Digital Spaces Map
Welcome back!
This week we are covering a fun topic. Technology is evolving at a very fast pace nowadays. Especially when I think of cellphone
technology, it is widely known that we now carry more computing power in our
cellphones than NASA had when they started sending men to space. There are many applications available that
let us order pizza, complete our taxes, listen to the newest Sam Smith album,
etc. This week on my blog I want to talk about a concept introduced by David
White to describe how we interact with technology, where uses the terms “visitors
and residents”. Visitor means that you use the technology to access something
specific but there is not a social component.
Resident is when the technology has a social component, where you
connect with others. So to determine
whether my engagement with an app on my cellphone is considered “visitor” or “resident”
I would ask myself whether or not I interact with other people and if there is
an online profile attached to it that others can identify me with. Therefore, an easy example would be Facebook. That is a “resident” type of application
since it contains my online profile that identifies who I am, and I can
certainly interact with other people.
Now, have you heard the phrase a picture is worth a thousand
words? Below is a graphic that shows
some of the applications found on my cellphone and how I see them in relation
to David White’s concept described above.
The graph is divided into four quadrants; the vertical axis shows whether
the engagement with the app is professional or personal, and the horizontal axis
shows whether it is resident or visitor.
Images from Google Images
Honestly, I had to work hard to find my professional apps. In less than a minute, I was already running
out of space on my Resident-Personal quadrant.
Then I started finding Personal-Visitor apps and quickly ran out of room. Therefore, I quickly came to the realization
that my digital space is highly personal and maybe I should focus a bit more on
my professional digital presence.
I cannot say that I was utterly surprised about the results
but watching it on a graph makes it look a bit more obvious and concerns me a little bit that I may be spending too much time on things that may not be as productive..
Now I suggest you try mapping your digital spaces and see
how it looks.
Additional Resources:
- https://tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk/index.php/2008/07/23/not-natives-immigrants-but-visitors-residents/
It is fascinating to see it laid out like this, isn't it? We have this idea of what our internet usage and footprint looks like but when we have time to reflect new wonderings can occur. I was surprised myself at how much I was a resident professionally!
ReplyDeleteHi Lucia, I love that you used the phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words." It definitely applies to our digital maps. I was surprised by my map as well. I ended up realizing that I had almost an equal amount of personal/professional and visitor/resident apps and sites across the board. I surprised myself because I didn't realize that I do rely a lot on technology at work and in my classroom. I was worried I didn't use it enough. I am leaning to integrate in more into my lessons but I do use the internet as a resource quite often in my workplace. I also use apps a lot foe socialization. I am really looking forward to using my blogging as a new way for communication with others and to learn more from professionals like us. Thank you for sharing your digital map and your experience!
ReplyDeleteThe comparison to the saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" is so accurate when doing this mapping activity. It was also a great way to reflect. I feel like when we interact online we just do without thinking. Taking some time to really reflect on what our presence online is turned out to be pretty powerful. It makes me more aware of my own actions and wonder about those of my students online.
ReplyDeleteHi Lucia, We are partners for this week's project and I've tried e-mailing you the link to the padlet I started but I'm not sure you got that e-mail. Here's the link to the padlet: https://padlet.com/larzewnicki/6ajmejpazmcf
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Laura