This is all very new to me – I only have heard/encountered a ‘wiki’ or ‘wikipedia’. As a student we were always warned against even looking at Wikipedia as it was deemed to be false and potentially misleading – however I find it helps as a first step to learn about something or someone – … Continue reading Thing 10 – Wikimedia

I have not heard of Google Hangout sbefore but am familiar with Collaborate – I have signed up for the live session on the 1st Feb and will hopefully be able to complete this blog then. What I do know, and what I enjoy is that Collaborate is an excellent platform for sharing information, especially … Continue reading Thing9 – Google Hangouts/Collaborate Ultra

I have been a Facebook user since 2008 – and pride myself on using it before others as I learnt about it from my travels to America! Back then, it was about games though and it was a brilliant alternative to Bebo as you could view other profile without it tracking you… an important aspect … Continue reading Thing8 – Facebook

Oh Twitter… how I hate thee….. but possibly, because I have never really sat down and tried to work out how it works and how to use it advantageously. I was immediately impressed with the post about how to find jobs through Twitter – there are some great tips in there and I plan to … Continue reading Thing7 – Twitter

As part of my job, I develop and maintain the New Students website. It is an incredibly busy website at certain points of the year and the main aim of the website is for it to be accessible to ALL students – accessing the information that they need. Through training, I have been made aware … Continue reading Thing6 – Accessibility

So this thing was great! I was reminded that Emojis didn’t always exist! They seemed to just to appear in my life and now I use them all the time, usually for humour – when did we all rely on them for expressing ourselves online?! I found the articles really interesting about the additional skin … Continue reading Thing5 – Diversity

A lot of the information on Phone apps and keeping your phone secure seems to be common sense as your phone is a gateway to all of your personal information. However, there is also so much on your phone, so much going on in the background that it is hard to tell how secure it … Continue reading Thing4 – Digital Security

Well following on from my first post – I used to post unnecessary posts on Facebook in third person as Facebook used to ask you ‘how do you feel today” or something like this… but over the past few years I have changed all privacy settings and everyday now I delete any of these old … Continue reading Thing3 – Digital Footprint