Archive for year: 2015

Basically I knew the only way I’d be able to do this was if I parked in the far dirt lot, left my phone and laptop in my car and went to the library to study. I disconnected for about 5 hours before realizing that I had to use the computer to read online documents for class. Five hours is pretty pitiful but it felt like an eternity to me. I probably don’t spend more than a couple hours at a time without looking at my phone. I did find that I got more studying accomplished during that time because the temptation to look at my phone from time to time wasn’t there. However, I didn’t have the internet to look up terms I didn’t understand in the reading which made it kind of a pain to have to go back to. As for day to day CI  activities, I have no idea. I stayed in my corner of the library and didn’t participate in anything. I’m a recluse. I have a dozen cats on hold for me at Petco until I graduate and get a place that allows pets.

This week our challenge is to engage. Since we have been researching our topics and finding sources, now we must “make moves.” It took me awhile to figure out how I wanted to do this, I was really unsure about what I wanted to say or where I wanted to go with engaging. Being a shy person made this that much harder for me, but I knew it had to be done. The approach I took on for this weeks challenge was simply acknowledging the woman’s blog post that I came across last week. Not only do I think what she did was completely incredible, but sharing it with the world is such a brilliant idea. So many people here about this stuff on the news or elsewhere, yet fail to try to put themselves in those peoples shoes and that’s exactly what she did. Reading and hearing things from someone who has experienced first hand makes my connection to my topic much deeper than just reading articles on the web. I posted a comment where I originally discovered this blog post, which was on Instagram, recognizing her for her work and letting her know why I am engaging in this topic. I look forward to growing with this engaging process and not letting my shyness interfere by making an account for the blogging website this woman used, and also creating a Twitter, both of coarse to improve myself and create a digital footprint that will eventually make a difference. Let’s see what next week brings!

I didn’t know what retweeting meant before this week. Maybe I should start by saying I didn’t even have a Twitter. It’s been encouraged by my University Transfer course. Not so sure why I never bothered making one since now that I have one it is obvious how powerful of a tool this media site can be.
I engaged with Twitter for the reason that mostly everywhere you look, or everyone you engage with most likely has a Twitter that represents their reality. Such an interesting thing that quite frankly I’d love to build on.
Since Twitter is used world wide it may be a perfect way for me to push the message of help in regards to the Syrian refugee crisis.
The first thing I did was look up the hashtag #RefugeeCrisis and very quickly realized it was too broad. I came across pages that were outdated and that were also not referring to the current crisis. Therefore I narrowed it down to just #Refugees. Hit the jackpot on that one with how many rich posts there were.
I retweeted one I found interesting and that I believed others would find appealing and motivating.
There was much to learn from this experience. Yet this was just the spark of my Twitter footprint. Now, I am mindful towards many things. Not only the content of my work, but I am considerate of the complexity that this issue brings. Now, it is me creating the content others might come across. This new addition to my project changes everything I had been doing before.