Emma's Tech Blog

I signed up for LIS 724 with very little expectation for what I would learn and accomplish during this short course. My opinion on technology’s place in education was very basic and based only on my experience as a student. I have not yet had the opportunity to teach in a traditional se nse but as a future librarian I will most definitely have to teach in some capacity . As noted in previous blog posts, I do some teaching as a reference assistant at Dominican’s library. If you hop on chat and ask a question you have a chance of it being me! The teaching I do is mostly about how to use libra ry resources, but I also do some research consultation. Both of these heavily rely on technology and I could not do my job without my computer open and ready to assist .   I am lucky to have found such an amazing community of teachers and information professionals in this course with me. It is one thing to explore technology in education and another to learn with classmates through their ow...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the new hot topic that educators and information professionals alike cannot stop talking about. And for good reason. There are major implications for both careers and for the students and patrons that we interact with daily. A couple years ago there were opinions about why AI was bad and shouldn’t be used but much of what we find helpful and useful on the internet today uses some form of AI. Many of those voices feared that students would use AI such as ChatGPT to cheat on their homework. My mother is an adjunct photograph y professor at a local community college, and she had a student turn in a paper about an art exhibit at a museum that never actually exist ed , for instance. From my perspective as a graduate student, currently using AI to correct my typing errors, the conversation has shifted. Now the conversation is more about how AI should be used and not if .   I personally do not go out of my way to use AI applications, mostly because of ...

  What mark will you leave on the internet when you are gone? Probably a bigger one than you think, even if you are j ust a casual internet user. This week I explored the concept of Digital Tattoos which is a term that has replaced the idea of a digital footprint because it more accurately communicates the permanence of digital identity. After learning a little bit more about this concept I did a data mine on my own digital tattoo. I used two di fferent browsers, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox and used a few different websites to get a good picture of what sort of information I could find abo ut myself online. The following is a rough sketch of my personal digital tattoo. Perhaps it will inspire you to investigate your own digital identi ty .   My relationship with the internet   In previous blogs I have mentioned how I have had the fear of internet permanency instilled in me from a young age . I had a Facebook page but deleted it during high school and did not ...