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Moving!

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     This week is moving week! I am so excited to be moving out of my current apartment into my new one this weekend. It has been a lot of preparation but boy is it needed, and I am anticipating this next apartment to be my last one in Tallahassee. Moving is such an interesting time because it allows us to determine what to keep and what to let go of. It reminds me of Marie Kondo’s famous, If it doesn’t bring you joy, let it go. But what about technology? Is technology harder to part ways with for you? I know for me it certainly is. I have grown up with a lot of the technical tools and equipment, like my Wii, and though I barely touch it anymore, I simply refuse to throw it away. There are memories attached to it just as their are memories attached to a painting. Technology holds emotion just as an artifact does for me and I wonder if that is shared among my peers.            Not only have I been reflecting on what technology to pack and how to donate what I am not packing, I also have
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Library Vs. Technology?

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     In Young and Rossmann's article, Montana State’s social media guidelines promote the daily usage of Twitter to connect to the Montana State community and emphasize the importance of intentional engagement by any library, and institution, to their users through advancing social media usage (2015).  Libraries are an accessible and important part of our society as it provides space for individuals to utilize print and digital technology every day. Breaking the fourth wall, but it is through the FSU Library that I can access the Young & Rossmann article itself! That in and of itself recognizes the vast usage of institutional library systems. Montana State’s integrated use of Twitter to promote its own library, through tweets including one that implores students to tweet at them with questions,  is an incredible way to recognize this resource and ensure its usage (Young & Rossmann, 2015).       Libraries and technology are not mutually exclusive, rather they can and should
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Digital Community!

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“ When I was little, I could never keep my shoes tied, and people loved to make fun of that. But then I got Velcro shoes, and they made fun of that, too. But here's what I learned about failure... It sucks and I don't want my kids to feel it. Time to get them some Velcro shoes. ” - Janine Teagues (Brunson et al., 2021)      Janine Teagues is one of my favorite characters in any television series I have ever seen, and I have seen my fair share of them. People often ask what someone’s “comfort show is” and honestly Abbott Elementary continues to be mine. Through its resilience and kindness, it takes viewers on a journey that makes them feel like they are just as much a part of the school as any of them. So why am I rambling on about Abbott Elementary while quoting Janine in this course? Blogging, engaging with each other, and participating in several different digital locations has made this course feel as comfortable as this show. Digital courses are tough especially if they a
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Let's Reflect, shall we?

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  Ok as many of you know, I enjoy media such as podcasts and tv-shows and the most recent one I have been binging is Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I have seen it many times but it is just fun to rewatch the series at times. I found a scene from a recent episode I watched particularly interesting: https://youtu.be/A2KISBzRj-I “...the decision is political and social media is part of politics now,” says Sergeant Terry Jeffords when speaking about Captain Holt’s run for Commissioner in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2020). Social media is part of politics, indeed, but it is part of so much more. It is part of an engrained nature of pedagogy to the point that classes, including this brilliant one, are dedicated to understanding this culture of social media. Not only does social media have an impact on students, but, it has an impact on everything around us as so many of our challenges have proven. We can learn from it and in ignoring it we perform a disservice to ourselves. As we prepare for this respite, whic
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How Real is BeReal?

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       Ok I have to admit, BeReal was one of my favorite apps for a bit there. For anyone unfamiliar, BeReal is an app that provides one random time throughout a 24-hour period wherein everyone has to post what they are doing. BeReal’s intentions were to explore the realities of our worlds while encouraging authenticity effectively dismantling a narrated world that social media often perpetuates. While this is a fantastic goal, there were often times when each BeReal of mine just looked the same because I was in class, or work, or at home, and then repeated until the weekend. That repetition totally makes sense in the fact that that is truly my world at that exact moment and was the goal of BeReal, to show everyone just lives. It was such a joy though to include friends and family in my BeReals. I have recently deleted my BeReal and have had some time to reflect.      The idea that I can show authentically what I am doing is exciting but sometimes I felt a little weird showing the same
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Where’s the boundary?

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“...interactions through Facebook and Twitter promoted teacher inquiry, and challenged teachers to develop their existing use of an innovation further, and encouraged them to work together and develop shared practices (2014, p.940) says Goodyear et al. in their piece on utilizing social media within the classroom. Not only it is incredibly imperative that educators use their preferred methodology to connect with students, but it is also just as important that educators remain aware and knowledgeable about the other spaces students are frequenting and utilizing within their own education. While this has led to a healthy and necessary educational atmosphere spreading across multiple social spaces, it begs the question of where the boundary is within education.      We know that an instructor is a human just as a student, and will likely have many of the same social media sites as their students. With this, there is incredible power in utilizing those spaces for academic good, but also in
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New! New! New!

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 Hello!  If you are new here, welcome! If you are returning, welcome back! My name is Ravi and I am SO excited to introduce you to my newly updated Profile as part of the Blog Makeover Challenge.  This was what my old blog looked like: While I standby the theme, this challenge gave me an opportunity to spruce it up a bit. My first change, of three, was adding a bio. I also noticed you could add interests so I added in a few of my interests as my second change! The last change I knew I needed to make was a brand new background, so I went through several different themes before finalizing this beautiful water theme! I think I will leave this as is for a few weeks and then change it!
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