In an increasingly electronic world it is apparent that our identities have become more and more attached to out corresponding digital representations. This is especially true in when we look at our students. Without even going into the detail of their, for lack of another word, 'addiction' to the technology, the constant checking and updating on their phones within class, we can still, just through anecdotal conversation with them understand the importance that these young people place upon it.
But the question I wish to pose is this: Is Facebook a social medium or is it an anti-social medium? In other words, is it self reflective, vanity driven, and indulgent or is it a legitimate form of communication and sharing? Despite the apparent bias of that statement I really am not sure as to which side I fall on the discussion. The relevance of this debate, I feel, is VIT standard 3, know your students. If we do not properly understand how our students identify themselves, and how they, therefore, relate to their world in terms of the subject and the object, how can we then presume to be able to impart anything, intentionally, onto these complex personalities?
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