Works Cited
Johnson, Steven. Interface Culture. San Francisco: Basic Books, 1997. Print.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Core 1: Final Draft
Justyn Cole
Mrs. Moody
ENC 1102
9 February 2010
Mrs. Moody
ENC 1102
9 February 2010
Core 1: Exploring Digital Literacy Within Myself
Technology is becoming more important to society by the day. Our stock market, banking, reading, even schooling is all available online. The fact that many of our everyday needs rely upon technology, forces the individual in society to rely upon technology heavily as well. As far as literacy goes, there have been many arguments of why literacy should or should not turn digital. As Steven Johnson says in his article on Bitmapping, “As our machines are increasingly jacked into global networks of information, it becomes more and more difficult to imagine the data space at our fingertips” (18). He believes that with the way human and technology interaction are advancing, it’s only a matter of time before our world is taken over by technology.
With the rise of computers and technology in general, I have begun to rely heavily on technology in many aspects of my life; in particular, my phone and my computer. With today’s advancements in technology, no one, including myself, wants to buy a phone unless it has many, if not all the qualities of their computer. We all want immediate access to the world at our fingertips. But what’s wrong with that? I believe nothing is wrong with that, unless one allows their life to be completely reliant upon such technology and leaves no room for adjustments for times when that technology is not accessible. For me, I feel that I am way too reliant on my phone for my social life. I go NOWHERE without my phone and I sometimes have a hard time not using it for hours at a time. I feel that my phone keeps me connected to my friends and family, which are two aspects in my life that are of great importance to me. This can tend to cause problems if I am at a place where cell phones are not allowed or don’t work.As far as my laptop goes, I am not as much reliant on it as I am my cell phone, however it does play a big role in my life; mostly academic wise. Almost every college student these days has a laptop, and many people bring them into their classes on a daily bases. Just as books are starting to go from print to online, notes are starting to be taken on computers rather than notebooks. Now I don’t usually bring my laptop to classes, I'm still writing notes on paper and using flash cards and such, but when I'm in my room, my grades and papers rely on my computer. Steven Johnson says “Colleges and universities are beginning to embrace requirements for computer literacy, as employers and academic accrediting agencies strongly urge upper-level administrators to do so” in his article on Bitmapping (14) and I am inclined to agree. So much of our academics are online and technology based these days; teachers post grades online, students register for classes online, students research databases online and so on. I believe that this can be a good thing though. I feel that our generation of students has many advantages that past generations did not. Technology, especially computers, can go into so much more depth than a textbook ever can, therefore leaving each generation more and more educated.
Jobs today are becoming more and more efficient because of technology. For example, now that we have X-Ray machines, doctors don’t have to guess what is wrong with a patient, they can see right through the skin! I plan on doing something involving medicine in my career, and with the rapid rate of advancement in technology today, it is essential that I keep up with the change in times if I plan on being successful in the future. This is a big reason why I am so interested in technology at my age because I know that in order for future plans to follow through as I want, I must be always learning. I consider myself pretty tech-savvy for my age. I can use a computer and many of its’ programs with ease, as well as phones and all their applications. I believe a big reason why I know as much as I do about technology is because of my families view on the new media. My mom has always been very smart when it came to technologies, especially computers. She taught me the importance of knowing the many programs and it has paid off in my job career already. Over the summer, I work as a clerk in a medical clinic, where I entered data into spreadsheet, emailed and typed up documents on the regular. Thanks to my computer and typing class from high school, I was able to not only accomplish but exceed the expectations of my employers. I would not be nearly as efficient at my job, or possibly could not have gotten the job, if it weren’t for my mothers’ upbringing and her push for me to be educated about technology.
