Frustration....

[jason]

It is interesting to read how many of you in ECE912 find the Turkel article frustrating. There are a couple of hints... search for terms like "moo" and "children", or constructionism. Or better yet, imagine relationships between what Turkle's talking about and how identity develops in adults online versus in children. Any similarities? And how are you going to work with young children so that when they get online they will be able to deal with the new challenges of internet identity development? Remember, you are teaching children for the future, and you are trying to think forward in terms of what you do.

Don't forget to bring your ideas to class tomorrow.

Comments

[mcblair.livejournal.com]

When we as teachers have to teach children how to separate what is real from what is not real on the computer websites. We have to teach them that the identities that they create online is not who they are in the real world or the ways they are view by others

[complicittheory.livejournal.com]

Ok. Now take this one step further. Where are our identies real? Or is identity liquid and continually being reconstructed throughout our lives by ourselves and others? Is there a real idenity?

Interesting...

[ryerson-jessica.livejournal.com]

I think that we do have an underlying true identity however to some extent it changes based on our experiences and how we internalize them. Basically I see it as like we are modeling clay: No matter which way you mold it, it may keep changing shape, however it is still modeling clay -- in other words, we are always going to have our underlying identity. Does that make sense?

Re: Interesting...

[complicittheory.livejournal.com]

Many people think as you do. I'm not sure myself, either way. They clay thing is a traditional model, that parents and society's mold children into adults. Some say children mold themselves. Some see it as a mask we wear, making them more interchangeable. Personally, I think there is a core identity from birth, but that may be true for only some of us. Thanks for your comments. Got me thinking this morning.

J