“Visitor and Resident map”, I heard about this first time, but it looked interesting to me. I really liked how David White explains Internet usage with the help of map and also relating it with two words “visitor and resident”. Now I can easily visualize myself in which quadrant I fit in the visitor and resident continuum.
Moreover, I completely believe in what David said, ”Long back most peoples’ primary source of information was library.” His statement refreshed my memories of the time when I was in college. At that time, my primary source of information was library, other than textbooks. Furthermore, the Internet and search engines were not powerful either, and searching resources for any topic was very time consuming. Also, the reference books were too expensive and not easy to afford for most people. Now, it’s true that searching for recourses has become much easier via Internet, and also it’s less expensive. The only challenge is to find the reliable and legitimate recourses.
Most importantly, I liked David’s “Visitor and Resident map” useful to use in the classroom. With so many social media sites available and with students liking more than one social media site and with understanding how students are using the social media sites, this map will help figuring out which sites are mostly used by students and in what capacities. It’s possible that the most popular social media sites used by today’s students may not be allowed by the school or may not be appropriate to use in the class, then choosing an alternative similar site will be a good approach for the teachers. This is the fact, that today’s teens are too much involved in social media sites and is very difficult to keep them away from these. Instead, teachers can use these social networking sites, as a tool to engage students in learning and this video would help analyzing students social behaviors and figuring out how to leverage social media in classrooms.
http://ideasandthoughts.org/2014/05/12/mapping-the-internet/
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Thanks for sharing the map. It clears indicates that blogs are a great tool for helping Residents write for academic purposes. I feel this is an important “new skill” that needs to built into the way we asses our student’s knowledge. Writing for a larger audience important and might be a more authentic task then writing essays just for the teacher. This addition of a larger audience might also be the motivation some of our students maybe looking for. I chance to write about their interests while getting a grade:)
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