A Personal Lesson Shared - Never Be Scared Because You Are Different - Believe in yourself:)
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Infinity
Mar 16, 2008, 5:27:24 AM3/16/08
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Ideas shared in 2006 on the Power of myspace and the myspace
generation brought into my life the most negative people, who had
closed minds and vicious voices, designed to intimidate and knock me
down so that I did not cause harm to the educational sector?????
Cyberbullying that left me scared to comment on anything, anywhere -
real or virtual.
Support of the most incredible kind from some I did not know, helped
me to get over my fears. Their belief in me, the value they placed in
my work and ideas, never forgotten and forever appreciated.
One Alexander Hayes, who had defended me online and brought
cyberbullying within professional online environments to the attention
of the world - my case and that of Kathy Sierra (she suffered the most
horrendous bullying), encouraged me to continue with 'my voice' and
then when still reluctant, gave me a kick.
That kick, saw me jump back in to virtual worlds and blogging about my
wild adventures, concerns, frustrations and more.
Not one to be that confident despite at times appearing that way
(masks one wears for survival and protection), I have been humbled
many times by the words of appreciation and value that I never
expected.
Last week, an email appeared in my inbox and I have to say, I was
speechless yet my mind raced:
Me - my story - my work and ideas - why me - why did they select me -
why do they see me as any type of role model? On and on I went.
Eventually I took a deep breath, went outside, looked up to the sky
and shouted to everyone who had stood by me and believed in me:
THANK YOU
The horrors of 2006 I then handed back to the rightful owners (the
ones with issues), freeing myself of a weight that was not aware I was
carrying.
Myspace is not for everyone, however is any world - not that I have
found. It should not be dismissed or made out to be the 'root of all
evil' and a dangerous world. Myspace is and has proven to be more
than successful in the arena of charity and advocacy and business
promotion - my sites of which their are many are living, breathing
examples.
Overall - my intent with my first myspace was to help an Australian
cause that I believe in strongly, by creating an advocacy site, giving
them a profile within the myspace music arena. It was my learning
environment, putting into practice what I believed and how I thought I
could use the technology.
Many mistakes made, I had no idea how to use in the beginning, the url
is horrid, but an honest and raw piece of work, that allowed me to
learn and try and do my bit, to help those in the Australian Music
Industry who are in need.
I have accepted the offer and hope that in doing so, people with look
at the positives not the negatives of online worlds.
I hope that it encourages others to do as I did - leap in - give
things a try - do not be afraid like I was - believe in yourself and
just go for it, as you never know what lies ahead.....
Jacinta Gascoigne
Extract from email:
The team at MySpace have identified your Support Act Advocate MySpace
profile as an outstanding example of a MySpace user harnessing the
platform to better the both MySpace community and the world at large
and would like to feature your profile in the upcoming MySpace Impact
Awards onsite advertising campaign.
The Impact Awards are essentially a formal way for the MySpace
community to recognize their peers who are actively using the MySpace
platform to make their world a better place across a diverse array of
fields, from poverty relief, environmentalism, health & safety, to
social justice and community building.
Leading up to the awards we'll be running an onsite poll for the
MySpace community to vote for the best profile and we would love your
story and profile to be the face of this campaign.
If you agree to be featured, what we'd like is a little blurb about
what you use your MySpace profile for, some examples of the best
things that have come out of the site, why you originally started
using MySpace and the advantages of MySpace from the
perspective .......
This campaign would not only help promote the IMPACT awards but would
be a great way to drive awareness and traffic to your profile,
probably increase friend numbers and ultimately increase awareness of
the Support Act Advocate cause.
.....................................................................................................................
generation brought into my life the most negative people, who had
closed minds and vicious voices, designed to intimidate and knock me
down so that I did not cause harm to the educational sector?????
Cyberbullying that left me scared to comment on anything, anywhere -
real or virtual.
Support of the most incredible kind from some I did not know, helped
me to get over my fears. Their belief in me, the value they placed in
my work and ideas, never forgotten and forever appreciated.
One Alexander Hayes, who had defended me online and brought
cyberbullying within professional online environments to the attention
of the world - my case and that of Kathy Sierra (she suffered the most
horrendous bullying), encouraged me to continue with 'my voice' and
then when still reluctant, gave me a kick.
That kick, saw me jump back in to virtual worlds and blogging about my
wild adventures, concerns, frustrations and more.
Not one to be that confident despite at times appearing that way
(masks one wears for survival and protection), I have been humbled
many times by the words of appreciation and value that I never
expected.
Last week, an email appeared in my inbox and I have to say, I was
speechless yet my mind raced:
Me - my story - my work and ideas - why me - why did they select me -
why do they see me as any type of role model? On and on I went.
Eventually I took a deep breath, went outside, looked up to the sky
and shouted to everyone who had stood by me and believed in me:
THANK YOU
The horrors of 2006 I then handed back to the rightful owners (the
ones with issues), freeing myself of a weight that was not aware I was
carrying.
