Conclusiones y new perspectives

Idiomas: Español, English

Consideraría éste último día como dos partes:

1. Introducción a la creación y edición de videos con Diego Zavala
2. Conversación con Helen DeWaard y Rebecca Hogue.

La primera parte tenía como objetivo final que lográramos hacer un video de manera individual o en grupo, en mi caso trabajé con mi hermana en un video corto sobre la depresión desde nuestras experiencias, espero poder poner el link pronto, ya que el tiempo destinado a las clase, al intentar empezar de cero, nos tomó más tiempo del esperado. (Edit: link al video) Diego nos mostró un video, de una de las plataformas que recomendó como recurso, que me pareció una excelente idea, muy creativa y que logró resonar conmigo particularmente por el tema y contexto del mundo y Estados Unidos.

Since I’ve posted two days in Spanish and two in English I thought it was adequate to write the last post in both languages.

The conversation we held with our guests consisted on what we share and why we share it. They had interesting perspectives on cyber bullying and complemented the ideas previous guests had stated. Fortunately for me they kept inspiring and pushing us to keep writing.

Before this course I had started a blog, hoping to be read but at the same time hoping not to. I’ve always been private and I tend not to share my feelings and thoughts on certain topics, so I was having a tough time fighting against myself and again, since I wouldn’t tell anyone about my blog there was no one encouraging me to continue blogging, and finally as a happy coincidence I ended up in this course.

I’m deeply thankful to all the guests and the teacher for helping me overcome certain fears I had before the course and even some insecurities, although I’m still hoping no one I know in real life reads my personal blog. Thank you for your time, insights and encouraging words. Sorry for not participating as much as you deserved, would hope or I wanted to, I’m shy.

I’ll keep blogging somewhere else.

Context and struggles

Warning: This post, like its predecessors, contains little to none information, it serves as a compilation of my opinions and understanding of topics discussed during the course.

Is context really necessary? How important is it?

Earlier this week we had started a conversation about the importance of context, today Ken showed us an image regarding misinterpretation, the image had a group of people looking at their cellphones implying that instead of hanging out with people next to them they rather ignore them, the next part shows the conversations they’re having through their cellphones; we also watched a video of a group of girls taking selfies during a baseball game, the narrators were making fun of them, since the video became viral the girls were invited to the Ellen Show and got the chance to explain their side of the story, admitting they were all part of a sorority that uses the baseball game to get to know each other and they actively help an association, and used the fame that came with that video to help even more. While I had watched the first (and viral) video before, I was angry (again) at the narrators because at the beginning the explicitly ask for people to send their photos and when this group of girls do they became the target of their jokes.

I personally think that our generation is criticized for said behaviors far more often than older generations and the criticism comes from them particularly. Reading about this some time ago, I agreed with the writer that stated that the generations that came before cellphones, internet and such useful resources, probably faced a similar battle with their predecessors in regards of phones, tv, electric light, and others, and they are repeating the same mistake: assuming the new generation is being handed everything without a struggle.

Now, it is true technology keeps making life easier than before, but as stated by Uncle Ben: with great power comes great responsibility. So most likely our parents didn’t have google to help them with their homework or investigations and we do, but we are confronted with the idea that since there is a lot of information easily accesible, we need to make an excellent use of it, so we need to dive into the immensity of the internet, read a bunch of information, discern valid from made up, find the most recent studies regarding the topic, recollect it from various sites and sources, to finally put it all together in a flawless summary of no more than a certain amount of pages. Again a nice group of skills to learn and put to good use, but when are these kids or young adults going to go out and socialize after the amount of time invested, so now we are all day staring at our screens doing nothing instead of living real life.

Finally and privately discussing more on Maha‘s views on censorship, I share her opinion that censoring a certain term that is obviously intended to insult another person in regards of their race, preference, or religion to cite a few, but not others is certainly a form of discrimination. With this I don’t mean that for example black people in the US have achieved their desired point of equality, rather they have been oppressed the longest and are beginning to receive part of the respect they evidently deserve (although the US is still far far away from erradicating racism towards black people). So reflecting on that particular situation and considering the time latinos and other minority groups have been migrating and establishing in the US, at this rate, I would have to wait more than my expected lifespan before seeing changes; and don’t get me started on censorship and gender equality because that rant may never end.

 

 

Respecto a la presencia digital

Discusión con Parangaablog y  Rosamcblog sobre su idea de los riesgos o beneficios de la presencia digital.

 

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Idioma: español

Digital presence: Visitor or Resident?

Today I’m posting in english, for no particular reason other than just feeling like it.

