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Topic 2: Do we even have a single identity?

Trying to decide whether it is better to keep a unified online identity, or break it into pieces, I began to think about our offline identity. Are we really coherent personas in real life? I doubt it. For example, there is a difference between my behaviour in my tutor’s office and in a pub. Although some part of my character is observable in both situations, there is a clear difference in how I present myself depending on environment. For me, it is some form of a connected identity. Continue reading →

Topic 2: A Double Blog Life – The Arguments For and Against Multiple Online Identities

Owning more than one identity online is a particularly common occurrence in our existence in the online world. The arguments for and against having multiple identities online are particularly divisive amongst the online community. In this blog, I will discuss some of these arguments and offer my thoughts on the topic. With many of our lives firmly linked within the online world, multiple online identities are commonplace and serve different purposes. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Reflection

Well topic one is now over and upon reflection of writing the blog post and reading what others had to say on the topic, I can say that most people’s posts I read were heading on the same track with the question that we were all given. All went down the path of explaining what digital relatives and visitors are, with a little information about the earlier model created by Prensky (Digital Natives and Immigrants). Continue reading →

Reflective summary on topic 1

When I first saw the question for topic 1, i thought that I fall into the digital visitor class in terms of making use of today’s technology and the Web but as I started my research on this topic and looked at different peoples ideas such as Mr White’s and read the previous years blogs that were written about the same topic, as I gathered more information, It started to change my opinion and agreed that I am more of a digital resident rather than a digital visitor. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Reflective Summary

When I first saw the question to consider for Topic 1, I instantly thought that I must fall into the category of ‘Native’ in terms of my use of the Web and Technology. However, as I began to research and read ideas presented by Prensky and Cornu and White I started to question whether perhaps the distinctions they were making were perhaps a little too simplistic. Continue reading →