Journal Entry Artifact #1- 1/20/15 "How connected are you to your phone? How important is this connection to you?"
I think I am very dependent on my phone. I use it to communicate with all my friends and family. I text my parents on the daily while I am at college. This connection with my phone is very important to me, as I feel it is my communication to others for news or plans. I do have a fear of missing out. I like to check my twitter or Instagram daily for news or updates so I feel like I know what is going on. I feel like my phone helps me learn new things about whats going on. Sometimes I feel lost without my phone in my hand, because I can also call anywhere incase of emergency too.
During the activity of everyone going without their phone, I did notice that everyone was more engaged in conversation verses always being on their phone or social media. I felt like I had left my phone somewhere and lost it but would then remember where it actually was. It felt weird not having my phone to text friends, or even check the time to tell when I was supposed to be back in class. I had to ask someone near me what the time was, and they looked at me crazy "like where is your phone?"
This journal entry from January 20, 2015 definitely caught my eye when looking back over all of my writings in my journal. The reason I chose and like this entry so much was because not only that it was a creative and different class assignment than I am used too; but I also learned something new about myself. For this assignment, we were asked to write about how connected we were to our cell phones. After writing the first paragraph Mrs. Pratt instructed the students to leave their phones behind and go do whatever they wanted outside of the classroom for 30 minutes then return. My second paragraph is written from the perspective of after completing the assignment. During the 30 minutes we were allowed, I went to Chic-fil-a with several classmates to grab some lunch and ended up having a nice conversation. A conversation that was not interrupted by text messages, social media, or just someone else playing on their phone. In that 30 minutes I probably learned more about some of my classmates than I did all year. This taught me not only that I do not need to have my cell phone with me always, but also how to have and carry out a nice conversation with other individuals. I think this was a great assignment and activity and should definitely be used for further use.
I think I am very dependent on my phone. I use it to communicate with all my friends and family. I text my parents on the daily while I am at college. This connection with my phone is very important to me, as I feel it is my communication to others for news or plans. I do have a fear of missing out. I like to check my twitter or Instagram daily for news or updates so I feel like I know what is going on. I feel like my phone helps me learn new things about whats going on. Sometimes I feel lost without my phone in my hand, because I can also call anywhere incase of emergency too.
During the activity of everyone going without their phone, I did notice that everyone was more engaged in conversation verses always being on their phone or social media. I felt like I had left my phone somewhere and lost it but would then remember where it actually was. It felt weird not having my phone to text friends, or even check the time to tell when I was supposed to be back in class. I had to ask someone near me what the time was, and they looked at me crazy "like where is your phone?"
This journal entry from January 20, 2015 definitely caught my eye when looking back over all of my writings in my journal. The reason I chose and like this entry so much was because not only that it was a creative and different class assignment than I am used too; but I also learned something new about myself. For this assignment, we were asked to write about how connected we were to our cell phones. After writing the first paragraph Mrs. Pratt instructed the students to leave their phones behind and go do whatever they wanted outside of the classroom for 30 minutes then return. My second paragraph is written from the perspective of after completing the assignment. During the 30 minutes we were allowed, I went to Chic-fil-a with several classmates to grab some lunch and ended up having a nice conversation. A conversation that was not interrupted by text messages, social media, or just someone else playing on their phone. In that 30 minutes I probably learned more about some of my classmates than I did all year. This taught me not only that I do not need to have my cell phone with me always, but also how to have and carry out a nice conversation with other individuals. I think this was a great assignment and activity and should definitely be used for further use.
Journal Entry Artifact #2- "What all do you include in your social media? How much would a stranger know about you from looking at your accounts?"
1/22/15
I think if someone was to look at all my social media accounts, they would know what I look like, who some of my friends and family are, and some things I like to do- like sports. They may possibly be able to gather my age and birthday, but I try to leave all personal items off of social media. The main thing they would be missing is my personality. How I am in person, my attitudes, etc. They would not truly know me just by pictures or comments. Honestly, I do not even post on social media that much, but the main thing you could get out of it is current things I am doing.