The third day revolved around the concepts of visitors or residents, said terms were new to me but the video we watched earlier clarified them. At the beginning of that video, David White discussed other terms, which, like he said, seemed inaccurate: native and immigrant, I do believe that for people born surrounded by the internet, it’s easier to understand and use it, and the rest may have a harder time adjusting. It is obvious that with ideas so rigid, not everyone will feel included in such categories since the world is not black and white but rather a spectrum of colors, in this case in between the know it all and the noob.

Visitor and resident encompass a broader spectrum of people that even move around each term depending on a site (the activity we did regarding this shown in the image), as the guest speakers Sundi, Autumn and Bonnie explained and discussed; probably and depending on age, people could identify more with their classification of sites or ours, or completely disagree with both because internet is full of surprises (and trolls).

#semanai #vandr #iTecGDA @TecCampusGDL pic.twitter.com/KfSOPddeqa

— Sandra Montecillo (@SandraMnt) September 28, 2016

Last but not least, and recapitulating the subjects covered in the past lessons, I’m feeling more positive towards the idea of keeping a blog and updating it constantly, since my past experiences haven’t been as successful as this assignment  (regarding consistency) I will try and use the motivation and experience shared with us to try and help my old blog be reborn into the new perspective.

Creative Safari

En el segundo día de semana i y concluyendo con los visto el día anterior, éste post actualiza mi visión sobre la identidad digital.

El final del primer día consistió en ver dos videos, el primero, de Alec Couros trataba sobre catfishing y comentaba sobre el problema que es el cyberbullying desde el comienzo mismo del internet, me pareció un approach interesante ya que también trata temas como la huella / identidad digital, que muchos en la actualidad tienen incluso antes de tener una en sus pulgares. El segundo video tenía un enfoque sobre cuántas identidades debíamos tener en internet, Pernille Tranberg, admitía tener tres ‘personalidades’ una y la real, para su perfil laboral, una personal en la que  no compartía mucha información, y otra para sitios irrelevantes que requerían información personal. Considero que en la vida real muchos tenemos diferentes personalidades según el ambiente en que estemos principalmente trabajo vs resto, yo en lo personal acepto la idea y me parece inteligente diferenciar cada aspecto de nuestras vidas, una buena manera de categorizar y evidentemente para evitar molestias con la publicidad o similares es bastante útil un perfil dummy.

Quisiera tomar un momento, o espacio, para reconocer lo amigable e interesante de la conversación que tuvimos por video enlace con Dave Cormier, las preguntas al invitado eran más enfocadas a la seguridad desde la perspectiva de alguien muy activo en la red y que cree más en los beneficios de la identidad digital que sus problemas.

 

Acerca de la actividad principal del segundo día, aún en progreso, fue divertido poder pensar qué palabras me describen y puedo encontrar en un periódico del día anterior, una tarea fácil cuando se hace con un poco de humor, y aunque elegí y recorté al inicio la palabra ‘bodoquitos’ al final no la utilicé. Algunas otras palabras, probablemente más genéricas fueron las que elegí, me parecía más fácil ver palabras y considerarlas aplicables a mí o no. Mi cacería de fotos resultó productiva dentro de lo que cabe y conseguí 6 imágenes antes de la hora pactada con el profesor. Las presento a continuación.

Espero ansiosa las ideas que nos compartan el resto de los invitados, y por supuesto la perspectiva femenina del tema.

 

Identidad digital y semana i

¿Qué debería de escribir yo sobre la identidad digital? Lo único que puedo hacer es hablar o mejor dicho, escribir sobre mi experiencia con ella.

A lo largo de la semana y conforme avance el curso de Digital identity probablemente termine más informada de lo que empiezo, puede que incluso cambie mi perspectiva sobre el tema.

Lo que sé hasta el momento sobre la identidad digital se limita casi a mi uso de las redes sociales, principalmente Facebook. Recuerdo cuando me inscribí a la popular red social en 2007 cuando se requería estar dentro de una red universitaria en Estados Unidos y tener un mínimo de edad, claramente mentí por lo que mi identidad en ese momento, teniendo 12 años, decía que era una mujer de 18 años estudiando en otro país. En el presente esos errores ya fueron corregidos,  con ayuda de lo que aportó Facebook en sus cambios de registro, por lo que mi identidad es más cercana a la realidad.

Actualmente, también cuanto con un blog con datos personales limitados, y que trata más de gustos, haciéndolo menos personal, pero también está algo olvidado; además tengo un sitio en tumblr que consiste en temas aleatorios, gustos, algunas pocas ideas y cosas que me han hecho reír, claro que por la idea anónima que manejo he publicado ideas, pensamientos o sentimientos muy personales por lo que no me sentiría confiada en compartirlo con amigos de la vida real.

Esperaré a ver que me depara esta semana y lo compartiré en el blog.