Technical Skills

This was another concept I thought I knew a bit about. However, one thing I had learned was that a way to narrow down a search is by using a subtraction symbol. Or even using quotation marks when looking for specific phrases or words. 

I hadn't realized before this module, how often we use databases in our everyday lives. This I feel as thought shouldn't have been such a surprise to me. Through this module I also got a better understand of the relationship Data, information, knowledge, and wisdom have. This is another piece of information we use very frequently. 

In this module I learned what a digital bubble and realized how easy it is to get stuck in that digital bubble. For example, when you only like things you find interest in and nothing else gets you stuck in a digital bubble.

I also was able to identify the seven components of digital literacy: Identity and wellbeing, discovery, evaluation, ethics, creation and scholarship, communication and collaboration, and curation.  

In this module I learned the distinctive difference between malware, phishing, and ransomware. As well as being able to identify what social engineering is as a whole. 

Ways I learned to protect myself from these situations is to delete unused apps and remove all access to social sites. As well as using a VPN to protect my phone while in use. 

In this module I learned about the difference between the two types of media and their components. 

I am able to identify the 5 types of digital media: audio, video, graphic, animation, and text. I also learned which each type's file extension is. 

Within this module, I had a good idea of what we were learning but I was able to get a deeper understanding of plagiarism, copyright, and AUP. As far as copyright, I learned about Creative Commons and what it's used for. 

For this module, I knew technology was always changing. However, I didn't realize how rapidly. And without these rapid changes, we wouldn't see all the amazing advancement we see today. Things like AI!