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<\/p>\nI’ve been thinking a lot these last few weeks about digital literacy… no surprise\u00a0there… <\/p>\n
As I mentioned earlier, I have ADHD. For those of you not aware of what ADHD stands for it is Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. So what does this mean and how does it manifest… well it means nothing and everything. ADHD has a diverse\u00a0range of symptoms that can in some people be very predominant and in others, you will only find a few quirky symptoms… So when is it an illness and when isn’t it… How long is a piece of string…<\/p>\n
I personally feel that my own ADHD it is more of a personality trait than an illness. Most often when I tell someone what my symptoms are (some problems with concentrating, problems with self-regulating, memory problems, short span of attention, oh, and I also move house and change jobs often… more than ‘normal’ people do…) they look at me and say ‘well, that sounds a lot like me…, I do that…, I have the same problems…, I just might have ADHD as well…’. Most often I can be quite sure that this is not so. I guess the difference is that other people function quite well in their daily life despite having ‘the same issues’ while I sometimes need to take medication in order to do or complete something that requires total concentration.<\/p>\n
I have often attributed ‘my poor digital literacy skills’ to my ADHD… my brain’s inability to sometimes focus on one topic for long enough for me to learn… especially if I am not interested in the subject. However, the last two weeks have shown me that this may not be the case… My digital literacy skills are not great, but they don’t suck either… So why haven’t I been able to learn more about digital tools and use them in my teaching? Maybe I just haven’t been curious enough… This thought prompted me to poke around on the internet in search of an answer and look what I found.<\/p>\n