Episode 5: Its Movie Time

Have you ever watched the movie "We're the Millers"? 

The movie is about a drug dealer who convinces a group of strangers to pretend to be his family so he can smuggle drugs across the Mexican border. There's a scene that has since become a meme, in which one of the family members realizes the others were being paid to participate in the family trip. 

If you have never seen the movie, the joke is that everyone else knows something that he doesn't. Similar to how I felt when I first started this course 

As I read some of the blogs, I'm impressed by how everyone connects concepts to their own experiences. In a way, I felt like I was playing catch-up, like wait a minute ... y'all knew we were learning on these platforms? 

Before this course, I wouldn't have described social media as a learning space. Instead, it was a place for me to connect with my colleagues, keep up with old friends, and, honestly, doom scroll. Many of the platforms I had joined served as learning communities. Communities that deepened my love for cooking, introduced me to new perspectives, and broadened my overall knowledge. 

 

There is something special about the way the internet connects people. For the longest, I have only considered how it connects us to others in far corners of the world. Now  I'm coming to appreciate how it educates, inspires innovation, and creates spaces where people can learn from one another. 

If you would like to check out the scene, here is the clip in reference: https://youtube.com/shorts/1nwsLTDcpu0?si=siz4OLuyNmn_KMZs