Hollie Kinch

This is my summary post submission for #UOSM2033! Please let me know what you think, or if you want a script of the video! The picture above is one of my own and was edited with PicMonkey. Continue reading →

Explain the advantages and disadvantages to a content producer of making their materials freely available online Hi everyone, I enjoyed making my Topic 4 summary so much that I decided to try and use SlideShare this week! Please let me know what you think in the comments. This presentation looks way more professional than iSkysoft Slideshow I made last week, so pleased with this weeks development. Continue reading →

This week for my reflection I decided to do something a bit different! Hope you guys liked it! Sources: Article on Facebook Quiz Tom’s Blog Ghostery Jamie’s Blog Comment 1 and Comment 2 ... Continue reading →

Discuss ONE of the ethical issues raised by educational or business use of social media that you consider to be particularly significant. According to the BBC ethics is a system of moral principles and affects how a person makes decisions about their own lives. Although most people live their life ethically many don’t. The ethical issue I present today is whether the government should have the right to spy on us online and on social media. Continue reading →

Picture I took in 2010 at Bexhill Beach edited with: http://www.picmonkey.com/ This week was about how a person can develop their professional online profile to be more authentic. I wrote that having a few social media accounts with full engagement was key and I listed some psychological tricks. The most significant and important fact I have learnt about the internet this week is 93% of recruiters use social media to find workers. Continue reading →

Discuss the ways in which an authentic online professional profile can be developed 93% of recruiters plan to use social media to support their recruiting efforts according to Jobvite. This obviously shows that it is really important to build an authentic online professional profile, and this blog post will discuss the ways to do this. We already spend 4 hours a day online so lets make it count. Continue reading →

Picture Credit: http://thelifester.com/spirituality/last-day-for-google-reader/ At university I study Psychology so identity is a concept I am very familiar with however, online identity is a concept I had not thought about in depth. I am starting to realise is that the internet is becoming increasingly important for our generation. I have always taken the internet for granted. This week I decided to expand my online identity further and I created myself a LinkedIn account. Continue reading →

Picture Credit: http://thelifester.com/spirituality/last-day-for-google-reader/ At university I study Psychology so identity is a concept I am very familiar with however, online identity is a concept I had not thought about in depth. I am starting to realise is that the internet is becoming increasingly important for our generation. I have always taken the internet for granted. This week I decided to expand my online identity further and I created myself a LinkedIn account. Continue reading →

Discuss the arguments for and against having more than one online identity. An online identity is a sum of characteristics that a person may not always be able to control. According to The Internet Society we create partial identities which we use to build individual personas to represent ourselves online; there is no limit to how many you can have. This blog post will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of having more than one online identity. Continue reading →

It’s time to say goodbye to topic one for UOSM2033. It feels like I wrote my first blog post only yesterday even though it’s been a whole week! Having now read my fellow students blogs I feel more clued up than ever before. For topic one, I discussed Prenskys’ aged classical theory of digital residents versus immigrants and the more generally accepted digital visitor and residents theory by White and Cornu. Continue reading →

It’s time to say goodbye to topic one for UOSM2033. It feels like I wrote my first blog post only yesterday even though it’s been a whole week! Having now read my fellow students blogs I feel more clued up than ever before. For topic one, I discussed Prenskys’ aged classical theory of digital residents versus immigrants and the more generally accepted digital visitor and residents theory by White and Cornu. Continue reading →

Explain the concept of digital “visitors” and “residents” drawing upon your reading and your own online experiences to date in support of the points that you make. In 2001 Prensky suggested that students of today are born into a digital age where the norm is to have access to computers, smartphones and the internet; making them digital natives. Whereas, older generations have learned to adapt to technology, never becoming fluent in digital language as younger generations have. Continue reading →