Part I of Core I

I am decent at technology in general. I can normally figure out most new programs available to the public, such as wii, cellphones, Microsoft Word & Powerpoint, and the internet. In that sense, I am very technologically savvy, especially much more so than my family. However, compared to other people, my technological ability is mediocre at best.

I feel I exhibit very strong skills at most internet things. In middle school anyways, I had good command over website creationg (HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, etc.) and I could make graphics in photoshop and animate them as well. Now, I am still relatively good at these things, but not as good as I once was- mostly because I don't have a need for them anymore.

What I would like to learn though is excel. It is something that I never really got the hang of or much teaching in. I do not know when I would use it, but I feel that it is a good skill to have.

ENC1102-1/26 Assignment

In "Promoting literacy in a digital age: approaches to training for information literacy," different types of literacy (computer literacy, library literacy, media literacy, network literacy and digital literacy) are analyzed and compared. Bawden, the author, argues what, in his mind, are the seven "key characteristics" of information-literate people. Within the article, he describes different situations in which being literate in all of these forms is necessary because many classes and jobs are switching to newer forms of literacy.
Bawden is using an arguement of definition, in that he is trying to define what literacy is today when there are so many new forms. He then argues that everybody should learn these varying forms of literacy in order to excel in life.