Conclusions ______ Module 5
This is me, in the truest sense. I have worked and worked my brain, emotions, energy depleted, and anxiety, headaches, near tears, want to scream, not sure I could finish..... and then some! I am not sure what else there is to say... but thank goodness this is the end. I enjoyed the struggle and would have loved this class and all the tasks if I had more time to play with them and not feel so much pressure. Between my internship and SEHD classes and this class and family and team mom and tournaments and my relationship and life in general.... i am wiped.
Week 13
Challenge:K.Martin's Education Timeline
https://time.graphics/line/d956839bb829f53c5315d9f93a63369c
This was my biggest challenge. I could not get the Knightlab Timeline to work. I even watched three YouTube video's but couldn't get it to register my start dates. I decided to go a different route and found Timegraphics. It is not as cool as the other one but it still incorporates media and served its purpose!
Week 14
Weekly Thing: How Narcissistic Are You?
I got 11 out of 40
I took the Narcissistic Personal Inventory and I have to say I expected very different results. The way I was answering the questions and my feelings towards the response I would have expected a very different graph. I'm not sure if I should be offended or alarmed.
Dialog:
Week 15
Weekly Thing: Coding
- Favorite Topic: Your Brain on Social Media:
This was my favorite topic, because I find it to be the most relevant to me personally. Having three kids growing up in this day and age along with my own interests it is essential as a parent and a a consumer to know the lasting effects social media has and will have. The science behind it is alarming-how your body and brain have an addictive craving for social media, similar to the type of addiction your brain develops for substances: "a similar impairment." As a teacher, emotion, attention, and decision making are clearly important parts of the brain functioning in my students and are needed during class. Along with the lack of ability to multi-task, it seems like, as a teacher we have a hard[er] job to do, to engage and teach while using social media or battling it for their attention. I found it very interesting how the release of dopamine is so intense -- orgasms, motivation, and love, are lumped into the same dopamine release, paired with the physiologically reward of our bodies for talking about ourselves online.....whew! It's no wonder that people glorify their lives and create fake profiles_____they are chasing that high. I wonder some times, if everything will just combust in our faces and we will turn into gross, vitamin-D deficiency, walking shells of a people with our heads in our phones and consumed with getting likes by people we never meet in person.
KyleSmoker:
This video is reinforcing my reservations about giving my daughter a phone. On the one hand, I don't want to just be a typical parent, complaining about how the next new thing is corrupting the youth; and yet, on the other hand, this technology sure does seem to be different from stuff like mere "rock-and-roll" or MTV, etc. My daughter was begging me to let her have her own Youtube channel last summer. When I asked why, she said, "Because I want to have fans." I didn't realize that fame was such a big thing for all kids these days. In contrast, empathy is such an important virtue, and it's super alarming, if true, that kids aren't getting enough time to just daydream and reflect in order to develop their empathy.
{I have these same reservations about my oldest son getting a cell phone. He will be in middle school next year and I know that he will need a cell phone in the near future. However, my son has zero self control, especially games and YouTube!}
SWilsonMoses:
I've seen parents use strict limits and times in which kids were allowed to use technology in order to limit these negative effects, but yeah, that's a tough one. Even with the risks, it seems like prohibition isn't a good solution (see: alcohol prohibition, abstinence only sex ed, etc) - so what's the medium? {THERE IS NO MEDIUM!!! YOU GIVE IN AND HOPE YOUR KID MAKES GOOD CHOICES BASED ON THE HOME TRAINING AND GUIDANCE YOU GIVE THEM!!!}
Pele:
I want to point out a positive concept presented here, particularly reflected in the girls' enthusiasm, social media provides hope to youth. Their dreams appear more attainable, and they are able to share their work with others which excites them and fuels their creative process. This reminds me of Pinkard's "On Digital Literacy" video in which she addressed the value of providing students with an audience to present their work to. I have a number of students who are vloggers, have blogs, and share their music via social media. The downside to this I want to be famous mindset, which I think was expressed in one of the comments above, is teens' ability to deal with failure and handle not receiving positive feedback/validation. I agree this may present some potential personal obstacles they will encounter in the "real" world work place. Thinking of ways to foster intrinsic value and self validation in youth is important. I think it can be problematic to strictly rely on external validation/rewards from others. This reminds me of this professional development meeting I went to today at my site school. The topic was positive growth producing feedback. One of the quotes from the speaker that stuck out to me was "emphasize challenge not success." Basically, expressing to students that it is o.k. to fail (you don't always need to get that A) and that our failures contribute to our learning—the risks we take—the challenges we willingly embark on matters more than the end result.
{I think these are important points. There is good and bad to all things if not done in moderation. These platforms and communities provide friendships and support to some who otherwise would be isolated and unable to express their thoughts, talents, and/or stories.}
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