Kenia's Corner

 In this week's readings, one of the articles I read was about the case study done on high school students and how they use social media platforms for informal learning. The article, titled "Teens and Social Media: A Case Study of High School Students’ Informal Learning Practices and Trajectories," found that students can potentially learn through non-traditional methods, such as social media when it aligns with their interests. The primary themes found within the research were that there are three sorts of informal learning that include "career/future planning, entrepreneurship, and hobbies" (baggy et al. 242).These themes came as no surprise as we are aware that there are algorithms on social media for a reason. However, it was interesting to see career planning as one of the main ones that came up.  When I think about the concept of learning through social media, I think more about entrepreneurship and hobbies. There have been several instances where people h...

Reading about the networked creator was a relatable topic for me as someone who enjoys creating various content and posting them online. It is interesting to learn how the idea of content creation has evolved overtime and seeing how now it more common from the general population. This is mainly due to the growth in social media and the influence that comes with having a big following.  Because of the widespread audience that can be reached online, we are now able to connect with a broader audience in sharing our content. I have watched many big influencers today grow from smaller followings to major ones. An example of this was visible through YouTube videos where people do not need to be professionals to record and share their content. Some of the biggest influencers had a YouTube channel that grew from not many to now thousands and even millions of subscribers.  As confirmed in the chapter about networked individualism, networked creators thrive because of their self-express...

As someone who grew up in the Caribbean, I had very little interaction with technology until I moved to the United States. Things like television, cell phones, and even running water and power were very limited as I grew up in the country side. When my family and I first migrated to this country, it was a culture shock for many reasons. However, I was surprised by the amount of technology that was readily available to everyone and how accessible it all seemed to be.  Now, a digital native is described as someone who has grown up surrounded with technology and is able to utilize all sorts of technological devices (Prencky, 2001). As someone who had to immerse themselves and learn how to use many of the devices, I can now say that I would count as a digital a digital immigrant. Despite the fact that I did not grow with it from a young age, I think I am technologically fluent enough to be considered as part of the digital native group. However, the immigrant fits me more as When it co...

Generation C is a term that I have only recently learned about after reading the articles for this week. At first, I thought this would have referred to a certain population of people, but that was not the case. It is interesting to learn how many of us identify as consumers and producers in this content-heavy generation that participates in the web environment. At the same time, there has been a trend to share and consume information online without seeking proper validity or credit from the sources they come from. This point was one that was brought up, and I share those same concerns as someone who is very active in online settings. The influence that Generation C has overall is something that should be alarming because with influence comes some power. This generation has the ability to have global impact depending on how  Now, I am a big fan of the produsage culture that we currently live in, but there does need to be some sort of regulation. Social media and network platforms h...

Any Bridgerton fans in this course? If so, please let me know your thoughts about the first half of the new season so far.  For those who are unfamiliar, Bridgeton is a series that follows a powerful family amidst their search for love while navigating London's high society. Since I am now caught up with the new season, I wanted to share some remarks regarding lady Whistledown and how exciting it is every time she shares her thoughts and gossip about society. Now, in that society, there is a patriarchal system but imagine it being on steroids as women are not allowed much to do. So Lady Whistledown has been keeping a hidden identity while writing about her society.  Now that you've had that introduction, I wanted to talk about how Lady Whistledown's articles would have been ideal for a blog in this day and age. Her articles would have made a popular blog, as a lot of people love to hear about the gossip and things that go on in the communities they are part of. Now the adva...

 Today I had the chance to explore several sites that contained information about how to start a blog. As this is my first week posting on a blog, I have been nervous about how I am doing. As a result, I went to my reliable friend google for assistance. After looking through several sites, I found a blog site that made me want to read more on how to start or maintain a blog. To be honest, the real catch for me was how simple yet aesthetically pleasing the blogger had this site organized. So already I realized that I need to think about the ways in which I want my page to be organized and showcased.  Link: https://carleyschweet.com/how-to-start-successful-blog/ In this link, Carley shares her 8 tips on how to successfully blog. While I will not get into details on the tipis, I wanted to share a couple of the ones that stood out to me primarily. One of the main take aways out of the tips for me was to create content and have a publishing schedule. I think this will be helpf...

 Welcome to Kenia's Corner! As someone who is unfamiliar with blogs, I am a little concerned about how well this is going to be. If you happen to be reading this, please feel free to leave some words of encouragement.  For this first blog post, I wanted to share my ideas regarding the concept of Web 2.0. I think that Web 2.0 changed the internet dramatically and shaped it into what we all now conceive as the online world. In this week's reading, I was interested in learning about the history of the web and how the different versions are different from the excerpt of Dr Dennen's upcoming book. The beginning of the internet was so exciting, and it grew even more over the last couple of decades to have such an abundant resource of information. The plethora of resources we have now is thanks to Web 2.0, where we can share information while also consuming it.  Despite the web developing into a big resource, I consider all this information's negative side effects. It sometime...