Journal 4

Journal # 4

 Join the Flock! Ferguson, H. (2010). Join the flock!. In Learning and Leading with technology.

      Like myself, in the article Join the Flock! By Hadley Ferguson, Hadley had little social network experience a year prior to the article being written. In addition to having to do all research alone, Hadley also was distraught by the amount of work being done. After deciding to build a network for this new technology, Hadley advises us on some steps to get into the game of social media as a professional educator. The first two pieces of advice are to set up accounts and learn to follow with technology such as twitter. Additionally spending some time in professional chat rooms to learn the people is suggested. Just like a real world relationship, or a face to face relationship, you must put in the face time to get anything out of a relationship. It is a crucial step to develop an online presence. The most important thing I found was that you are automatically part of the conversation and the level that you participate at is up to you!

 Q1 Do you feel that the end result of being an informed digital citizen is worth the price to obtain that status?

A1 Our lives are about balance. I find most people going too far with technology to the point where they are incapable of holding a conversation with a person face to face. Perhaps being aware of this pitfall will enable us to advance into tomorrows social media without leaving behind yesterdays connections and relationships.