The Ross Chronicles

                                              According to Prensky, what is the immigrant/native divide and how has it affected the way students learn?  The “new” students of today are considered to be Digital Natives. In today's day in age technology is in bedded in how students live their day to day lives. Many kids are born with a tablet in their hand. They know how to use the internet before they know how to ride a bike. Having a cell phone, gaming device, computer, etc. is the only way they know how to really get by in the world. The Digital Immigrant on the other hand, is someone of the older generation who adopts the digital world. They have to relearn everything and implement this new skill into their lives. Because the Digital Immigrants are the teachers of the Digital Natives it can be very hard for some students to learn. Prensky states, "Digital Immigrant teachers assume that learners are the same as they have always been, and that the same methods that wo

  Throughout the last four years the friendship/relationship I had with my ex-boyfriend went through every step of Knapp's Relational Model, not just once but twice. Our initiation phase occurred when we met our sophomore year of high school. We shared a friend group but went to different schools, so we only saw each other when we were all together on the weekends. The experimenting phase started off with him asking me to prom junior year. We then decided to hangout by ourselves, and things began to intensify. We never officially became a couple and bonded in that way as our schedules and lives started to differentiate. I was focusing on volleyball, and he was focusing on baseball, so things just started to die off. We were stagnant and there was no growth towards a relationship. Soon we stopped hanging out with just each other and only communicated when we were with the friend group. It started up again when I was driving home from Atlanta one night with some friend's senior y

   1.  Do different social networking sites offer different benefits and drawbacks? I personally have an account on almost every social media platform. TikTok is the only one I don't have an account on, so I can't personally comment on that. Instagram and Facebook in my opinion are the social media platforms where I see the most drawback. For many people they go onto social media to share their life and communicate with others, to keep up with family, and even use it as a networking tool. However, these sites cause turmoil as you can share and say anything. People find themselves comparing their image to others and losing self-confidence. I included an article below that talks about how the app owners even know this to be true. The beauty standard from these apps has only made it harder for women and young girls to keep up. Influencers on Instagram, or anybody in general, are only ever going to post their best pictures. No one is going to post the picture without the filter or

     Hey everyone, my name is Colby! I am originally from Prineville, Oregon, and I lived there until I was 10. That summer we moved to Grayson, Georgia, a city right outside of Atlanta. I have been going back and forth between Oregon and Georgia for the past year now, but I do consider Georgia home. I am working towards getting a degree in Sociology. End goal is to be able to help those who have mental illnesses. Specifically, I would like to work with athletes. Leading the individual through the tough time is something I would love to do as I personally went through it myself.  I spend a lot of my time with family and friends, watching movies, working out, hiking/walking, and playing with my dog. Cooking and eating are my top two favorite things to do, I am always cooking up something. I love shoes. Call it what you want, an obsession, a sneaker head, a shopping problem. Getting a new pair of shoes feels like Christmas morning to me. I have never taken a communication course, so I am