My Self Assessment:
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The Internet = My Obsession!
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Introduction to Writing Arts:
| Writing, Research, & Technology: Professor Mangini
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"Technology literacy is a construct that is increasingly referred to as an essential 21st century skill." (Moore)
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As a writing arts major at Rowan University, I am currently study Intro to Writing Arts along side with Writing,
Research, &
Technology. In both courses, I was required to design my first
personal web page that consisted of my personal thoughts,
reflections, and even my own “twitterive” page. If you hoover over the
"Assignments" tab located just above, you can click on the
"Twitterive" tab and be directed to my creative non-fictional piece, "My Salmo-nella New Year," also
known as my "twitterive" page. Please feel free to scroll through and see the
various genres and technological literacies I have incorporated on my page to enhance its meaning and overall appearance. After visiting the site, you, yourself, might even obtain some new ideas or possibly a
new sense of appreciation for the many capabilities technology has to offer.
TWITTERIVE: A gathering of one’s tweets (from twitter) that help encompass a detailed story. The story should include various genres and uploads to show one’s progression with the use of technology.
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TWITTERIVE: A gathering of one’s tweets (from twitter) that help encompass a detailed story. The story should include various genres and uploads to show one’s progression with the use of technology.
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Technology literacy: the extension of cognition
by David Richard Moore
1. Identifying technology:
A first step in developing technology literacy is to identify the applicable technologies required for a particular task.
2. Functional analysis:
The next step in developing technology literacy is to develop an understanding of how to use the technologies relevant to a task.
3. Structural analysis:
The final stage of technology literacy is to understand how a technology works.
http://webct3.rowan.edu/webct/urw/lc4130001.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
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"I, Michelle Kong, rely on the Internet for practically everything."
After
spending 4 weeks in Professor Teston's Module 1 Introduction of Writing Arts class, I finally came to the realization of how
important the internet truly is to me. If I had to be honest with those of you viewing my page, I'd have to say that I am definitely an
obsessive Facebooker, emailer, Googler, blogger, and even instant
messager pretty much 365 days a year. A little obsessive, right? Yeah, I know.
But if you really want to know what I mean by this, this is what I'm talking about. I hit
up Facebook, because it's popular and an easy way to find out the scoop about everyone's drama. I'm constantly checking my emails because it's the easiest way for others to notify or send me important information. I rely on Google to inform me about
everything and anything because it's fast and also the most convenient. I write in my blogs because all my classes require it, and I enjoy the
public's opinions. And yes, I really do use instant message, because
it's so much less intimidating than conversing with someone in real
life. So basically, my confession is that I am a daily user of the internet, as are millions and probably even billions of others out there. But whether or not everyone else's reasoning for usage are the same as mine, they're probably relatively close. Below, I have included a video with many more of my thoughts.
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In this video, I will share my obsession with the INTERNET (aka. my BEST FRIEND!)-
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The following novel is comprised of various writers voicing out their obsession with the internet as I have just done with mine. I have pasted a stream of conscious writing straight from the authors lips, showing viewers where I, myself, am coming from. In the first long paragraph below, nothing is said but the unspoken truth.
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Twenty Something Essays By Twenty Something Writers
By Theodora Stites
Edited by Matt Kellogg & Jillian Quint
http://sabatinomangini.weebly.com/uploads/4/5/9/6/4596832/manginitwenty1.pdf
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The following novel is comprised of various writers voicing out their obsession with the internet as I have just done with mine. I have pasted a stream of conscious writing straight from the authors lips, showing viewers where I, myself, am coming from. In the first long paragraph below, nothing is said but the unspoken truth.
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Twenty Something Essays By Twenty Something Writers
By Theodora Stites
Edited by Matt Kellogg & Jillian Quint
http://sabatinomangini.weebly.com/uploads/4/5/9/6/4596832/manginitwenty1.pdf
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Rock my Network
(conscious writing sited from the book...)
