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After watching Dr. White's video on "Residents and Visitors", I believe that while I am beginning to take up residence as a student and prospective teacher, I might remain a visitor in my "personal" life.

Although many technical aspects of computers and associated tools are difficult for me to navigate, I am very excited about what I have learned and created thus far. Every cool website mentioned on Twitter I bookmark onto my Diigo page, I have spent countless hours (well, maybe 10) designing Prezis, and I feel my Blogger page has helped me prepare to make a Class Page when I become a teacher.

My Personal Learning Network on Prezi

          While I enjoy the tremendous power of these online tools, I’m not sure how well suited they or future tools may be to my personal needs (although there is some undeniable overlap my professional needs). When at home without academic/professional work to do, I see the virtual world as a great place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there. In order to connect or reconnect with my friends and family I prefer the intimacy of a phone, which is usually used solely to set up face-to-face meetings. As for entertainment I prefer the pre-programmed world of cable TV.