Myspace is not for everyone, however is any world - not that I have
found. It should not be dismissed or made out to be the 'root of all
evil' and a dangerous world. Myspace is and has proven to be more
than successful in the arena of charity and advocacy and business
promotion - my sites of which their are many are living, breathing
examples.
Overall - my intent with my first myspace was to help an Australian
cause that I believe in strongly, by creating an advocacy site, giving
them a profile within the myspace music arena. It was my learning
environment, putting into practice what I believed and how I thought I
could use the technology.
Many mistakes made, I had no idea how to use in the beginning, the url
is horrid, but an honest and raw piece of work, that allowed me to
learn and try and do my bit, to help those in the Australian Music
Industry who are in need.
I have accepted the offer and hope that in doing so, people with look
at the positives not the negatives of online worlds.
I hope that it encourages others to do as I did - leap in - give
things a try - do not be afraid like I was - believe in yourself and
just go for it, as you never know what lies ahead.....
Jacinta Gascoigne
Extract from email:
The team at MySpace have identified your Support Act Advocate MySpace
profile as an outstanding example of a MySpace user harnessing the
platform to better the both MySpace community and the world at large
and would like to feature your profile in the upcoming MySpace Impact
Awards onsite advertising campaign.
The Impact Awards are essentially a formal way for the MySpace
community to recognize their peers who are actively using the MySpace
platform to make their world a better place across a diverse array of
fields, from poverty relief, environmentalism, health & safety, to
social justice and community building.
Leading up to the awards we'll be running an onsite poll for the
MySpace community to vote for the best profile and we would love your
story and profile to be the face of this campaign.
If you agree to be featured, what we'd like is a little blurb about
what you use your MySpace profile for, some examples of the best
things that have come out of the site, why you originally started
using MySpace and the advantages of MySpace from the
perspective .......
This campaign would not only help promote the IMPACT awards but would
be a great way to drive awareness and traffic to your profile,
probably increase friend numbers and ultimately increase awareness of
the Support Act Advocate cause.
.....................................................................................................................
Infinity
Mar 16, 2008, 5:31:49 AM3/16/08
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See I still make silly mistakes - yay I am human.
The url for the advocacy site is http://www.myspace.com/jinxsalvic
The profile pic is Salem one of my pals at home:)
The url for the advocacy site is http://www.myspace.com/jinxsalvic
The profile pic is Salem one of my pals at home:)
alexanderhayes
Mar 16, 2008, 7:03:57 AM3/16/08
to Teach and Learn Online
Hi Jacinta,
It's great to see that you are being recognised for the tireless work
you have put into the music industry and the fact that the nexus
between education and your passion is coming to fruition.
As you state, MySpace is not everyones cup of tea.
I've told you many times from my perspective why it annoys me as a
connection space and none more so that the amount of bling I have to
wear in order to be at one with the hardsell it exposes me to.
I admire your tenancity in bringing the music industry forward using a
range of social networking technology and with a positively critical
mind you will lead ( I'm certain ) others to spaces that better equip
them for a sustainable future.
As always I'm ready to stick my neck out for those whom I consider are
copping a ruff deal....especially online....I've been subject to some
pretty awful things too and it's my way of giving back to the world.
At the core of all of this is identity.....we must carefully conisder
what we say in the here and now s online it remains and stands
testament far longer than we thing.....at least we will have an
epitaph hey :) ?
Robyn Jay sent me some VERY interesting and pertinent articles to read
at a time in my life when I have made some critical, timely and
necessary changes to my lifestyle to begin the next part of the
journey.
Check them out - http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/issue/view/263/showToc
With you and with TALO and with all those other many thousands of
feeds that mash their way into my cognition.
Rock on....the stage is set. Someone's throwing beer cans from the
back of the stands.
The marshall's are stacked to the roof.
It's great to see that you are being recognised for the tireless work
you have put into the music industry and the fact that the nexus
between education and your passion is coming to fruition.
As you state, MySpace is not everyones cup of tea.
I've told you many times from my perspective why it annoys me as a
connection space and none more so that the amount of bling I have to
wear in order to be at one with the hardsell it exposes me to.
I admire your tenancity in bringing the music industry forward using a
range of social networking technology and with a positively critical
mind you will lead ( I'm certain ) others to spaces that better equip
them for a sustainable future.
As always I'm ready to stick my neck out for those whom I consider are
copping a ruff deal....especially online....I've been subject to some
pretty awful things too and it's my way of giving back to the world.
At the core of all of this is identity.....we must carefully conisder
what we say in the here and now s online it remains and stands
testament far longer than we thing.....at least we will have an
epitaph hey :) ?
Robyn Jay sent me some VERY interesting and pertinent articles to read
at a time in my life when I have made some critical, timely and
necessary changes to my lifestyle to begin the next part of the
journey.
Check them out - http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/issue/view/263/showToc
With you and with TALO and with all those other many thousands of
feeds that mash their way into my cognition.
Rock on....the stage is set. Someone's throwing beer cans from the
back of the stands.
The marshall's are stacked to the roof.
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