core 1

Computers don’t hold a special place in my heart beyond their technical uses. I don’t communicate with computers for social reasons; in fact I try to keep my long distance social ties via phone or pen and paper. I don’t find it important to have personal status updates and live chats that bind me to a highly intensive social hub. This is not to say all people that have a MySpace, Facebook, or something similar are socially dependent on an outside artificially intelligent variable to mass communicate their feelings in order to satisfy their constantly changing contemporary quota. I simply think that it is an unnecessary tool for me. I have always found a computer’s potential lying in its technical applications. I am very familiar with common computer software necessary for almost every work environment such as Word and Excel. Furthermore to basic software, advanced CAD programs are required for my career field so my major naturally requires me to learn how to use general engineering software and advanced mathematical computing software.

Technology has come far in recent years and much of its progress has been made to increase communication and to make access to information easier. This advancement in technology is great for being utilized in work and learning environments. But some technology cripples people by having them rely on their phones or computers to answer questions and resolve problems immediately. This kind of technology finding its way into learning environments is harmful to a good education. Some feel it is absolutely necessary to incorporate the digital world in schools and I am not opposed but rather wary. Devoss writes, “The US educational system and its teachers must be ready to meet the needs of students who compose meaning not only with words but also with digital bits of video, sounds, photographs...” This is a weak statement considering its fundamental flaws. Since when has it been in the best interest of the student to have the teacher conform to his or her ways? The student must broaden his or her capabilities. Digital awareness should instill itself at an early age, of course, but digital learning must only be demanded depending on a person’s choice in higher education.

Throughout my life computers have been ever-present in and outside of school. I believe that the use of computers in schools should increase but at the same time I feel the over use of computers in preliminary classes will impair students by creating the illusion that with the aid of computers certain skills can be overlooked and ignored. I believe the significance of primary math is its rewarding value. It teaches to reason not to remember. It should be known that two apples received five times gives a total of ten apples not the button number two and button number five returns the value of ten. Over the years I have gained extensive knowledge in web design, especially in flash and I can say without a doubt that I am thankful math and computers never mixed in my world until after I learned the basics.

My digital literacy has not lead to a reliance on technology, but rather it has made my use of computers more efficient and thus less necessary. My time spent with computers mainly stems from my need to use the computer.

I feel that I have great understanding of all basic computer software and I am currently acquiring more knowledge on advanced software in order to better equip myself for engineering applications. I am becoming less concerned with learning more software and becoming more concerned with applying my current knowledge of software more efficiently. It is essential to know how to quickly and effectively apply information into software to achieve the best results in the shortest time. The engineering field is always moving toward new applications that are easier to use and more compatible, and usually new software reflects the same uses as previous software so the fundamental understanding of one makes it easier to adapt to others.

I want to be able to understand and use new communicable technologies such as cell phones but at the same time I feel it will become completely unnecessary as time goes on. The expense of cell phones are raising rapidly and the ratio of cost to practicality is increasing. The development of cell phones has drifted away from convenience and has become more of a battle between companies and their pride, leaving out the buyer in terms of use. They now rely on their product to make it through the market as a luxury good.

Technology in my early years of life has been able to develop my skills in a changing world where it has become vital to understand what is now becoming common knowledge. I have been exposed to computers and cell phones throughout my life and I believe that constant exposure to computing technology has greatly helped me understand the fundamentals so that throughout being taught new technology I have been able to learn relatively easily. Over all, technology and its impact on me have been very gradual and as far as where I would like to go in the future, I think that it is completely up to where technology takes me. I simply adapt as it grows and changes.

Works Cited

DeVoss, Danielle. "The Future of Literacy."

