Josie's Blog

In the 2001 article "Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants" by Mark Prensky, The idea of a digital native was discussed. This is a person who grew up with technology and internet. While I didn't necessarily grow up with a I phone or a phone at all I did have one by the time I was in high school and had constant access to computers at school and home. This means I would be considered a technology native.  I remember that my parents wouldn't let me get my own phone while all my friends had them and I thought it was the worst thing in the world. I would throw fits about it, but in retrospect I appreciate it, I grew up in nature and playing outside in a family that really believed in self entertainment. My siblings and I were left to play pretend and had plenty of things like roller skates and a trampoline but our screen time was limited. Today I look at my boyfriend or my friends younger siblings who were allowed to have unlimited screen time and that was their entertainme...

 Hi everyone! I found the information from this week so interesting. It was interesting to look into those escalator models that appear to be one direction. It was interesting to me because I feel like there is a more cycle like approach to this, especially when you get into arguments with loved ones.  This weeks information was all about how we as people interact and the way relationships develop or fall apart. It is how we as people function and shows the areas that you can build your relationship.  I want to talk about a relationship in my life. I'm going to be cliche and talk about my boyfriend, Zach. We are at the integrating stage in our relationship. This means we are in an official relationship and are starting to become a unit while creating a shared personality. We talk and share pretty much everything. We split holidays at each others families houses and go on little weekends together. If we had a more permanent attachment such as an engagement (I promise that ...

 This week we were asked to answer some questions about social media and social networking.  Image from Rise One that caught my eye was the question about an optimal number of "friends" to improve mental health, something I want to bring up in this discussion is the idea that a certain number of "likes" or "shares" will also improve your mental health, but I believe some what of the opposite. This is because I remember when instagram started making it so you could hide like counts, it made it so I personally wasn't focused on those kinds of things but instead I was focused on the things that make me happy. It released the pressure somewhat in social media. You Can Officially Hide Likes on Instagram—Here’s Why Psychologists Says That’s Good for Mental Health If your interested on reading more about it I would encourage you to read this article! In direct relation let's talk about the responsibility social media sites have in a users mental health. W...

Hello class! And anyone who happens to stumble across this:) My name is Josephine but I prefer to go by Josie and I am a sophomore this year at OSU. I am currently studying biology with a dual major in education with the hopes of becoming a high school level biology teacher.  A little background about me is that I'm from the center of Oregon, a smaller town Redmond which is right outside of Bend. I grew up there and have lived on a farm my entire life with an assortment of animals in my life These are our two Idaho Shaggs May and June and two bottle babies from this past year, the one being bottle-fed by my boyfriend. I grew up playing volleyball, basketball and throwing for the track team, I grew up playing sports with my siblings, I have two older brothers who are both in long term relationships and I absolutely adore their girlfriends.  Overall my family consists of my favorite people in the world and I spend a lot of time with them :) My mom is my hero, she has beaten stag...