Core 1-Part I

I believe that I am fairly technologically savvy. Starting when I was six years of age, my grandfather took the time to get me involved in computers, how to fix them, and help other people with their computers. I am able to teach others (normally elderly people) how to perform tasks on their computers even though they may have been afraid to do so before. Also, I help people get their computers working again after viruses, etc. Just yesterday, I was able to bring a computer back to normal operating status after a large amount of infestation of viruses and spyware.

Although I may think I am tech savvy, I do not know how to do many things such as video production, music production, and designing websites. I wish I knew how to perform these tasks on the computer. I believe I am stronger with utilizing business products such as the Microsoft Office suite for word processing, presentations, etc.

ENC1102-01/25 Assignment

My article, "Connecting the Digital Dots: Literacy of the 21st Century" describes the need for the teaching of literacy to evolve into the digital age. The article begins with an example of how students of the past could learn solely from a teacher making them re-write information from their book or the chalkboard, and this would be enough to learn the material. He then goes on to demonstrate that children of today need more interaction with the material. A simple power point of the information is no longer enough.
I believe the article is trying to persuade teachers and administrators to begin to adopt a change to their teaching methods to include more technology. While the article does mention some teachers have begun to adopt more technologically advanced teaching methods, they are coming on too slow. The article is meant to inform teachers about the gap they are creating between their teaching methods and their technologically advanced students, and persuade teachers to become more adaptive to the changes technology is bringing to education.