2009.Google Docs. web. 10 february 2010.

core 1: draft

Computers don’t hold a special place in my heart beyond their technical uses. I don’t communicate with computers for social reasons; in fact I try to keep my long distance social ties via phone or pen and paper. I don’t find it important to have personal status updates and live chats that bind me to a highly intensive social hub. This is not to say all people that have a MySpace, Facebook, or something similar are socially dependent on an outside artificially intelligent variable to mass communicate their feelings in order to satisfy their constantly changing contemporary quota. I simply think that it is an unnecessary tool for me. I have always found a computer’s potential lying in its technical applications. I am very familiar with common computer software necessary for almost every work environment such as Word and Excel. Furthermore to basic software, advanced CAD programs are required for my career field so my major naturally requires me to learn how to use general engineering software and advanced mathematical computing software.

Technology has come far in recent years and much of its gain has been made to increase communication and to make access to information easier. This advancement in technology is great for being utilized in work and learning environments. But some technology cripples people by having them rely on their phones or computers to answer questions and resolve problems immediately. This kind of technology finding its way into learning environments is harmful to a good education.

My digital literacy has not lead to a reliance on technology, but rather it has made my use of computers more efficient and thus less necessary. My time spent with computers mainly stems from my need to use the computer.

I feel that I have great understanding of all basic computer software and I am currently acquiring more knowledge on advanced software in order to better equip myself for engineering applications. I am becoming less concerned with learning more software and becoming more concerned with applying my current knowledge of software more efficiently. It is essential to know how to quickly and effectively apply information into software to achieve the best results in the shortest time. The engineering field is always moving toward new applications that are easier to use and more compatible, and usually new software reflects the same uses as previous software so the fundamental understanding of one makes it easier to adapt to others.

I want to be able to understand and use new communicable technologies such as cell phones but at the same time I feel it will become completely unnecessary as time goes on. The expense of cell phones are raising rapidly and the ratio of cost to practicality is increasing. The development of cell phones has drifted away from convenience and has become more of a battle between companies and their pride, leaving out the buyer in terms of use. They now rely on their product to make it through the market as a luxury good.

Technology in my early years of life has been able to develop my skills in a changing world where it has become vital to understand what is now becoming common knowledge. I have been exposed to computers and cell phones throughout my life and I believe that constant exposure to computing technology has greatly helped me understand the fundamentals so that throughout being taught new technology I have been able to learn relatively easily. Over all, technology and its impact on me have been very gradual and as far as where I would like to go in the future, I think that it is completely up to where technology takes me. I simply adapt as it grows and changes.

core 1: part 2

In Mechanical Engineering, an understanding of advanced computer software is required। Software such as AutoCAD, Exel, and all other mechanical CAD programs। I am taking classes right now on Exel and have already completed the CAD course.
In preparing for my field, I also need to know how translate data from paper to the computer. Each program also requires the ability to completely understand script and its uses in reformatting onto different programs.

core 1: part 1

Most consider themselves to be technologically savvy because of the phone they have or the computer they use, but I can only consider myself savvy if I understand how my phone works and how my computer software is used. I would say I have a very good understanding of computer applications and uses. I cannot say -if handed a bunch of tools and some silicon based components- I can create an electronic switch board, but I can say if I was told to create a website or apply physics in computer programs that it would not be all too challenging for me. However, I still would like to learn more. I have just started learning basic functions of AutoCAD and other computer aiding design software, and I would like to move further into the "behind the scenes" funcions of computers and begin to tinker with hardware devices.

From now on I will be posting assignments on the same page for convenience.

assignment 1-26-10

The article The use of wikis, blogs, and rss in education argues that technology is nesesary to be used in classrooms, not just for communicating assignments and assesments but also to interact with the work assigned. The author suggests that the use of wikis, blogs, and rss by students enabled them to grow an assortment of cognative skills. The pupose of the article is to inform the general public, expecailly educators, the technologies that exsist today and the digital lertacy needed in order to utlize the capabilities in the educational enviernment. Some of what the author covers in the article is explaining and suggesting effective ways in which educators can use current and avalable technologies.
The Author goes further in depth disscussing the possibilities of peers being able to assess and discuss topics in a group with up-to-date input. The new demand on learning and the need for digital literacy is important even as some traditional ways of learning are lost in the proccess.