Write a four-five, page essay in which you narrate/describe/analyze your experiences using technology. There are a number of ways to

“Technology isn’t good or bad. It’s powerful, and its complicated.” –Sherry Turkle

Context: Do you remember the first time you sent an email to your friend? Or, what about the first time you posted a picture of yourself on the Internet? Over the past twenty years or so, we have all become a part of the information age or what some call the digital revolution. While everyone here has attained literacy—the ability to read and write, have you ever thought about your journey to becoming digitally literate?

So, what is “digital literacy”?

The following is a section from the article “Digital Literacy: An Evolving Definition” from Education Week.

Evolving Technology

Because the term “digital literacy” is so wide-ranging, it can cause confusion. What exactly is someone talking about when he or she refers to digital literacy? Is it the consumption, creation, or communication of digital material? Or is that person discussing a particular digital tool? Do technology skills like computer coding fall under the digital-literacy umbrella as well?

Some experts prefer the term “digital literacies,” to convey the many facets of what reading and writing in the modern era entails.

“The concept should instead be considered plural—digital literacies—because the term implies multiple opportunities to leverage digital texts, tools, and multimodal representations for design, creation, play, and problem solving,” Jill Castek, a research assistant professor with the Literacy, Language, and Technology Research Group at Portland State University, wrote in an email.

Leu of UConn avoids the term altogether.

“Is someone who is ‘digitally literate’ equally literate when searching for information, when critically evaluating information, when using Snapchat, when using email, when using text messaging, when using Facebook, or when using any one of many different technologies for literacy and learning?” asked Leu in an email. “I think not.”

He prefers the term “new literacies,” which he said better conveys how rapidly technology is changing. Other experts have used terms like “literacy and technology,” “multiliteracies,” and “21st century literacies.”

But for now, digital literacy seems to be the prevailing term among educators. “I understand this is the term that is popular today,” Leu said, “just as I understand a newer term will appear in the future that will replace it.”

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The Assignment: Write a four-five, page essay in which you narrate/describe/analyze your experiences using technology. There are a number of ways to handle this assignment, but here are three possible approaches:

Nowadays, it’s common to assume multiple, online identities through social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, or video sites such as YouTube and Tik Tok. Therefore, describe and analyze your online or virtual identity. To help you write this essay, look over your statuses, tweets, photos, and/or videos that you have posted and try to answer the following question: how is your online identity different or similar to your offline (IRL) identity? Either way, the key is to use examples from these various experiences to support your main idea.
Write about your journey to becoming digitally literate and how the Internet and/or other technologies (music, TV, movies, social media, tech. devices, video games, etc.) became a important facet of your daily life. It’s also possible that some of you were not born, iPhone in hand, and are still struggling to find your place in this “brave new world.” You can write about that! Nevertheless, you should chronologically trace your growth and development in this digital era.
This third approach is a combination of A & B. You could focus on one or two major experiences related to technology and media. For example, a previous student wrote about how he met his wife through social media and how their relationship developed and they eventually married. Another student wrote about her addiction to online gambling and how it forced her to stop using the Internet entirely.

No matter what approach you choose, the first step is to start doing some brainstorming. I would suggest exploring the following questions (you could make two or three of them the main focus for your paper). However, do not organize your paper as if you are answering study questions for each paragraph. The letters in the parentheses match up with the Approaches above. We will be doing some of this in Discussion #2.

In what ways are you different online than you are in person? (A)
What do the types of social networks you use or the statuses you post, tweets, or photos reveal about your online identity? (A)
What are the specific memories you have about the computer/technology literacy road you have traveled thus far in your life? Has your road to technology literacy been an easy journey or a long, uphill climb? Why? (B)
Who influenced you or helped you on the road to digital literacy? Is there a teacher, friend, or family member who inspired you to learn how to use the Internet, other computer applications, video games, etc.? (B)
How has your ability/inability to become technologically proficient affected your ability to write, read, and perform well in college? What about your work performance? (B)
How has the Internet and/or other technologies improved or not improved your life? (A & B)
What types of technology do you use every day, and what do these technologies “say” about your beliefs, interests, values, etc.? Could you disconnect from these technologies if you had to? (A & C)

Other Important Points:

—You do not need to include a thesis statement, but you still need to have a controlling idea (whether explicit or implied) that shows your main point and purpose for writing this essay.
–Since this is your story and experiences, it is acceptable to use the first person (I), but try not to overuse it. For example, avoid phrases such as: I believe that social media is evil. Instead, just write: social media is evil.
–For this essay, you are not just narrating a story, but describing the events, using specific details and sensory impressions. Furthermore, you are analyzing the situations, explaining to the reader why these events are significant to the story’s purpose.
–In addition to using personal experience, you should incorporate quotes, summaries, and/or paraphrases from at least two of the following sources:

Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator
“Hooked on the Internet, South Korean Teens Go Into Digital Detox”
“Me: Instagram Narcissism and the Scourge of the Selfie”
“Digital Literacy: An Evolving Definition”
How Millennials Became the Selfie Generation

You will use these sources to support any points that you make and/or to relate to an experience that you have had.
–Use only relevant details; too many extraneous details can slow down an essay’s pace.
–You should approach your audience as skeptical but willing to “go along for the ride.” Make sure you are specific when talking about people, places, and objects so that the writing is more relatable.
–For the structure, chronological (a time sequence) order normally works best, but you might explore other avenues such as telling your story in flashbacks or building up to a climax by providing hints along the way. Whatever you do, I encourage you to try and leave the five-paragraph essay format behind.
–Try to incorporate the 5 W’s & H: What happened? Who participated? When did it take place? Where did it take place? Why did this event take place? How did it happen? What did you learn?
–Using humor can also be a welcome addition to a narrative-based essay.

Your essay should:
• Address the assignment thoughtfully, analytically, and creatively
• Contain a controlling idea, signaling your essay’s point and purpose
• Contain cohesive, focused, body paragraphs that relate back to your purpose
• Maintain audience awareness (entertain and inform your readers)Contain a logical (typically chronological) structure
• Include evidence from at least two sources from this Unit and a Works Cited pag

• Use a consistent point of view (first person) and consistent verb tenses (past)
• Be nearly free of punctuation, mechanical and spelling errors
• Be 4-5 pages typed, double-spaced and formatted in MLA style

7 hours agoREQUIREMENTS

SDCCD Continuing EducationEnglish 101— Technology and Identity

Digital literacy “refers to an individual’s ability to find, evaluate, and compose clear information through writing and other media on various digital platforms. Digital literacy is evaluated by an individual’s grammar, composition, typing skills and ability to produce text, images, audio and designs using technology. While digital literacy initially focused on digital skills and stand-alone computers, the advent of the internet and use of social media, has caused some of its focus to shift to mobile devices. Similar to other expanding definitions of literacy that recognize cultural and historical ways of making meaning,[1] digital literacy does not replace traditional forms of literacy, and instead builds upon and expands the skills that form the foundation of traditional forms of literacy.[2]”

It’s important to understand the digital literacy very well , and it also something that is spreading every where in this entire world and we as a human and internet users need to be very cautious and careful about what we but out there because it can affect us in many different ways and it can be positive and help us and I the other hand it can be navigate and turn around on us. Therefore its crucia to look after what we write in the internet and on all these social media platforms that available to use from anyone with no restrictions which it makes it even easier to get all the information or even personal information about users.

For example, one time I went in to social media paltiform and to be specify it it was Facebook and then I put all my personal information in there , not to mention I was new user and I did not have all the knowledge that I needed to be careful and cautious about it.

That affected me personally because someone I don’t know who used my account and all my personal information and start posting and writing on behalf of me and it got me on many TroubleS because of that.

I strongly agree that social media digital literacy is very powerful And can help us in many different ways. We only need to maintain platform that is clean and knowledgeable about every sing word we put out there and think about it before we do it.

Social media digital literacy help shorten distance and time consuming and of course very convenient if was used in the right way.

For instance, as an immigrant I always use social media digital literacy through my life because am From my county and also some relative people To me and using social media by writing to them and typing every single day improved my typing skills so very much and also helped me learn English and too many vocabulary in my English language

Digital literacy is built on the expanding role of social science research in the field of literacy[3] as well as on concepts of visual literacy,[4] computer literacy,[5] and information literacy.[6]

“Overall, digital literacy shares many defining principles with other fields that use modifiers in front of literacy to define ways of being and domain specific knowledge or competence. The term has grown in popularity in education and higher education settings and is used in both international and national standards.[7]” acorrding to the source from the internet I it! Is very true that the digital literacy is growing and spreading education and knowledge to to many people around the world, and we cannot ignore this. In my opinion, using digital literacy in our world it’s very helpful and beneficial in too many different ways and it’s actually working with a lot people who wants to learn through the internet by using all these social media plataform and get the most out of it,

For example, in my case I actually have a friend her name is juanna and she helped me with my English language so many time through the internet Specially In my writing skills even though she lives far far away from me. We were everyday go on the internet on our Facebook accounts and learn writing skills and that’s helped me so much in my life therefore, digital literacy affected my life and my education very much and made my language so much better and also gained a lot more vocabulary skills than even with face to face teaching.

However, everything has to have the bad and the good aspects and in this case I see both good and bad. It always depends on the users and the way he/she use it .

If we know how to be smart and use it in the way that will affect us positively instead of .negatively Every educator is familiar with the concept of literacy—the ability to read and write. A person who is illiterate, who cannot read or write, will inevitably struggle to get along in society. It’s impossible to go on to higher education or get a high-paying job without the ability to read and write. Even daily tasks, like reading a newspaper or filling out job applications, are difficult for an illiterate person.

