Friday, January 29, 2010

part 1 core 1

In the world of technological literacy, I stand in a category that is insecure of my computer skills. Without a doubt, I feel like I am one of those students Selber mentions in his writing that needs to be better prepared by professors for the digital age (Selber 4.) When I think about it, I am a definite tool user, but I'm not necessarily a 'user'. I don't go out of my way to try to learn and acquire skills for technological literacy that I know probably will not utilize.
With that being said, in the categories of multimedia, work oriented, and play oriented, I stand different in understanding in each of those areas.In multimedia, I understand how to use certain tools like flash, windows media and the website, youtube. In school oriented technology, I understand how to use my laptop. In play oriented, I stand strongest, I can use my smart phone, my digital camera, my ipod, and my wii. I am interested in learning how to make and use a successful website. Also, learning how to blog and using that on a regular basis would be interesting as well. Obviously, it goes without saying I am stronger in technology that is play friendly. However, I feel like I need to improve on basic computer skills and brush up on things that are assumed I already know being a young student in the digital

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