Our relationship is rather new. We have only been together for a few weeks since I was recently “adopted” from the Verizon Store. My owner has been rather disappointed with me lately. She complains to all of her friends that I am supposed to have such amazing quality, yet I seem to appear weaker than her last phone. I am the newest addition! How could this be possible? Whenever we go to take pictures together, she never likes to save…
In my social media essay, I have gotten to the point where I must focus on surface level revisions. I am currently focusing on the clarity of each individual sentence. Also, I after viewing the clarity, I am going to make sure that each sentence connects with the next smoothly, and without confusion. After those more important steps, I am going to focus in to the grammar/structure aspect of my sentences. Lastly, I will go through the entire paper, and…
For the previous essay, I had focused on creating timelines and “spider webs.” On this essay, I switched up my pre-writing routine, and decided to individually answer each question that was presented on the rubric for the style that I chose. One thing that I should have originally done differently was to avoid using my experience in the notes, since I wasn’t going to use it in the essay. However, I can simply use the same concepts and beliefs, but…
[Topic] Today’s generation is being corrupted by technology to dis-enable our productiveness.[Restriction] There are concerns throughout society, about teens lacking in independence due to the presence of their phones.[Exhibit] For example, in “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?,” journalist Jean Twenge develops examples on how high school students are not facing the same behaviors of those from previous generations. For example, being able to achieve your drivers license. According to Twenge, “Nearly all Boomer high-school students had their driver’s license by…
“Many teens post information on social media that they think is funny or intended to give a particular impression to a narrow audience without considering how this same content might be read out of context”(Boyd 44) “Many teens today go online to socialize with friends they know from physical settings and to portray themselves in online contexts that are more tightly wedded to unmediated social communities.”(Boyd 38) “. . . .switching contexts online is more challenging than doing so in…
I had 15 minutes of alone time on Thursday, October 10th, in my dorm room. I technically was not alone, for my roommate was in the room with me. However, I specifically requested that she would not interact with me until a timer went off. During this time, I would lay on my bed and look out of the window. I would watch the people walking by, and predicted how I expected my weekend would go. I think the experience…
Sherry Turkle, a public speaker represented by Ted Talk introduces a fear of losing social abilities through new technologies. With the world at our finger tips, it seems that our sense of reality is slowly vanishing. Turkle believes that generations are beginning to fear the state of being alone, so they resort immediately to their phones. That may be the case for younger children who are developing technology skills at earlier stages than ever before. However, adults and older generations…
The filters that are available do not have to be used. They look too intense and dark for the pictures that you are posting. Also, your posts are very random and do not get many likes for a reason.
Reflection: It took a long time for me to create this podcast.Creating the script lasted for around 30 minutes. Before I did any recording, I had taken about 45 minutes looking up tutorial videos on Audacity and how to use it. Then, during recording, I had some points where I had made lots of pauses or “ums.” Rather than writing out a full script for myself, I had written a full questions and phrases for my interviewer, but I only…
After writing my first paper of the semester, I have seen vast differences from what I would’ve written in high school. First of all, I was not allowed to write arguments that reflected my opinions and experiences at my old school. So, this is a new process for me. What was most helpful was annotating my documents and highlighting appropriately. Something that I found slightly unhelpful, was that we spent so much lot of time on global revisions, that I…
