While creating my resident-visitor map, I really struggled to find things to populate the resident side of the tension pair. I rarely engage with social media, and when I do I’m never posting, only browsing a link that was sent to me. I don’t leave reviews, comments or other digital footprints outside of messages and emails. I play games, stream video and search maps daily, but only Google has access to those records. I have a LinkedIn account that hasn’t been updated since Covid. You might however find me on a zoom recording somewhere.
An alternative tension pair that turns this map upside down is the Individual-collaborative model displayed by Dave Cormier in his blog “Digital Practices Mapping – Intro activity for digital literacies course”. Most of the things that do leave a digital footprint are collaborations, from lesson plans to travel itineraries, collaborations are the predominants populating my resident space.
05/02/2023
Hi, Matt. Thanks for sharing your map, and your observation that your top right quadrant is the least populated – for now. I’ve been reading other blog posts and it’s interesting how people feel like they ‘ought to’ have more resident activity in their digital presence and digital identity. I wonder – is that true? Is it a given that one has to be demonstrably resident in order to improve one’s digital competency and literacies?
05/09/2023
Great question Tracy, I don’t think one needs to be a resident in order to improve their digital competencies, and my goal isn’t to occupy a greater resident space.. I’m quite proud of the fact I don’t spend my time on SM sites. I know I owe a blog deliverable about it, but my goal is to be more of a creator in the producer-consumer tension pair.
05/09/2023
Interesting observations. Will becoming more of a creator also necessarily lead to becoming more of a resident in some spaces?
05/10/2023
Another good question. I think it’s easy to make that correlation, especially in terms of SM, but I’m thinking more along the lines of creating products or developing systems, something that doesn’t necessarily bear my name or that is separate from my digital identity/footprint. It’s one thing to write a song and upload to a server for the world to hear but Catherine’s quilts, for sake of an example, could be made and gifted/sold locally without ever appearing online. Perhaps I could reconstruct my DID goal in terms or inputs and outputs but either way, I have zero appetite to reengage my facebook page.
05/23/2023
Matt, I think what’s really interesting here is that you don’t seem to use the Internet for personal use a lot. That’s amazing, what do you do with all that spare time?
05/23/2023
I’m not really sure what constitutes a lot, I feel like I’m online in some capacity most of the time, either looking up directions, translations, listening to podcasts, whatever; however, I don’t leave much of a digital footprint or engage. I also lead an active lifestyle with daily gym visits and playing sports. I prioritize the school community events and after school programs, at one point this year I was coaching every day except Friday. I play a game with my wife after dinner, and then whatever hours are left I’m just watching NHL hockey (like 500 games a season), playing games or consuming other content online anonymously. I also like to read, explore Vietnam, play music, and sleep. I am a champion sleeper. I could easily sleep 12 hours a day if I didn’t spend so much time watching hockey.