we be accountable for everything that is uploaded to the web about me. Referring back to the ACMA seminar, there is a huge need for web users to be safe cybercitizens. Since the seminar and this week's lecture, I've checked and edited my Facebook friends, double checked my privacy settings and actively tried to untag myself from numerous photos and videos.
Would I use social networking sites in the classroom? Given that Facebook and most social networking sites are meant to be for individuals aged 13 and over, I feel relatively comfortable with my position as a future primary school educator who will not have to implement these sites in my classroom due to these restriction. I will however have to prepare myself for the more junior versions of these sites such as Moshi Monsters and ensure that I am aware of how these sites operate, their capabilities and their benefits in Education system. There will also be the issue of preparing my students for future uses of social networking sites.
On a different note, one albeit astray from the topic of social networking sites but what about blogs? Blogs represent an excellent platform for people to share information, photos, videos and at the same time present people the opportunity to comment on their posts. I have to admit, I'm a closet blog follower. I know the names of children, their parents, their favourite activities and numerous other random facts of people I've never met and am likely never to met halfway across the world but whose blogs I have stumbled across in the past and am now addicted to. How safe is it for people to be posting so openly? While I love being invited into their lives, when I do take the time to think about my favourite pasttime, I find it slightly 'creepy'.
Until my next post...
So then, are we responsible for our each and everyone of our online actions and to what extent? Can we be accountable for everything that is uploaded to the web about me. Referring back to the ACMA seminar, there is a huge need for web users to be safe cybercitizens. Since the seminar and this week's lecture, I've checked and edited my Facebook friends, double checked my privacy settings and actively tried to untag myself from numerous photos and videos.
Would I use social networking sites in the classroom? Given that Facebook and most social networking sites are meant to be for individuals aged 13 and over, I feel relatively comfortable with my position as a future primary school educator who will not have to implement these sites in my classroom due to these restriction. I will however have to prepare myself for the more junior versions of these sites such as Moshi Monsters and ensure that I am aware of how these sites operate, their capabilities and their benefits in Education system. There will also be the issue of preparing my students for future uses of social networking sites.
On a different note, one albeit astray from the topic of social networking sites but what about blogs? Blogs represent an excellent platform for people to share information, photos, videos and at the same time present people the opportunity to comment on their posts. I have to admit, I'm a closet blog follower. I know the names of children, their parents, their favourite activities and numerous other random facts of people I've never met and am likely never to met halfway across the world but whose blogs I have stumbled across in the past and am now addicted to. How safe is it for people to be posting so openly? While I love being invited into their lives, when I do take the time to think about my favourite pasttime, I find it slightly 'creepy'.
Until my next post...
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