I used to see Lane in places we both probably shouldn’t have been on a school night. Beer in hand, I’d turn away from the opening act scrambling to pack their gear on stage, and there was Lane. “You finish your English homework?” I’d say. “Definitely,” he’d say. We’d wave goodbye, and then tomorrow would […]
Digpins
Identities and belonging
I’m really excited to join digPINS, and especially to start off with a week dedicated to thinking about digital identity. I geek out a bit in this area (as those on the synchronous Zoom call on 5/9 can attest – sorry!), as my dissertation research used new literacies and social identities frameworks to consider the …
Meeting My Digital Self
Consumer, curator, creator, I have discovered that my digital identity entails all of these roles and more. As it turns out, the #vandr mapping activity revealed that I am a bit of a lurker in the virtual world. It was interesting and informative to place my activities along a continuum from visitor through resident, and […]
DigPINS, Returns, and Identity Talks
You ever come across something you made a few years ago and go, “yeah, okay that’s a thing I did and totally blocked out of my memory.” That’s how I feel about this blog. As my post history here shows, it’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted anything, which I only started because of … Continue reading DigPINS, Returns, and Identity Talks →
IDENTITY
just the beginning Well here we go, my first blog post! I am a late bloomer to the field of instructional design, already 46 and just beginning my career, I must be crazy…As I dive into this amazing, collaborative, intriguing, awe-inspiring rabbit hole of knowledge, I am looking for any and all opportunities to learn. […]
My Digital Identity during the week of the #StemShooting.
This was going to be a different post filled with all kinds of rich artifacts of my digital identity during a regular week of life and work. It was going to be a reflection on the past decade or so of sharing my experience within the many social and private …