Overall, I feel that I have a good balance in my life as far as how much I rely on digital forms of media and literacy and print forms. I believe that it is necessary for myself and many others to keep up with the constant changes as far as technology goes in order to stay competitive in the job force and school. Teachers and parents are mostly responsible for making sure that the next generation of children are educated with technology in mind, and as long as society keeps getting smarter, there’s no telling how technologically advanced this world can get.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Core 1: Rough Draft
Justyn Cole
Mrs. Moody
ENC 1102
3 February 2010
Core 1: Exploring Digital Literacy
Technology is becoming more important to society by the day. Our stock market, banking, reading, even schooling is all online. The fact that many of our everyday needs rely upon technology, forces the individual in society to rely upon technology heavily as well. As far as literacy goes, there have been many arguments of why literacy should or should not turn digital also. As Steven Johnson says in his article on Bitmapping, as our machines are increasingly jacked into global networks of information, it becomes more and more difficult to imagine the data space at our fingertips (18). He believes that with the way human and technology interaction are advancing, it’s only a matter of time before our world is taken over by technology.
With the rise of computers and technology in general, I have begun to rely heavily on technology in many aspects of my life; in particular, my phone and my computer. With today’s advancements in technology, no one, including myself, wants to buy a phone unless it has many, if not all the qualities of their computer. We all want immediate access to the world at our fingertips. But what’s wrong with that? I believe nothing is wrong with that, unless one allows their life to be completely reliant upon that technology and leaves no room for adjustments for times when that technology is not accessible. For me, I feel that I am way too reliant on my phone for my social life. I go NOWHERE without my phone and I sometimes have a hard time not using it for hours at a time. I feel that my phone keeps me connected to my friends and family, which are two aspects in my life that are of great importance to me. This can tend to cause problems if I am at a place where cell phones are not allowed or don’t work.
As far as my laptop goes, I am not as much reliant on it as I am my cell phone, however it does play a big role in my life; mostly academic wise. Almost every college student these days has a laptop, and many people bring them into their classes on a daily bases. Just as books are starting to go from print to online, notes are starting to be taken on computers rather than notebooks. Now I don’t usually bring my laptop to classes, I'm still writing notes on paper and using flash cards and such, but when I'm in my room, my grades rely on my computer. Teachers post grades online, students register for classes online, students research on databases online, so much of our academics are online and technology bases these days. I believe that this can be a good thing though. I feel that our generation of students has many advantages that past generations did not. Technology, especially computers, can go into so much more depth than a textbook ever can, therefore leaving each generation more and more educated.
Jobs today are becoming more and more efficient because of technology. For example, now that we have X-Ray machines, doctors don’t have to guess what is wrong with a patient, they can see right through the skin! I plan on doing something involving medicine for my career, and with the rapid rate of advancement in technology today, it is essential that I keep up with the change in times if I plan on being successful in the future. This is a big reason why I am so interested in technology at my age because I know that in order for future plans to follow through as I want, I must be always learning. I consider myself pretty tech-savvy for my age. I can use a computer and many of its’ programs with ease, as well as phones and all their applications and such. I believe a big reason why I know as much as I do about technology is because of my families view on technology. My mom has always been very smart when it came to technologies, especially computers. She taught me the importance of knowing the many programs and it has paid off in my job career already. Over the summer, I work as a clerk in a medical clinic, where I enter data into spreadsheets/email/type up documents on the regular. I would not be nearly as efficient at my job, or possibly could not have gotten the job, if it weren’t for my mothers’ upbringing and her push for me to be educated about technology.
Mrs. Moody
ENC 1102
3 February 2010
Core 1: Exploring Digital Literacy
Technology is becoming more important to society by the day. Our stock market, banking, reading, even schooling is all online. The fact that many of our everyday needs rely upon technology, forces the individual in society to rely upon technology heavily as well. As far as literacy goes, there have been many arguments of why literacy should or should not turn digital also. As Steven Johnson says in his article on Bitmapping, as our machines are increasingly jacked into global networks of information, it becomes more and more difficult to imagine the data space at our fingertips (18). He believes that with the way human and technology interaction are advancing, it’s only a matter of time before our world is taken over by technology.
