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Week 6–
Liam Justiniano I found Monica Chin’s article “File Not Found” extremely interesting! This is not something that I was aware was a “problem”. I use GoogleDrive for basically everything file based, because I had chromebooks in my middle school and that was the easiest application for us to use and it’s what I learned. I…
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Week 6
Techno Gap As laptops have become ubiquitous over the past few decades, they have become a staple in the school system. From computer classes to Chromebooks, most students are familiarized with these from an early age. The expectation has been that this will prepare us for college and work, but is that really what’s happening?…
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Are We Cooked? The Race to Keep Up with the Changing Times – W6
I’ve been on a journey of finding pieces of my old writing recently. Only to discover…none of my files made any sense. Every file from my freshman year of college had little to no reference to the class or assignment. Without a thorough investigation, the context in which it was written would have been lost…
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markdown&verified intro-ch3
Hello! I live! This post is going to be more casual. For the first half, I would like to focus on what stood out to me in the intro through chapter 3 of verified. I really enjoyed the subtle focus on “instant gratification.” The internet is created so we, the consumers, are able to get…
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Capitalizing creative freedom.
Week 6 The online world and its many websites, forums, communities, servers, and so on, has been marketed as one of the greatest places to create and share work with an audience. And online/digital tools are undeniably helpful in some of the tools and posting abilities it gives us. But when’s the last time you…
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The Aesthetic Dialectic
Karl Stolley’s The Lo-Fi Manifesto presents us with an interesting thought process regarding reliance on software solutions in writing or digital creation. According to Stolley, creators are simply trading knowledge for ease of action. “Yet far too many of them, and their students, surrender writing and its demand for sophisticated production knowledge to any interface…
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Abbey Smith – Week 6
File Not Found by Monica was a very interesting read for me. The overall idea that the students of my generation can study very complicated and intricate concepts, such as astrophysics, but not know how to correctly organize their files is so fascinating. I’d like to think I keep all my files very organized, and I think I could be even more organized. However, after reading about…
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You are in a media loop. Just admit it.
Week 5 You, yes, you are in a media loop. I am too. We all are; until we make a conscious decision to step outside of the loop and gain perspective. And, yes, some are more entrenched into one side of the media than others, but modern day algorithms and data collection make it almost…
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Forget Everything You Know: Internet Skills Edition.
Week 4 This doesn’t apply to everyone of course, but if you are familiar with the CRAP test as a way to look for reliable sources on the web, this is probably for you. I am in no way an internet expert, and I credit all my newfound knowledge to the book, Verified, by Mike…
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You Can’t Handle the Truth! – W5 (revision)
Formerly Titled: The Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth I’ve noticed over the past few years that the trust that we put in our mass media and scientific community has greatly depreciated. Conspiracy theories are rampant in this day and age. I’ve noticed that people want to believe that nothing is a coincidence and…