{"id":173,"date":"2020-04-29T11:31:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T18:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0159\/?p=173"},"modified":"2020-04-29T11:31:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T18:31:29","slug":"create-cultivate-and-reflect-on-digital-presence-i-just-quit-instagram-but-im-joining-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0159\/create-cultivate-and-reflect-on-digital-presence-i-just-quit-instagram-but-im-joining-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Create, Cultivate and Reflect on Digital Presence: I just quit Instagram, but I’m joining Twitter?????"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" Photo by\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Markus Spiske<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/a>Unsplash<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The article \u201cWho are you Online? Considering Issues of Web Identity\u201d by Kelly Schryver asks the reader to consider our online presence. (Schryver, 2013) Overall, as my previous blog post indicated, I don\u2019t contribute much in the form of a permanent imprint digitally based on the \u201cVisitors and Residents: typology (White & Le Cornu, 2011).\u00a0 The readings from unit 2 present an alternative view to my current opinion that is worth considering.<\/p>\n

My notion of privacy is formed by a strict environment related to confidentiality. Very little information is shared or received and is kept closely guarded. The article by Boyd (2011) in our readings introduced me to the evolving concept of privacy where they stated \u201cprivacy is simply in a state of transition as people try to make sense of how to negotiate the structural transformations resulting from networked media\u201d (Boyd, 2011). I found this interesting as I previously saw privacy as being a binary concept.\u00a0 I now see that there is a spectrum evolving that is still in transition.<\/p>\n

Again related to privacy, I have considered any work I do as a student or my students do as part of course work as also being binary: a specific project for a specific course and then that is the end of the process.\u00a0 A quote from Watters in their article \u201cThe web we need to give our students\u201d (2015) argues that allowing students to have their own domain allows students to \u201chave much more say over what they present to the world, in terms of their public profiles, professional portfolios, and digital identities.\u201d (Watters, 2015). In the 21st<\/sup> century, we live in a networked society (Rheingold, 2010). This means that our social connections will be at least in part in a digital space.\u00a0 It is therefore important to reflect on the intention and cultivation of our digital presence.<\/p>\n

What does all this mean for the development my own digital presence? \u00a0I need to lead by example if I expect my students to have a clear purpose for their digital presence and develop a personal cyberinfrastructure (Campbell, 2009). Given that it seems evident that much of the education technology community as well as the research community in my specific field of Medical Radiation Technology communicates online, particularly on Twitter, I want to create and grow my digital presence if I\u2019m going to effectively network and grow in the direction of education technology.<\/p>\n

Identified gaps for my goals<\/strong><\/p>\n

In life and online, I edit myself greatly. It is easy to be polished and poised due to editing capabilities online compared to in person where reactions are instantaneous. (Schryver, 2013). I overthink when and if to contribute online and consider multiple and often unrealistic responses to my contribution by way of catastrophic thinking (Psychology Today, 2011). My worldview is very suspicious of the motives of social media. \u00a0Our time, attention and freely shared personal data have become commodity for monetary gain for others, not us (Washington Post, 2018).<\/p>\n

Strategies and approaches to address the identified gaps<\/strong><\/p>\n