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 This week we will be looking at two articles and answering questions about them.  According to Prensky, what is the immigrant/native divide, and how has it affected how students learn? The first article by Marc Prensky,  https://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf  — talks about what exactly digital natives and digital immigrants are. There terms were coined to differentiate learning styles and attention spans of young generations that grew up with the digital world vs older generations who grew up pre-internet.   Younger generations are having learning differences because their minds work in a different way compared to how material is being taught. There is also a divide caused by knowledge to use online resources or not.  Here is the second article  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0742051X16306692  by Paul Kirschner.  Kirschner some of the myths associat...

 It’s week 3, and our topic is Knapp’s relationship model.  Knapp’s relationship model pictured above (source:  https://evolveinc.io/self-improvement/motivation/knapps-relationship-model/ ) is a communication theory based on the stages of growth or deterioration that people go through in their relationships. The image does a great job displaying the definitions, so I will be referring to it for this week’s post where we have to discuss a current relationship.  Looking back at my own relationship, the initiating and experimenting phases were fun progressions where my boyfriend and I had the “friends to lovers” trope. We became closer and went hiking in the Smoky Mountains, where we went from watching a meteor shower to talking about a future together. Once we started dating our communication styles evolved, along with our friend group + workplace dynamics. The intensifying and integrating stages, as it relates to Knapp’s model, paved out our goals/expectations on how ...

With this week’s discussion focusing on oversharing online , we will be thinking about the following questions: Do different social networking sites offer other benefits and drawbacks? Is there an ideal number of “friends” or connections individuals have on Facebook that can improve their mental health? Different social media sites, such as Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok (…) were all created to capture user engagement in different ways, which is why they do have differing benefits and drawbacks. Even though we could all agree social media is the biggest load of brain rot, most of us still have our accounts because they serve a purpose to us. I use Instagram as a way to stay connected with my friends and keep up with what’s going on around me. I kept my old Facebook account because the majority of my colleagues communicate through it, and the county uses it for updates/information. Seems like FOMO fits my motto, but other people find the Facebook-Instagram pair more useful for th...

 Hello, this is Katerina currently typing to you from Maryland. I probably never would’ve created a blog if it weren’t for the class project, so this might be interesting. This is my first communications class, and my regular discourse channels would be email and instagram — boring I know. I am currently working as a paramedic, and pursuing a degree in public health in pursuit of a career in that field. In my free time I like to hike, read, write, and go for random adventures. Here are some photos of me in caves because they look cool. If you’re interested in caves, here’s a link to an interactive map to find caves near you!  https://databayou.com/caves/usa.html