The topic of social media usually comes up in a lot of conversations. I am used to hearing "Don't post anything you wouldn't want your future boss, partner or children to see because it never goes away once it is on the internet!" I cannot tell you how many different time I have heard something like the last quote from a variety of people. But they are exactly right. How someone portrays themselves over social media does impact people's decisions or thoughts about you as an individual. In this journal entry, I was asked to write about how much I include in my social media accounts for others to see and if I thought others got the whole person when viewing someone's account. Just like stated in the entry, I do believe that just from a internet perspective that you do not get the "whole person." You miss the personality, the originality, and the best parts of a person. This journal entry helped me learn to not put everything out there for others to see, keep some things private. Also, just because someone reads your post or works does not mean they get you, make sure to include the most important parts, the originality. I have taken this perspective to my writing also; to make sure I include my personality, originality, and to just not follow the normal or standard example. Be creative.
1/22/15
I think if someone was to look at all my social media accounts, they would know what I look like, who some of my friends and family are, and some things I like to do- like sports. They may possibly be able to gather my age and birthday, but I try to leave all personal items off of social media. The main thing they would be missing is my personality. How I am in person, my attitudes, etc. They would not truly know me just by pictures or comments. Honestly, I do not even post on social media that much, but the main thing you could get out of it is current things I am doing.
The topic of social media usually comes up in a lot of conversations. I am used to hearing "Don't post anything you wouldn't want your future boss, partner or children to see because it never goes away once it is on the internet!" I cannot tell you how many different time I have heard something like the last quote from a variety of people. But they are exactly right. How someone portrays themselves over social media does impact people's decisions or thoughts about you as an individual. In this journal entry, I was asked to write about how much I include in my social media accounts for others to see and if I thought others got the whole person when viewing someone's account. Just like stated in the entry, I do believe that just from a internet perspective that you do not get the "whole person." You miss the personality, the originality, and the best parts of a person. This journal entry helped me learn to not put everything out there for others to see, keep some things private. Also, just because someone reads your post or works does not mean they get you, make sure to include the most important parts, the originality. I have taken this perspective to my writing also; to make sure I include my personality, originality, and to just not follow the normal or standard example. Be creative.
Journal Entry Artifact #3- Quote 3/12/15
"Don't get it right just write. Then put your best energy into rewriting."
This quote goes along with shitty first drafts because to me it says the first time you write does not have to be a masterpiece. Also if I'm stuck I could do something else to take my mind off writing until something comes to me.
The selection above is from a journal entry completed in class after reading a series of quotes and listening to videos with writers giving advice on writing. This quote stood out to me as an inspiration and motivation to not give up. This entry gave me self confidence when just trying "to write." For example with my down draft of my inquiry essay, I did not feel as pressured to make it perfect and without mistakes. Going off of this quotes I knew that just getting started with writing something down, that brilliant ideas would be discovered in my revision process. I learned that I do not have to make a perfect first draft- maybe even a "shitty first draft" as Lamott would say. That everything would fall in place, if I just started writing and worried about the rest later.
"Don't get it right just write. Then put your best energy into rewriting."
This quote goes along with shitty first drafts because to me it says the first time you write does not have to be a masterpiece. Also if I'm stuck I could do something else to take my mind off writing until something comes to me.
The selection above is from a journal entry completed in class after reading a series of quotes and listening to videos with writers giving advice on writing. This quote stood out to me as an inspiration and motivation to not give up. This entry gave me self confidence when just trying "to write." For example with my down draft of my inquiry essay, I did not feel as pressured to make it perfect and without mistakes. Going off of this quotes I knew that just getting started with writing something down, that brilliant ideas would be discovered in my revision process. I learned that I do not have to make a perfect first draft- maybe even a "shitty first draft" as Lamott would say. That everything would fall in place, if I just started writing and worried about the rest later.