Our class with Jessie as our guest speaker was informative as it has made me aware of my social media accounts, my online presence and the use of technology in the classroom. His discussion about cell phones in class gave me a new perspective on how to deal in the future with cell phones in the classroom. I had always thought that cell phones should be taken away or not in the classroom at all. But hearing the story about the teacher who does 20 minutes of instruction and 2 minutes of cell phone time was a great alternative to the no cell phones. At this point technology is a part of our society and ignoring, or telling students they can not be on their phones, this will only create problems. It is better to adapt, and that is why I enjoyed the 20 minutes instruction and 2 minute phone time. 

Jessie brought up a question about social media that had me in some serious internal conflict. He said “If you had to pay to use Instagram or Facebook, would you continue to use them?”. If I had to pay to use Instagram, which is the social media site I use the most, I would NEVER pay to use it. And that was my gut reaction to his question. Afterwards, he says “if you wouldn’t pay to use it, then why do you have it? *Begin my internal conflict*. Why do I use Instagram? My initial thoughts were that Instagram is just to look at pictures, pictures that are about people who fake their lifestyle for “likes”. But the more I thought about it throughout the day I realized that that is not why I use Instagram. Thus, I started to make a list of the positive reasons why I use Instagram: I connect with friends and we send each other funny memes. I have found recipes and food ideas through Instagram. I can find workout plans and tips. Lastly, I have found travel destinations on Instagram and gone to them because I saw pictures of the place on Instagram. Therefore, my use of Social Media is a positive and healthy way. And that was what Jessie was saying throughout his presentation; It is how you use technology and there are benefits to using it if it is done in a positive way. Social Media is not this monster that will rot the minds of people (young and old) but that users must be aware of their Social Media use and use it in a healthy manner. I am glad he posed that question about paying for social media because it made me critically think about my social media use.