{"id":90,"date":"2013-09-22T23:05:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T23:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtune.com\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2013-09-22T23:05:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T23:05:53","slug":"developing-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtune.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/developing-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Media Selves in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my last blog, I spoke about the importance of developing and cultivating relationships with students. I referred to Sherry Turkle and her groundbreaking book, Alone Together<\/strong>. It explored the effects of modern social media on our habits of being. She maintained that technology does not\u00a0just change what we do, it changes who we are: our media self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Alone Together?<\/h3>\n

One of my favorite books is Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other<\/a> by Sherry Turkle (2011).<\/p>\n

If you are more visual, then check out her TED video<\/a>\u00a0from 2012, Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone<\/a>?<\/td>\n

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Is it Tragedy, Comedy,\u00a0or\u00a0Simply Perceptive?<\/h2>\n

I just recently read an article on the New York Times Bits<\/strong> <\/a>blog: Disruptions: More Connected, Yet More Alone<\/a> by Nick Bilton (Sept. 1, 2013). In it he\u00a0explores a YouTube comedy video that has since gone viral: I Forgot My Phone<\/strong><\/a> by Charlene deGuzman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To be honest, it is “funny” in the same way that Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal <\/a>was funny.\u00a0Swift proposed cannibalism as a solution to the Irish dilemma of his time (way back in 1729 – yes, they had irony then). DeGuzman’s 2-minute film may not be as outrageous a proposal, but it is exceptional satire. I would call it\u00a0poignant. Perhaps author\u00a0Nick Bilton<\/a>\u00a0might agree.<\/p>\n