Blog Post 7 - Hockman

In an effort to remain professional, I will not use any specific social media site (such as Facebook) to build my online identity. However, in an effort to stay or get connected professionally, I look at various university websites that include faculty and graduate student online curriculum vitae. I enjoy looking at current projects going on with certain scholars, such as Antonio Damasio for example.

To be honest, there really are not any websites, blogs, listservs, or other online groups that I follow professionally. For conferences, I usually look at the website at the University of Pennsylvania or follow the listserv within our department. My advisor, Paul Heilker, will also send me links. Some point soon, I will join certain professional or scholarly affiliations such as the National Council of Teachers of English. This semester has been a whirlwind, and at some point, I will get it together and become a part of these fancy pants things.

You know, until we did this module, I slightly planned to just search online library databases for new materials. In addition, I planned to look at the publications of different scholarly organizations. I now know that I need to Google more stuff - oh world wide web, let me embrace you with my human arms.