Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Digital Literacy/Technology Autobiography

I first learned to use the computer in second grade. On certain days of the week, we went to the computer lab to learn to type. It wasn't until probably third or fourth grade that I learned the basics of using the internet. As far as online social utility networks go, I just recently learned what those are and how to use them (probably a year ago) :).

The ability to get supplementary online support through search engines is one of the greatest benefit to students today. This makes it possible for information on any given topic to be within reach of anyone with access to the internet within seconds. Unfortunately, oftentimes the information retrieved from these sites does not come from scholarly sources. However, this drawback can be limited simply by specifying which type of source you are looking for (e.g. ".gov", ".edu", or ".org" sites).

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