With the rise of computers and technology in general, I have begun to rely heavily on technology in many aspects of my life; in particular, my phone and my computer. With today’s advancements in technology, no one, including myself, wants to buy a phone unless it has many, if not all the qualities of their computer. We all want immediate access to the world at our fingertips. But what’s wrong with that? I believe nothing is wrong with that, unless one allows their life to be completely reliant upon that technology and leaves no room for adjustments for times when that technology is not accessible. For me, I feel that I am way too reliant on my phone for my social life. I go NOWHERE without my phone and I sometimes have a hard time not using it for hours at a time. I feel that my phone keeps me connected to my friends and family, which are two aspects in my life that are of great importance to me. This can tend to cause problems if I am at a place where cell phones are not allowed or don’t work.
As far as my laptop goes, I am not as much reliant on it as I am my cell phone, however it does play a big role in my life; mostly academic wise. Almost every college student these days has a laptop, and many people bring them into their classes on a daily bases. Just as books are starting to go from print to online, notes are starting to be taken on computers rather than notebooks. Now I don’t usually bring my laptop to classes, I'm still writing notes on paper and using flash cards and such, but when I'm in my room, my grades rely on my computer. Teachers post grades online, students register for classes online, students research on databases online, so much of our academics are online and technology bases these days. I believe that this can be a good thing though. I feel that our generation of students has many advantages that past generations did not. Technology, especially computers, can go into so much more depth than a textbook ever can, therefore leaving each generation more and more educated.
Jobs today are becoming more and more efficient because of technology. For example, now that we have X-Ray machines, doctors don’t have to guess what is wrong with a patient, they can see right through the skin! I plan on doing something involving medicine for my career, and with the rapid rate of advancement in technology today, it is essential that I keep up with the change in times if I plan on being successful in the future. This is a big reason why I am so interested in technology at my age because I know that in order for future plans to follow through as I want, I must be always learning. I consider myself pretty tech-savvy for my age. I can use a computer and many of its’ programs with ease, as well as phones and all their applications and such. I believe a big reason why I know as much as I do about technology is because of my families view on technology. My mom has always been very smart when it came to technologies, especially computers. She taught me the importance of knowing the many programs and it has paid off in my job career already. Over the summer, I work as a clerk in a medical clinic, where I enter data into spreadsheets/email/type up documents on the regular. I would not be nearly as efficient at my job, or possibly could not have gotten the job, if it weren’t for my mothers’ upbringing and her push for me to be educated about technology.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Core 1, Part 2
As a Micro Molecular Biology major, technology can play a big part in my future plans of dealing with medicine. Now, I know how to type and use all the major functions on a computer but there are specific programs that doctors use to keep track of patients records and such. Learning a program like that, I feel wouldn’t be too much of a problem, however if I were to become a radiologist, the complications that have to do with an X-Ray machine might cause some problems. Ultrasounds, research labs that involve testing many foreign substances and cardiovascular monitors are all technologies that would challenge almost anyone while trying to learn.
As far as what I plan on doing, physical therapy, there are some challenging technologies that I would have to become very acquainted with such as MRI or X-Ray machines for reading and analyzing injuries. I have been to a physical therapist a few times myself and they seem to have a very good understanding of many machines in the gym. I feel that I would definitely benefit from gaining more experience with machines that help strengthen certain areas of the body (whatever my specialty may be). All in all, I feel that I am about where I need to be at this point in time as far as knowledge of the technology that I might encounter in my career in the medical field and I plan to keep up with the constant changes of technology.
As far as what I plan on doing, physical therapy, there are some challenging technologies that I would have to become very acquainted with such as MRI or X-Ray machines for reading and analyzing injuries. I have been to a physical therapist a few times myself and they seem to have a very good understanding of many machines in the gym. I feel that I would definitely benefit from gaining more experience with machines that help strengthen certain areas of the body (whatever my specialty may be). All in all, I feel that I am about where I need to be at this point in time as far as knowledge of the technology that I might encounter in my career in the medical field and I plan to keep up with the constant changes of technology.
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