Digital Document Reflection

I'm not sure about everyone else but I am struggling with this project. I'm not very computer savvy so needless to say, I still have many things to work out. I guess I've been struggling with my topic and my audience. I've collected many pictures that represent my life and my loved ones but I don't have any video footage. I'm doing my project on how I'm learning to be a more positive person. It's not that I'm extremely negative but I do find comfort in the fact that positivity attracts positivity. When I'm in a good mood, I seem to have a good day and vice versa. I think my audience is to anyone who experiences bad days or thinks negatively. My purpose is to give insight to others on various ways to feel good. Wow! I think I just had a breakthrough with my project just now! Well, I'm going to go play around with my movie now. Good luck to everybody!!

Learning and Action

I'm sorry this is late. I've had a really shitty week to be honest and this is the first opportunity I've had to write this. I found class today very helpful because I am a little worried about this ditigal document project. Listening to everyone brainstorm gave me more ideas about where I'm going with this project. I also enjoyed discussing Gee's "Cultural Models" and how these models affect our daily lives. I particularly liked Mr. Kittle's reference to his father being a "grammar nazi" because to this day, my dad still corrects my grammar. My most common misuse of words is "lay" and "lie". I always seem to mix the two up in front of my dad and he corrects me every time. His mother was a first grade teacher so I guess she always corrected him. I hate to admit it, but I find myself correcting my fiance's grammar. So is this a hereditary thing? Who knows, but I do know that the world is full of differing semiotic domains and they tend to collide quite often in the real world ( and maybe this applies to video games as well).

I think it's particularly interesting when two people from completely different backgrounds come together. My fiance and I are from different sides of the track so to say. As a result, some of our cultural models are very different from one another. However, we're learning more about each other everyday and growing closer.

Situated Learning

I'm finding Gee's book very intriguing and interesting. I definitely believe in one's identity adapting and changing according to one's surroundings/environment. I show different parts of my identity depending on my level of comfort. If I feel comfortable around someone, then I'm able to let my guard down and be the real me. However, at school and work I'm not as free to be myself. I'm definitely the shy, helpful, hardworking student and co-worker. I always strive to do my best but am learning that this can be difficult to do all the time. With my family and friends, I definitely am a people pleaser. I always want others to feel comfortable and loved, often putting others before me. I'm also the friend who listens well and offers supportive advice. With my fiance, I'm able to be bitchy, irritable, vulnerable, loving, caring, and whatever other mood I may be in. I'm not sure if that makes any sense, but I'm trying to convey that my identity changes with my environment and level of comfort. This correlates to what Gee discusses and the different types of identity behaviors.