https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sFBadv04eY
Visitor or resident? That is the question that Dr. White proposes in his video: If you are a visitor of the internet, you refrain from establishing an online presence and maintaining; if you are resident of the internet, you have and maintain an online presence. I believe that this definition of the visitor/native spectrum works for defining the internet as a social media space, but not the internet as a whole. Sure there are those who enjoy making themselves known in digital space, but having an established online persona/presence should not be the definition of an internet visitor or resident. I am not sure there is a meaningful way to classify someone as a resident or a native, but if there is, it should also include other ways of using the internet, such as non social tools such as the cloud. The cloud has seen a recent development and expansion in our lives to the point of being indispensible (such as dropbox), and those are tools that I believe residents of the internet know how to use effectively. Sure, social media can help augment online presence, but online learning begins with the tools used: Edmodo, Schoology, Dropbox, Google Apps, the list is endless. Knowing how to use these tools is essential to being online resident.
Being a fairly reserved person, I can safely say that according to Dr. White, I am a visitor of the internet. Even though I frequent many blogs, news websites, and social media sites, I rarely post or interact with other people online. Even my Facebook page sees very infrequent updates. This is one of the reasons why I find it difficult sometimes to see the usefulness of Twitter in education or other websites. I am much more comfortable collaborating with those close to me rather than strangers. I find more value in using tools to facilitate learning, such as those I mention I above. I am sure I will eventually establish a full-fledged online persona, one day.
Visitor or resident? That is the question that Dr. White proposes in his video: If you are a visitor of the internet, you refrain from establishing an online presence and maintaining; if you are resident of the internet, you have and maintain an online presence. I believe that this definition of the visitor/native spectrum works for defining the internet as a social media space, but not the internet as a whole. Sure there are those who enjoy making themselves known in digital space, but having an established online persona/presence should not be the definition of an internet visitor or resident. I am not sure there is a meaningful way to classify someone as a resident or a native, but if there is, it should also include other ways of using the internet, such as non social tools such as the cloud. The cloud has seen a recent development and expansion in our lives to the point of being indispensible (such as dropbox), and those are tools that I believe residents of the internet know how to use effectively. Sure, social media can help augment online presence, but online learning begins with the tools used: Edmodo, Schoology, Dropbox, Google Apps, the list is endless. Knowing how to use these tools is essential to being online resident.
Being a fairly reserved person, I can safely say that according to Dr. White, I am a visitor of the internet. Even though I frequent many blogs, news websites, and social media sites, I rarely post or interact with other people online. Even my Facebook page sees very infrequent updates. This is one of the reasons why I find it difficult sometimes to see the usefulness of Twitter in education or other websites. I am much more comfortable collaborating with those close to me rather than strangers. I find more value in using tools to facilitate learning, such as those I mention I above. I am sure I will eventually establish a full-fledged online persona, one day.