“In an era of text messaging, online shopping, and
movies on demand, why would anyone do anything more than a day or two in
advance? It’s not that we’re lazy or bratty or glib; it’s just that
we’re fast. We know how to access all kinds of information, and we have
absolute confidence in the tools at our disposal…I spend the majority
of my time searching the Internet for new communities and ways to
connect… Plazes.com yet? Is it worth it to make a profile on
Consummating? Am I hip enough for Nerve?… Can I be a part of
Geocaching.com without having a GPS? Are the people on Fark.com my kind
people, and should I spend my time and energy making a profile?… I’ve
had more than two hundred Friendsterviews in the past week. Beat that!…
Every morning before I brush my teeth, I check my phone for text
messages and sign in to my AOL instant messenger. I need everyone I know
to know I’m awake…. Do I have any new e-mails, messages or views,
bulletins, invitations, or friend requests? Do I have recent comments
on my blog or mentions on my friends’ blogs? My celebrity status is
uncomfortably quantifiable…I flip through the messages to see where and
when my friends went last night, tracking their progress through
various bars and noting the crossed paths, I check the: MapQuest map
that displays their locations and their proximity to one another. I
note how close Christopher and Tom were last night, only a block away,
but see that they never met up…. Not a day goes by when I don’t send out
or accept a new: friend request. It’s a beautiful example of mutually
assured popularity… I click through the profiles: of my friends to the
profiles of their friends of friends and friends of friends of friends,
always aware of the little bar at the top of each profile indicating my
multiple connections… On Facebook, I skip from profile to profile by
clicking on the faces of posted pictures. I find a picture of my sister
and her boyfriend, click on his face, and jump right to his page… Pictures are extremely necessary for enticing new friends and fans, the
more pictures, the better. I change my pictures at least once a week…I
click on the Friendster “who’s viewed me” bar to see who has stumbled
upon my profile over the last day, week, or month, and if people I don’t
know have checked me out, I immediately check them back. I get an
adrenaline rush when I find out that a friend of a friend I was always
interested in is evidently interested in me, too, and wants to make a
connection. Just imagine if we could be this good in person. Online,
everyone has a bulletproof social armor… Not only does my online profile
need to be tended to and updated regularly, but the text messages
demand a prompt response… I also use instant messenger as a tool for
keeping track of my exes. I know when they sign on, and I read their
away messages. I can keep track of what’s happening in their lives
without their ever knowing I still care. Good or bad day, sick or
asleep, I see what they’re doing. I know at all times if and when
they’re on the Internet… I honestly don’t know why anyone wants to
socialize in public anymore. It’s so difficult to concentrate on talking
to just one’ person at a time. Eye contact isn’t all it’s cracked up
to be, and facial expressions are so hard to control…” (Stites)
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Personal Reflection:
As I read the piece “Rock My Network” in the writings of “Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers,” I couldn’t help by catch myself constantly shaking my head in agreement with every word. Many times I found the reading to be quite shameful yet very truthful in today’s society. Just think. Is it not true that the world has vastly become dependent on technology and its growing mobility out there? Are our internet providers not racing to market the quickest and most affordable devices to all sellers before their competitors? I mean, if you took a poll of the few people located just around you, how many of them would have a Facebook, a personal blog, or simply rely on the internet to get them the majority of their information? How many of them would have a Blackberry, an iPhone, a Droid, a cell phone with internet or wifi? A lot right? Now, how many of them would agree with being a daily user or visit their Facebook at least two-to-three times, or any chance they get during the day? Once again, a lot right? Even if I, myself, had to be honest and describe my relationship with the internet, I’d have to admit that I am also among the obsessive users that are hooked on my friends’ statuses that quickly become updated minute-by-minute, day-by-day. Like Theordra Stites said, I “live for smiles on MySpace, winks on Match.com, and pokes on Facebook.” (Stites)
So the question I’ve been pondering throughout this realm of technology is this; in the year 2011, where high speed internet has hit an all time high of 150/35 megabits per second (Mbps) with Verizon FiOS network, is it “okay” to be a compulsive internet user? Is it unhealthy for me to want to Google everything rather than look it up in an encyclopedia? Should I not be constantly stalking my friends, or their friends, or their friend’s friends’ Facebook statuses? Should I delete my RSS Feed and stop tweeting about all my feelings and daily activities so that the public can no longer be informed? Or is this all normal and expected from a typical 21 year old college student like me? All I can say is that in today’s fast and openly public society, all we care about is getting or sharing information quick and through the simplest way possible- the internet.
Since the internet is here and quickly engulfing the lives of the newer generation of students, everything seems to revolve around it. For instance, this semester, four out of six of my classes require weekly or even daily responses, postings, summaries, tweets, etc, etc, etc, as apart of a major grade in each and every one of these four classes. Everything seems to be based upon posting your every detail in life for the public to see as well as publishing your reflective blogs for others to comment on. Nothing is ever written out on paper anymore. Either submit it on Blackboard 9, Google Doc it, or send a Microsoft attachment to their email address. Technology is definitely the new trend. If I had to put in my two senses, I would say my words are meant to be voiced out to the billions of strangers out there who are also doing the same thing. Post it, link it, attach it, share. Why not? Everyone’s doing it.
