Ok fast forward, now I am a student at Cal State San Bernardino where I am trying to finish my masters in English Composition.
When I was first asked to reflect on my techoliteracy in my computers and literacy class I began with things like Mr. Pattersons 7th grade typing class, and yes that's typing like with a typewriter and paper and pushing the little knobby thing back after it reached the end with that little ding. I also remembered that time when I learned about how the glass of milk I didn't want to drink and electricity don't mix (having poured it down the vents in the back of the t.v.) I also remember faining suprise and disbelief when my mother couldn't figure out why the blasted thing wouldn't turn on :) opps.
Then, I began to think about what techno things I know. I can functionally use a microwave and v.c.r. I can also pretty much run my radio, tv, air conditioner, and so on. I realize that these things are easy to me because they have finite realizations. I then began to think about my dvd player, cell phone, etc. and I realized that these things, because they have possibility for change, are held to a higher technoliteracy standard. It is in this grouping of things that I also find begins my apprehension. If I am unfamiliar with something I tend to pull away from it, fight its usefulness in my life. I guess this must be the case with pretty much everything people deal with. Anyway, in the pages that I have linked to I try to look at the different elements in my life and how they have effected my view of myself and my technoliteracy... |
