The purpose of this post is to recreate a response to the driving question from blog 3 based on peer feedback, aiming to target the main areas for improvement. The feedback sent in was from Alexandra Boutoubia, an aspiring primary school educator like myself. Her feedback insisted that rather than just stating social media as a whole, being more specific and identifying an example and linking it to ethical issues would improve my post.
Peer Feedback:ORIGINAL POST:BLOG 3: HOW DO CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY IMPACT ON THE WAY HUMANS COMMUNICATE? WHAT ARE THE SURROUNDING ETHICAL ISSUES?
As previously mentioned in Blog one, the development of technology over the centuries has been one of the fastest-emerging devices to be embedded in everyday life, creating a whole new world by means of communication. The biggest example is, of course, the use of the Internet and social media. Social media can be defined as online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content sharing and collaboration. It has created and provided a number of benefits to humans and the way they communicate with each other, in particular bringing together families, friends and social groups regardless of geographic location. It provides people with easy access to instant messages and photo/video sharing and also allows people to share ideas, reach out to others or ask for advice, inspire others and also find and meet others in the same profession. A recent article published by the Cambridge University Press addresses the implementation of computer-mediated video communication by users in the Deaf community and the impact of this technology on language practices and human behaviour. The program included the development and manipulation of creativity and problem solving in new communicative spaces, creating reciprocal perspectives, new participation frameworks, specifics of language change and computer-mediated image of self and others. This groundbreaking device allows deaf people, for the first time, to communicate using manual visual language across space and time zones in their native language. Ethical issues surrounding the use of technology include bullying and accessibility. It was estimated in 2004 that 42% of kids had been bullied while online and 1 in 4 of those kids have had it happen more than once, which is almost HALF the population of children when online. Also, in 2016 it was estimated that 46.1% of the world’s population had access to the Internet, which indicates that there is a lack of access available to people. References Internet Live Stats. (2016). Internet Users in the World. Retrieved from http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/ i-SAFE Inc. (2012). Cyber Bullying Statistics and Tips. Retrieved from https://www.isafe.org/outreach/media/media_cyber_bullying KEATING, E., & MIRUS, G. (2003). American Sign Language in virtual space: Interactions between deaf users of computer-mediated video communication and the impact of technology on language practices. Language in Society, 32(5), 693-714. doi:10.1017/S0047404503325047
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As previously mentioned in Blog one, the development of technology over the centuries has been one of the fastest-emerging devices to be embedded in everyday life, creating a whole new world by means of communication. The biggest example is, of course, the use of the Internet and social media.
Social media can be defined as online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content sharing and collaboration. It has created and provided a number of benefits to humans and the way they communicate with each other, in particular bringing together families, friends and social groups regardless of geographic location. It provides people with easy access to instant messages and photo/video sharing and also allows people to share ideas, reach out to others or ask for advice, inspire others and also find and meet others in the same profession. A recent article published by the Cambridge University Press addresses the implementation of computer-mediated video communication by users in the Deaf community and the impact of this technology on language practices and human behaviour. The program included the development and manipulation of creativity and problem solving in new communicative spaces, creating reciprocal perspectives, new participation frameworks, specifics of language change and computer-mediated image of self and others. This groundbreaking device allows deaf people, for the first time, to communicate using manual visual language across space and time zones in their native language. Ethical issues surrounding the use of technology include bullying and accessibility. It was estimated in 2004 that 42% of kids had been bullied while online and 1 in 4 of those kids have had it happen more than once, which is almost HALF the population of children when online. Also, in 2016 it was estimated that 46.1% of the world’s population had access to the Internet, which indicates that there is a lack of access available to people. References Internet Live Stats. (2016). Internet Users in the World. Retrieved from http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/ i-SAFE Inc. (2012). Cyber Bullying Statistics and Tips. Retrieved from https://www.isafe.org/outreach/media/media_cyber_bullying KEATING, E., & MIRUS, G. (2003). American Sign Language in virtual space: Interactions between deaf users of computer-mediated video communication and the impact of technology on language practices. Language in Society, 32(5), 693-714. doi:10.1017/S0047404503325047 The first question that came to mind when preparing for tutorial week 4 was ‘What is a reflective practitioner?’ Of course, to answer this, we must break it down. I believe that reflection can be described as identifying the positives and negatives, thoughts and judgement about particular experiences and briefly recounting what happened to create meaning of this experience. A practitioner is a person engaged in the practice of something specified and in this scenario, the practitioner is myself engaging in becoming a Teacher.
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