By using different sites and styles of online writing such as tumblr, weebly, reflective blogs, twitterive, facebook, etc, etc, etc, I have definitely been able to “connect” myself to a completely different aspect of writing that I’ve never realized before. Truthfully, I find that when I share my thoughts, opinions, and even my profiles on public sites, I realize how personal I get with my postings. To explain, I have found that my online identity posted on my twitterive, reflective blog, as well as my facebook page are all truthful representations of my “real” identity that come from my conscious writing. Similar to Stites’s work of literature, the information that I express on my weebly, twitterive, and even my reflective blog posts are more of my daily expression with words rather than formal writing and falsely interpreted styles of me. My tweets, facebook statuses, blogs, etc, etc, etc, are all the real me. On the web, I type freely. I let out everything that’s on my mind and only go back for seldom typos here and there. And truthfully, I think that is what’s so great and engaging about personal blogs and social networking. It shows the true side of people and simply let’s people show others who they are, both socially and educational wise.
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Personal Reflection:
As I read the piece “Rock My Network” in the writings of “Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers,” I couldn’t help by catch myself constantly shaking my head in agreement with every word. Many times I found the reading to be quite shameful yet very truthful in today’s society. Just think. Is it not true that the world has vastly become dependent on technology and its growing mobility out there? Are our internet providers not racing to market the quickest and most affordable devices to all sellers before their competitors? I mean, if you took a poll of the few people located just around you, how many of them would have a Facebook, a personal blog, or simply rely on the internet to get them the majority of their information? How many of them would have a Blackberry, an iPhone, a Droid, a cell phone with internet or wifi? A lot right? Now, how many of them would agree with being a daily user or visit their Facebook at least two-to-three times, or any chance they get during the day? Once again, a lot right? Even if I, myself, had to be honest and describe my relationship with the internet, I’d have to admit that I am also among the obsessive users that are hooked on my friends’ statuses that quickly become updated minute-by-minute, day-by-day. Like Theordra Stites said, I “live for smiles on MySpace, winks on Match.com, and pokes on Facebook.” (Stites)
So the question I’ve been pondering throughout this realm of technology is this; in the year 2011, where high speed internet has hit an all time high of 150/35 megabits per second (Mbps) with Verizon FiOS network, is it “okay” to be a compulsive internet user? Is it unhealthy for me to want to Google everything rather than look it up in an encyclopedia? Should I not be constantly stalking my friends, or their friends, or their friend’s friends’ Facebook statuses? Should I delete my RSS Feed and stop tweeting about all my feelings and daily activities so that the public can no longer be informed? Or is this all normal and expected from a typical 21 year old college student like me? All I can say is that in today’s fast and openly public society, all we care about is getting or sharing information quick and through the simplest way possible- the internet.
Since the internet is here and quickly engulfing the lives of the newer generation of students, everything seems to revolve around it. For instance, this semester, four out of six of my classes require weekly or even daily responses, postings, summaries, tweets, etc, etc, etc, as apart of a major grade in each and every one of these four classes. Everything seems to be based upon posting your every detail in life for the public to see as well as publishing your reflective blogs for others to comment on. Nothing is ever written out on paper anymore. Either submit it on Blackboard 9, Google Doc it, or send a Microsoft attachment to their email address. Technology is definitely the new trend. If I had to put in my two senses, I would say my words are meant to be voiced out to the billions of strangers out there who are also doing the same thing. Post it, link it, attach it, share. Why not? Everyone’s doing it.
By using different sites and styles of online writing such as tumblr, weebly, reflective blogs, twitterive, facebook, etc, etc, etc, I have definitely been able to “connect” myself to a completely different aspect of writing that I’ve never realized before. Truthfully, I find that when I share my thoughts, opinions, and even my profiles on public sites, I realize how personal I get with my postings. To explain, I have found that my online identity posted on my twitterive, reflective blog, as well as my facebook page are all truthful representations of my “real” identity that come from my conscious writing. Similar to Stites’s work of literature, the information that I express on my weebly, twitterive, and even my reflective blog posts are more of my daily expression with words rather than formal writing and falsely interpreted styles of me. My tweets, facebook statuses, blogs, etc, etc, etc, are all the real me. On the web, I type freely. I let out everything that’s on my mind and only go back for seldom typos here and there. And truthfully, I think that is what’s so great and engaging about personal blogs and social networking. It shows the true side of people and simply let’s people show others who they are, both socially and educational wise.