Month: March 2022

Wow

It is really impressive how people can manipulate others to see what they want you to see. And this is a perfect example of that. I will openly admit I don’t know the most about social media; I grew up largely without it, and have never needed to know much beyond how to chat with friends. It’s amazing what just one post can do, or what just one hashtag can do. I have always seen the internet as something where the majority of people get buried under a barrage of other people and ads, so I was really surprised by how two people, or really just one person manipulated the internet to the point that so many people could see it is such a short time. Trends are generally brought on by people who already have a strong social media presence already, so this to me was really interesting!

Wonder

I wonder how much misinformation and propaganda I have read and believed. I have always been relatively careful to fact-check anything I plan to tell others about, however, I don’t tend to fact-check things that I don’t plan to talk about with others. When I spent some time away from Canada, it was always interesting to see how other countries view us, and I know that I have some misconstrued ideas about other countries as well, but I am more curious on a smaller scale; what things do I think are true on a smaller, day to day level, that is being spread on the internet, for no other purpose than to give someone else something they want. (I don’t mean that in a bad way, I’m just genuinely curious.)

Photo link: https://smallbiztrends.com/category/social-media

Information link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/disinformation-propaganda-amplification-ampliganda/620334/

Wow

I really found the way Shelley Moore compared teaching to bowling to be not only really helpful as an analogy but also made it a lot easier for me to see a better way to structure a classroom or method of teaching. It was really interesting for me to see how she talked about both people who struggle or, people who aren’t challenged enough. I never really thought about that as being a problem. Putting options in, or teaching from one side and then increasing the difficulty to reach all of the people you are teaching, would make for a more comfortable classroom, and give more opportunities for the students. I hadn’t thought about it that way, but it makes a lot of sense!

Wonder

As I mentioned above, I never really thought about how to teach someone who doesn’t need a lot of guidance, or who finds the material too easy. I suppose that someone like that would be a big asset to anyone else’s PLN because they would be able to provide support in the classroom, but I suppose they would then be limited themselves because their PLN would consist of helping others. I wonder what a good way to balance their PLN would be, without removing them from the environment they have already become accustomed to or bonded with.

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