identity- lego mashup

I'm not sure how to save it but for the video mash up, I put the first girl one and the alien conquest for the sound. It was funny to watch a video with girls and everything pink and then hear sound effects and voices that were masculine. It really shows that our genders are stereotyped. Every girl is thought to like pink and be kind and sweet. Every boy is thought to like blue, be tough and want to win.

http://www.genderremixer.com/lego/#

identity- blog 5

As soon as a baby is born, the gender is discovered. Immediately the wall paper of the nursery is chosen and so is the clothes. Blue for the boy and pink for the girl. As the child starts to make friends and play with others, they realize they are being taught that dolls and tea parties are for girls and trucks are for boys. It is hard for most of us to get out of our comfort zone. If a girl cries it is socially okay but if a boy does, they are treated differently as not as tough. I personally don't think that is fair because we all have feelings.
 
Identity occurs everywhere! Since the beginning of time, there have been stereotypes.  Between the early 1900's to the 1980's or so, women would stay home and cook and the men were going off to work. Identity changes just a little bit as the years go on but so does everything else. Now almost all females go to a job.

Why am I here

I enrolled in EDU 106, knowing I needed a technology fluency course. However, I did not realize that it was going to be about writing blogs and learning how to use different websites/tools. The first week I was very confused and frustrated but after learning how to navigate through the websites it got easier. I am glad I stayed in the class. I am learning a lot and can't wait to start learning how to create a website.

I plan to be an early education teacher in a kindergarten or first grade classroom. Everything is based around technology now so in 7-8 years it will be even more involved. When I am a teacher, I will need to educate my students on the evolving technology that will be present at the time. This course is going to help me learn to help myself in technology.

reaction to boyds article

Before the article even starts, at the top of the page it says, “ 'If you’re not on MySpace, you don’t exist'- Skyler, 18, to her mom". I felt a flashback come to me. I was in 8th grade and I really wanted a Facebook because everyone else had one. Face it, we all did this because our world maneuvers around technology and social media.

In the article, Boyd talks about Identity performance. I like when she said " we take the body for granted". As we hit about 12, 13, we start having to learn to communicate online. We don't have the gestures and " the act of articulation differs from how we convey meaningful information through our bodies". We get so used to this and then bullying happens. Sometimes information is misinterpreted and others see posts that are thought to be bullying but it is really sarcasm. We all need to think very hard of what we put online.

my view on technology

Technology can do two things, help us learn and distracts us from our daily lives.

Us human beings are all very busy people. We have work, school, errands, and sleep. We should be doing what we need to do, but instead were worried about what we are missing out on with social media websites like Facebook, twitter, Instagram, etc. There is always time later to get updated on what is going on away from where we are. This distracts us from doing what we need to do presently. Don't lie, we all do it. We get in trouble at both work and school by using technology.

However, technology does not only distract us. If we are using it for learning purposes it can actually help us tremendously. A lot of the classwork/homework in school comes off websites that teachers either created or got instructed to use from the school. Technology has gotten better and better at helping us learn. Believe it or not, news websites really teach you a lot about what is going on around us. The weather is useful at preparing us on what to wear or where to go/what do to. Current events are put on the news to educate society on both the good and bad things happening. The radio, television, internet and telephone are all terrific methods of communication.

Some people who have special needs or are disabled in a certain way need assistive technology to help them with their daily lives. Ipads have programs and apps that help with education purposes. Electronic Wheelchairs are a huge piece of technology that benefits someone who cannot walk. People who cannot express what they need can use technology  with pictures and buttons to show it.

module 3- analysis of reading

New Literacy

http://newliteracies.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/448/2014/07/Leu-D.J.-Zawilinski-L.-Forzani-E.-Timbrell-N.-in-press.pdf

I always knew that a lot of stuff is based online. However, after reading this article, I learned that there is and will be much more online rather than books. In the article it state, "literacy is not just “new” today; it becomes “new” every day of our lives". everyday, society needs to learn how to use different forms technology because inverting is updated. This can go with emails, new apps, browsers, search engines, wikis, and blogs. We need to know how to do all of  this if we are going to succeed in and out of school.

I thought it a very good idea when the article suggested to "start teaching new literacies as early as possible". Just like anything else, the earlier someone starts, the easier it is to do when an adult because they are use to it.

twitter chat

It was hard to decide on a twitter chat to do a blog on. I really like Disney movies, whether cartoon or with real people so I decided to do a hash tag on #WaltDisney. On television, they rarely shows old movies anymore and its sad. The whole concept of Disney would have never started if it wasn't for Walt Disney. He was the founder. Also, Disney World is one of my favorite vacation spots. Just like everything else, things change over time. Everything forms around the generation that is present.

You can see from the first picture here, that someone wants this Pinocchio book from Etsy. This book is an older one and when something is older, it builds value. Twitter could help people sell things and make money (not only with Disney products). There are many different purposes of twitter and this is an outcome of technology.

 Walt Disney wrote some very inspirational quotes. you can see on the 3rd picture, some people tweeted about the quotes and its significance. Both kids and adults can use these quotes to pursue challenges when they are in a difficult time in their life.

 People from all over the country love Walt Disney. You can see from the fourth picture below. Here, they are giving him credit for what he has done. Twitter chats can involve people from all different ages and countries.