EDTC 300
For this week our blog post assignment was to partner up and digital sleuth about a classmate, I had a group of three with myself, Sarah Clark and Terrell Draude. I looked up was Sarah Clark; before this class we did not have any prior connections so I only had links from her twitter and her blog that we were given access to through EDTC300. When I searched her on google I could not find any of her accounts so I used our connection through twitter and her blog to find out a little about her. Sarah did try to help me by sending her instagram and facebook links to me but I had little luck with most of her settings put to friends only. Not sure if she has a job other than being a student but she is a student at the University of Regina, she is going for a high school math and science teacher. She is in her second year of her degree. She lives in Regina but spent a lot of her life living in Alberta. She has a couple social media accounts that i could find, she is on twitter and has a blog. It was difficult for me to form an overall impression of Sarah as I couldn't find social media accounts by searching on google or other social networking. They do not have a huge digital footprint so it is hard to form an opinion about the kind of person Sarah is, but reading her blogs she seems to be a fun person and has a great understanding of teacher things. So I believe she will be someone that will be able to find a teaching job fast after completion of her degree. I think sarah has recently become an active person on social media (Twitter), but had only became active since the start of EDTC. I believe it is important to keep up sharing on social media, and think about creating other forms of social networking accounts (unless you have them and its just hard to find). Social networking pages are great places to form connections. Also recommend adding more to your blog; like an all about me page. I found this blog post very difficult as I couldn't find any of Sarah Clarks social media posts besides the ones we were given access to through EDTC300. I still had a huge understanding of the impact that someones social identity has on a person, and how important it is to not only make sure I have a good digital identity but that I teach my future students the importance of having a good digital identity. Digital identities are an important part of a persons identity, having a good digital footprint is very important for educators. Being active on social media allows a educator to make professional connections and find professional resources. A persons social media accounts are for more than just connections, they are also platforms that are used to discuss social justice issues and be an activist for change. In the world right now we need to be activists for the black lives matter movement, an individual should not be treated differently because of the colour of their skin. A person is not defined by what they look like. If we do not voice our opinion about issues then we are not fighting for change. In Katia's blog she talked about how silence speaks louder than words. If we do not talk about issues than we are showing our students and others that these issues are not important. If we show our students this than why would they choose to be an activist for these issues themselves. "It’s about participating in meaningful ways to promote equity in networked spaces (Hildebrandt, Katia)". As a privileged individual individual I need to step up and use my voice for those who are not privileged. There may be some individuals who disagree with issues being taught to students or may have a different point of view than you but these issues and movements affect the students as well. It involves them now and they will be the ones who will be fighting for these movements in the future. In the video a Charleston protester is using his voice to advocate for the black lives matter movement. The individual is a black male, and used kind words to try and convince the police to respect him and others as a black individual. He talked about how everyone is family, no matter the colour of their skin. He talks about wanting to understand the police, and meet the people involved in their lives. He is in the middle of his speech about how everyone has bad days, but that we should look at how we are when we are on our good days. The police walk up and arrest him, many of the other protesters than voice their opinion about the police arresting him. One thing that a protester said was "what about freedom of speech". Which is correct, since when is someone arrested for voicing their opinion. Do you think if the man was white that the police would have arrested him too? We have to stand up for our black ally's and help them voice their opinions. We need to be activists for the black lives matter movement.
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