Dave White, an e-researcher proposes the idea in a short video that most people fall within two categories on a continuum of ‘modes of engagement’ and not within two distinct categories. The modes of engagement are that of visitor or resident. (Visitor and Residents, 2014) Mr. White describes a visitor as someone who does what they need to and then leave, leaving no trace of a persona online, while the resident lives a portion of their life online, even when they log off. (Visitors and Residents Video) The visitor will learn what he/she needs to if it happens to fit a goal while while the resident sees it as space, or an extension of their current life. ( Visitor and Residents, video) Before the video even started I gathered my opinion as to what the discussion was going to be about and where I would fall in those two categories. I was a bit surprised after watching the video that where I thought I would fall was not quite where I am currently. Until recently I found myself a little frustrated with so much social media. I am a somewhat private person with my thoughts (even writing this blog is stepping out of my comfort zone a bit) but in person I am likely to share a lot more. I prefer to build in person relationships and sharing with people in person than sharing online with people whom I have not personally met. One way I have managed to be specific with how I use social media is to give each a function. For example, twitter I use as a way to share with fellow employees and until this class I did not have link to anything personal. Even my picture was that of a beach. Facebook has family and friends but no one that I know from work and instagram is used as an even more specific targeted audience. All three have a specific purpose for me, which makes me believe that maybe i am just a visitor online as I use social media as tool as I see fit. I appreciated that Mr. White speaks of falling within the categories on the continuum and not having to be stuck to either one or the other. A lightbulb went off for me when he said he is very open to speaking and has many videos on the web but does not quite share nearly as much about his private life. (Visitor and Resident, video) For the longest time I thought the two went hand and hand--the bigger your web presence, the more you shared about your personal life. While that is true for some I am glad to see that is not true for all. So, this is me stepping out a little more. If I am expecting my students to be global learners, I too need to put myself out there and share my thoughts with other educators! Resources Visitors and Residents [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sFBadv04eY White, D. (2014, September 9). Visitors & Residents. Retrieved June 6, 2015, from http://daveowhite.com/vandr/
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Candace Warden
6/8/2015 02:24:18 pm
Kelly I agree with you completely that in the beginning of the video I thought that in order to be a resident of the web then I would have to share more about myself then I normally do, yet as you pointed out this idea is not true. I thing that being in this class/program is going to push us all who are on the visitor side to set out of our comfort zone, so that as you said we are able to help our students more because if we expect them to do something shouldn't we as good teachers take that leap right along with them.
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6/10/2015 03:56:12 am
Hi Kelly,
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