This is a reflection in response to Adrienne’s post on Community and Digital Literacy: Community and Digital Literacy Adrienne had mentioned that the MA Lead program “has grown by 30% in the last year, [which presents] a challenge for instructors to keep quality standards and nurture community” (Castellon, 2018). I am wondering if it would […]
These learning activities were very educational for me. Here is a summary of what I found in the image searches: Professors were primarily Caucasian men who had grey hair and glasses. There were very few images of women and there were only a few images of people from different ethnic groups. Even Donald Trump showed […]
It took some digging to actually find information about myself on the internet. I typed in Heather Strong, Heather A. Strong, and then Dr. Heather Strong and it was only when I included the “Dr” with my name that I actually found some links to information about me. Above I have included three snap shots […]
This activity was very interesting. I was shocked to find out that after visiting only 16 websites that I was connected with 76 different third party sites (see my featured image for this post). I was only mildly aware that my information was being “followed” on the web. I did not expect this much information […]
Being online can be a bittersweet experience. As a mom of teenagers and a business person who uses Social Media to keep on top of pop culture, check what my kids are being exposed to or to communicate with industry colleagues, I often see many things that are both inspiring and unnerving. The unnerving would …
What happened to Justine Sacco and others in the article is an absolute horror and reminds me of how permanent things you put on the internet can be. Anyone can be a critic and even close friendships can be affected due to social media. I am blessed that I have not experienced it, but I […]
Have you ever witnessed or experienced negative fallout for something you or someone else said online? I use pictures of myself from a blog I wrote in 2004-2006 as examples of how everything you post on the internet is there, and it’s there permanently. I wrote the blog while I was travelling overseas using an […]