Thanks to the internet, we’re living in a world that is becoming increasingly interconnected at unprecedented rates. The result of this is that we have access toΒ so much information at our fingertips, but how much of it can we freely use?
After starting my food blog, which I foolhardily initially thought would be a relatively painless endeavour, I quickly realized how many questions I had regarding what I was actually able to do without violating copyrights.
Can I post links from cooking websites? Where can I get pictures from? Can I take my own pictures of businesses’ logos and post them? Questions such as these and many many more started popping up at my head at an alarming rate. And while a strength of mine has always been problem solving, I quickly realized I was simply unprepared for answering these technology-related questions. This quickly became a conundrum for me as I realized that thus far in my life I have to this point disregarded engaging deeply and actually learning how to use technology in favour just about any other priority. But even after taking EDCI 336 for two weeks or so, I’ve realized I need to change my ways. I need to finally adapt to the new age of information and put in the effort to transform my ways whether I’m ready for it or not.
The funny thing is despite the fact that I’ve always dreaded technology (the only class I ever failed was 8th grade Electronics), I’m actually genuinely enjoying the process of customizing my own website and ingesting films such as “Most Likely to Succeed”.Β I think the reason for this is because it feels like for the first time in as long as I can remember, I’m learning something that’s genuinely new and foreign to me.
I need to embrace that I have to learn things such as what resources I can use for my blog without copyright and what pictures I can use without copyright infringement because by doing this more, I can better prepare myself for teaching my future students how to prepare themselves for the age of information.