Ana Carolina's
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What Does The Fox Say?
My name is Ana Carolina and I like eat peaches. I’m mother of a parakeet named Frederico (and I reeeeally like snif the fluffly and warm little belly of him). I am passionate about reading. Fantasy writer in my spare time and two left hands when it comes to drawing. Lately addicted to the world of Dragon Age.
Secretly in love with elves.
From the beginning I made amazing friends and I hope to make them for the rest of my life. My expectations in that semester were learning more, reading more, or only going to the unniversity, real deal.
In the 2nd semester beginning I was a sleeping student, and in the final of semester I continue sleeping.
Ha, jokes.
Or not.
[I]f students do not understand the basic grammar of the Internet, they will be manipulated by people who do’, warns Alan November (2010, p. 8). Building on tagging and search literacy, one of the most essential of contemporary literacies is information literacy.
Digital Literacies - Gavin Dudeney, Nicky Hockly and Mark Pegrum; Pg 35.
I am struck by the amount of misinformation that exists and also the lack of research for reliable sources. Not that wikipedia is completely wrong, but it's not completely right. As well as various news sites, blogs or posts on social networks, planting the seed of ignorance in people, often with no common sense of what would be right and wrong about their behavior on the internet.
For example, characters in games function both in the traditional way as repredk-2006-4.book Page 270 Wednesday, December 6, 2006 1:28 PM DEFINING DIGITAL LITERACY 271 sentations of human (or indeed non-human) «types», and as points of access to the action; but the crucial difference is that they can be manipulated, and in some instances positively changed, by the player. This points to the necessary interpenetration of the representational and the ludic dimensions of games – that is, the aspects that make games playable (Carr et al., 2006).
David Buckingham - Defining digital literacy What do young people need to know about digital media? Pg. 8
It is interesting to see how games have become attractive for teaching as well. Be games created specifically to teach certain things to students, such as famous and open world games that have a power of information and usable things to instigate students to learn in different ways.
My lovelly and fluffly son.
It is easy to see that digital literacy is something that we take to various areas of our lives, in everyday life, in socializing with family members, future students, etc. It's much more than just learning to tinker with apps and "tech stuff" it's learning to experience technology as a whole.
These concepts in my future academic career will be very useful. With the increase in technology and the growth in the number of "connected" students, delving into this subject was very interesting.
I really, really, don’t like online classes. It’s uncomfortable and… strange. I’m very shy, so this is a little bit sad. I do not interact with others, more or less, it's my fault. I learned that interacting is important and that it is necessary to be able to work with this and other subjects. The activity I liked most were the challenges, and, my least favorite activity were the challenges too. I thought they were a little difficult to complete, maybe because of the layout of the site, I don’t know how to explain. I was more or less expecting the topics that popped up, so I don't have much idea what to add.
I consider this matter important, precisely, because of the range of possibilities that are placed on account of learning this specific subject. Can help students understand more conveniently, using websites and even interactive games, adding to learning. Interactivity increases the ability to learn and the student tends to feel more willing to get in touch with what the teacher teaches. This applies to both face-to-face and online. New possibilities appear and the teacher learns to face more difficult barriers, with different students and different needs.
My performance and participation could have been much better than they were. I feel like I lacked willpower, for several reasons. I believe the average would be enough, but the grade I deserve would be much lower than that. Admit.
I am grateful for the opportunity and until next time!