This week has been... interesting. I have lost some friends, gained some friends, and dyed my hair! We move into the new building next week, which is incredibly awesome considering it was suppose to be finished a loooong time ago. Also, to make things even better, my birthday is in 5 days! I love Octobers.
This week we learned about staying real online, and ways to stay safe when meeting people online. Representing yourself is how you show yourself to others. It creates somewhat of a 'label' for you. Someone's persona is the way they act in front of others. Some people try to have a different persona when they create avatars, which is basically a graphic image to represent yourself online. A lot of people choose to stay anonymous online, which is when you have a hidden identity. Some people act more freely online, and aren't very inhibited, which is when someone is careful or restrained in actions or impulses.
In Digital Driver's License, we learned about how someone can hide behind a computer screen and live a whole other world when online. Some people live through their video games because of the restrictions they have in reality. For example, a warrior in a video game might actually be a paralyzed teenager. Some people keep there online lives somewhat the same to their everyday life because they like whatever aspect of their life that they keep. Some people just like to play video games.
This digital literacy component helped me a lot to figure out who I am in the online world. I like to make my avatars look as close to me as possible, because I don't want to be anyone else. I'm not much of a gamer, but I used to be.
This week, our 2.0 web tool was Glogster, which is a website where you can present information through a 'poster like' template. Personally, I really liked this website because there were so many different themes and colors to choose from. I could make my poster exactly how I envisioned it would look like. I love when I can think about how I'm going to do something, and not have to change it because I'm not given the resources I need.
One negative thing about Glogster, is that it took a while to load some of the pictures I wanted to use. There wasn't anything else that I didn't like about Glogster. Some positive things about Glogster is that it was easy to use and simple to work productively around. I didn't have any problems with any customizing I wanted to do. If I had to rate Glogster, I'd give it 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Overall, I didn't have anything extraordinary happen to me this week, but it was still a good week nonetheless. I have so much to look forward to next week! Halloween and my birthday is Wednesday (yes, Halloween), My mom's is Thursday (yes, All Saint's Day), AND we move into the LSB building Thursday! I am SOOO excited! Next week should be great! Ciao. ~
Your Blog is really good! It was very informational and interesting. I enjoyed reading, I hope you have fun on your birthday
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