Jenna's Eportfolio

The podcasts that I listened to has made me think about how the activity that I have gives other people information (without my knowledge). Personally, I’m not completely concerned in regards to companies viewing my feed in order to advertise things that would interest me. Those are meant to give the viewer a better experience, along with giving companies an idea of what the majority of the population likes (more ideas for selling products) (Goldbeck). However, I do not like…

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[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…

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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…

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In Ken Bain’s What the Best College Students Do, Bain explores the categories of learners, and their lasting effects. There are three current representatives of the modern learner: surface learning (guided primarily towards memorizing topics), deep learning (questioning and analyzing all aspects of learning), and strategic learning (learning materials, but with little to no motivation, according to Bain. I personally will admit that I have been strategic for some aspects of my high school and college careers. I personally don’t…

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