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In my Lurking – Talking Tuition post last week, I addressed the usefulness of lurking on social media to find useful, live information on any topic, but in this case specifically, college tuition. I found a good deal of people discussing the same major articles on both Facebook and Twitter, and found that to continue to be the case this week. There is a wealth of new information that has accrued in the last week!

The hot topics of the week are the concept of a “tuition reset” , and not so recently, but still relevant, an analysis from September that was featured on The New York Times website that questions if tuition really is too high. I have also seen a photo going around that surrounds the presidential election.

There is a vast amount of outrage on both Twitter and Facebook regarding the photo in particular, but I consider that to be reflective of the wording in the text more so than the actual sentiments of voters.

There have been protests about the costs of college for as long as I can remember, but this week, I found myself drawn to protests in South Africa that lead to a shut down of two major universities:

Also in reference to my comments on Germany offering free tuition to Americans in a couple of my previous posts, I found this interesting tidbit on Twitter:

All in all, I have found a great deal of information this week that I think will truly help me to understand the topic in a better light and from multiple perspectives. I have found this week’s post to be a lot easier now that I truly understand the process and was able to dig in and find the “good stuff” much more easily.

Professor In Training, MGH

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Ok so this week I am going to be lurking on the same websites that I was lurking on the week before. If you did not see my last post or forgot the websites, it was the World Health Organization on Facebook and Startup Health on Twitter; and if you couldn’t figure it out these are both health organizations. The reason I am lurking is because I want to see the different interactions, comments, shares, likes, and what these organizations are putting on their feed.

What I find interesting about Startup Health is that there are no replies to their tweets, but there are a lot of shares and liking the topics. From this I can see there is a lot of traffic that comes in but not a lot of feedback. From what I see from the World Health Organization is that there is an average of about 1,500 likes 2,000 being the highest. There are some comments, around 35 to be the most. What I found interesting was that the organization would respond to the comments if a person had a question. So from what I can see is that they too have a lot of foot traffic, but I’m not sure how much of their information is getting out there.

From what I have found lurking on these sites is that the information they give out is basically the same and the interactions they get are the same. People come and look at their profile but don’t really participate. There are barely any comments, if at all, but we do know that people are viewing their profile. The only place they are really commenting is the World Health Organization and that’s only because that’s the only place where there are comments.

Here the links to these organizations if you want to check them out.

https://twitter.com/startuphealth?lang=en

https://www.facebook.com/WHO?fref=ts

I’m not completely finished with all three readings yet, but decided to post part of my reflection since I was late in posting from Colorado last week. I finished reading the Hernandez article and Theoharis chapter 6. I felt concerned about a few different points as I read. First, I was already aware of the problems with harassment and bullying for LGBTQ students, and the high incidence of suicide attempts, but seeing the statistics was both alarming and saddening again. Second, I was surprised at some of the findings that administrators would not act on general policies against bullying of LGBTQ students. Bullying is bullying. Third, the shift from sexual identification from the college years to middle school was a reminder of the changing environment of our youth and the issues they face at younger and younger ages.

After these thoughts, I was relieved to read after this that there are some specific strategies to help administrators prepare to be proactive and organized in approaches to create appropriate supporting environments for students. I believe that most people, even those who have conflicting religious views regarding sexual orientation, desire to show kindness to others, and particularly our youth. I appreciated the story of Patrice Jenkins and her desire to do what was good, and was able to use that desire, regardless of her personal belief, to move past her ignorance and use her influence to create and ensure a safe environment for her student(s). I also appreciated the story of Principal Carl Parker and his influence to help bridge that gap between desire and preparedness. One often does not know what one does not know until one knows. (reread that one!)

As for me, I am one who has a desire and lack preparedness as well. Even after reading the distinction between the various terminologies…I’m still unclear. However, I do believe what is said in the conclusion–“School leaders have a tremendous amount of influence over the culture and climate of their districts and schools.” I also believe that one sees rightly with the heart and that the heart, and desire to do what is good, will help bridge the gaps. I try to see rightly.

Alex Bultman, Alyson DelPoso, and Natalie Titcomb

• Caused by a fall onto an outstretched arm with a flexed elbow
• Ensure the patient has full range of motion in the shoulder
• Elbow, wrist, and hand exercises are only begun after a physician prescription
• To test for motor function, ask the patient to make the ‘OK’ sign by toughing the tips of the first and second fingers with the thumb. The radial nerve can be tested by having the patient extend their fingers or wrist against resistance, and the ulnar nerve can be tested by having the patient separate their fingers against resistance.
• Treatment depends on the type of fall. If there are fragments, internal fixation is used. If there are no fragments, it is treated by closed reduction with a long arm cast

Image retrieved from:  http://kidshealthwa.com/guidelines/forearm-fractures/

This week in #Univ349DC we are examining another aspect of digital citizenship – lurking. The word and action of lurking have been associated negatively since they came into use, but lurking can be an effective way to find and filter knowledge without becoming caught up in the politics of it all. Participatory culture online encourages commenting and sharing as ideal activities for contributing to a community, but lurking has its place as well. If you leave a comment on an interesting article hoping to engage with the source and find yourself in a heated debate with other commentors, I feel that can take away from the original goal. In this way, lurking helps participants to absorb information and process it on their own for further participation at a later time.

As the picture above indicates, I am continuing my research into college tuition costs. Lurking has given me some insight and new information in ways that I found surprising and gratifying. The 2 sites that I used for this investigation were Facebook and Twitter.  I experienced some carry-over information from previous research in the forms of the Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway and news of Germany granting free tuition to Americans. I spent time in between classes and studying lurking on these sites and found that much of the talk was the same. With updates every second, it becomes easy to see what the big topic of the moment is. This week, for college tuition, those topics are the Affordable College Textbook Act and a new documentary, The Big Game: College Football Stealing Your Education, that proposes that college athletic programs are to blame for rising tuition costs.I did experience some frustration and most likely, missing critical information when I had trouble getting the “Top” posts feed to load on Facebook and hope to find a solution to this for next week’s post.

I found that the active participants in this topic are constantly paying attention to new sources and educating commentors on their views in the hopes of creating shared knowledge. This is participation that happens on a daily basis and these participants are constantly keeping their collaborators and allies updated by sharing links and tagging. This is a stark contrast to the daily users like myself before this class that stumble across an article, possibly add their two cents, and never seek to reengage afterwards.

If I had not been lurking on this topic, who knows how long it would have taken for this information to cross my radar? Our social media networks are limited when we rely on our friends or those we follow to find the information and share it with us. Though lurking in itself is considered to be inactive participation, I find it to be an active pursuit of information. We lurk on exes, crushes, and colleagues, so why not lurk on the world as a whole in an effort to be more well-informed? I certainly will be doing so more often regarding my own personal interests and scholarly pursuits from now on.

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