Creating an online identity seems to be all the rage in the teaching world. Now more than ever, teachers are using applications such as twitter and Facebook to cultivate online learning and content construction. However, I take a cynical view on online identity. To me, encouraging the use of this medium is false learning. In one of the #Walkmyworld posts I labeled the internet as flugazi, or fake. I truly believe this and I’ll tell you why. For some reason, the internet has transformed into another dimension. In this dimension, anything can be said, done, or heard with consequence to the real world. There are countless examples of people mistaking the line between internet and reality. I think the blurring of this line is a trend we will continue to see in the future generations. If you think the blurring of this line is a good thing, let me be the first to tell you that blurring the line between fantasy and reality is never a good thing. However, all hope is not lost. There is one thing we can do, especially teachers. Tell your students to pick up a good book and read it. By doing just this, we can re-affirm the line between reality and fiction.
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