Technology has been around me since I was born. As a millennial, I was raised with it. While I didn't have a cellphone until the end of high school, I've been using computers my entire life. I've been so immersed in it that it took reading about David White's philosophy of visitor vs. resident to step back and evaluate myself. It's the idea that "visitors" do not leave an online record that they were ever there, whereas "residents" are online with the intention of connecting with another human being. Visitors might be doing someone online shopping and surfing the web, whereas residents might be expanding their professional network. Diving further, understanding that we all have a professional and a personal network, we can divide our internet usage into four quadrants.
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Below is my digital space map.
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| My Digital Spaces Map |
Rather than choosing to make some icons overlap into different quadrants, I opted to repeat the logo and make it larger or smaller depending on my use. For example, I made my personal twitter a larger logo than my professional twitter, because I currently use my personal twitter more.
I think the biggest surprise I had was that I spend much more time in the resident side, for both professional and personal. I feel like it's easy to fall into a habit of "mindless scrolling" on the internet, shuffling through sites day in and day out. But I realized that the sites I typically use leave an online footprint, making me a resident in that space.
Another thing I found interesting was the difference between my computer and my cellphone. This digital map reflects my computer use. If I was mapping my cellphone, I think the apps I use would push me more into the visitor side of the map.
**Update** I revised my digital map to add my most frequently used apps from my phone. I found that of the 6 apps I added, only 1 of them (Starbucks) was a visitor app. Everything else I use leaves a digital trace. Even the word game I play leaves a trace, as it is connected to Facebook and can challenge other people.
**Update** I revised my digital map to add my most frequently used apps from my phone. I found that of the 6 apps I added, only 1 of them (Starbucks) was a visitor app. Everything else I use leaves a digital trace. Even the word game I play leaves a trace, as it is connected to Facebook and can challenge other people.
Wow! Nice map! I didn't consider making the icons different sizes based on the amount of usage, great idea! I did a combination of both computer and cell phone use on mine, but even just with the cell phone, I would consider myself more of a resident. Many of those sites I use both on the phone and safari. I agree that being a millennial we have been around technology our whole lives. Additionally, it has grown quite a bit! From having the teacher pull in the tv cart into the room for movie day, to the use of smart boards and smart tv's, it continues to grow! With the growing though comes the cost. Many districts cannot afford to catch up with the digital age. One of the problems is once a district buys devices, such as one to one devices for each student, a few years later there is a newer and faster version of that device. Same with our phones. My dad has the iPhone 5 (I think?) and it is far more slow and harder to use than my iPhone 7.
ReplyDeleteWhen I completed my map I scrolled through my phone apps as well as my laptop. Our smartphones are such a part of our everyday being that they need to be included in our maps!
ReplyDeleteI updated my map to include my most frequently used cellphone apps.
DeleteI really like the idea of increasing or decreasing your logos based on use. It helps a lot visually. I didn't separate out a lot of my specific apps like online gaming. Even though I'm connected thru Facebook with some of them (Candy Crush), I don't really use the connection features much. It's interesting too that you had different maps when you look at your phone vs laptop. I think if I added my ipad, I probably would have even more. I forgot about it completely.
ReplyDeleteYou made such a good point about including our cell phones because I know I tend to use it differently than when I'm on my laptop. You're right usually when I'm on my phone I'm merely scrolling through just to pass the time. I'm glad that you updated your map to include the differences.
ReplyDeleteGreat visual! I didn't think about adjusting the icon size to reflect the amount it's used. That would have made my map look very different.
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