“In today’s world, literacy goes beyond just the basic ability to comprehend text. Today’s students will also need to master a new skill—digital literacy. Cornell University defines digital literacy as “the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, share, and create content using information technologies and the Internet.”

Digital literacy, by this definition, encompasses a wide range of skills, all of which are necessary to succeed in an increasingly digital world. As print mediums begin to die out, the ability to comprehend information found online becomes more and more important. Students who lack digital literacy skills may soon find themselves at just as much of a disadvantage as those who cannot read or write”

I strongly agree with quotes that reading and writing through the internet becoming easier for a lot different people and it making it easier than ever . I highly recommend use if the internet to teach and learn writing and reading because at the end of the day it is a tool that is available to us and why not using it. If it was a tool like this available to use why we don’t use it and take advantage of this great tool at the same time we have to realize that it is the same as anything that if it didn’t use the right way it will impact or affected us unexpectedly and turn on us. And this tool also depend on the visual information that we need to make sure of it right and don’t trust it all. Digital literacy can help a lot people around the word and I know there is a lot different people around the word are using it whether there young , teachers or students. ImNowadays, it’s very important to find a tool like this because too many people now has access to the internet world and they also use it every single day in there life.

Being able to use this tool actually helped me and many people to advance there language or even anything related to education or even not educational purposes. We live in the world of the internet and peopl need a lot different tools visual and face to face there all are affected in our life . The most important thing now is to use it right and take advantage of the tool correctly. However, while the concept of deep learning is not new; over the years, sustained political interference and policy changes have hindered deep learning in our schools; with a focus on helping pupils to pass exams at the expense of all else. So much so that UK schools are now among the worst in the world when it comes to nurturing deep and lasting understanding.

But, if we are going to do more than pay lip service to the importance of digital literacy, a refocus on deeper learning competencies is now a must. Find out more about why the UK education system needs a return to deep-learning” based on that, digital literacy can help children to be creative By learning in different ways using different apps or programs that is available to everyone to use and learn. Also, deep learning and improve communication between each other by interacted with others you might not even know but all you know is there is some relatable skills between you and the other person.” The ability to work collaboratively with others, with strong interpersonal and team-related skills.

Creativity. Being able to weigh up opportunities in an entrepreneurial manner and ask the right questions to generate new ideas.

Critical thinking. Being able to evaluate information and arguments, identify patterns and connections, and construct meaningful knowledge and apply it in the real world” so it does work on our skills and knowledge to make it batter special for kids and people around the world. Even as aparant who want their kids to learn at home and at the same time the full Of leading this tool can be amazing to use but ofcorse under the supervision of parents and whoever is responsible to actually manage and void the child the right way .

benefitsWhile it has the potential to deliver immense value, our online world also comes with inherent risks; particularly for children. The truth is, while younger generations are being labelled as digital natives when it comes to safety they are often no more literate than their parents.

Digital platforms make children vulnerable to criminals and bullies. They can cause students to compare their existence to the often fabricated online lives of others; leading to feelings of inadequacy, detachment, isolation, and even the development of mental health issues. They can also leave pupils open to misinformation, manipulation, and fake news.

So, against such threats, what can teachers do to make sure their students are safe from harm? As aperant we have to be fully responsible on our kids actions and know what there are going through because it also this tool digital literacy has it own negative aspects that can affect our kids in vary negative way , therefore guidoand supervise is highly recommend for parent literacy education. Acorrdoing to “Technology is here to stay, but we need to get smarter on how best it can be used to improve teaching and learning.” School Network Manager, North Yorkshire, The State of Technology in Education Report 2016-17, ClassFlow

Here are some practical examples to help you introduce digital literacy into your lessons:

Teach students about online safety

To teach pupils about staying safe online, and the threats of internet grooming, sexting, cyberbullying and identity theft, the NSPCC has collated a number of lesson plans and online guidance. This includes advice on the importance of protecting personal information, including passwords and the distribution of photographs. Students should also be taught never to give out personal data as part of e-safety education in order for us to give the best for our kids and not turinning this tool into bad habits. Based on arrival I read on the internet, There is clear evidence that advertising and promotions have an impact on children. For example, junk food TV ads have been shown to make children hungry and tempted. So it’s no wonder that the UK Committee of Advertising Practice’s non-broadcast marketing code states that communications addressed to, targeted directly at, or featuring children (those under 16) must contain nothing that is likely to result in their physical, mental or moral harm. But protecting children from online advertisements is harder. Especially when it is not always obvious what constitutes an ad.

To teach children how to spot online advertisements, teachers can ask students to explore the pervasiveness of online ads in their own lives. Once they have examined the commercials aimed at them – and identified what they are trying to sell and how – they can create new ads with positive, age-appropriate messages”finally guidance it’s Very important For our kids , to make sure there are growing and learning good .

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