Blog Assignment Post #1

Here is your Week 2 blog assignment. This should be posted on your individual blog by Friday, September 2nd at 5pm. The title of the post should be "Last Name Blog Post #1". A good blog post will reference discussions from class as well as the assigned readings for that week (and from earlier weeks if applicable). All blog posts should be in complete sentences and show evidence of real thought. It's pretty easy to tell if you wrote it at 4:55pm on Friday. You don't have to answer all of the questions listed under each number, but you should attempt to answer the questions fully. You may write in paragraph essay form, or you can respond to each question listed by number.

This week's blog post will help you start writing your digital literacy narrative and make connections between the assigned readings as well as your own personal experience with digital technologies. This post should be between 500 and 750 words (if you go over, that's ok).

1.Write a brief narrative of a defining moment that you remember involving technology. It can be your first computer, a technology class, a moment you felt completely lost with technology, etc. The keyword here is brief (approximately 250 words).

2. Using the readings so far from class (the literacy narrative example in CAVT and Clive Thompson's article "The New Literacy") and the digital literacy examples online, are there any themes or moments explored in these readings that are similar to the experience you just wrote about? Any that are radically different? Be sure to explain what these commonalities or differences are (don't just answer yes or no).

3. What do your experiences and those of other students from the example digital literacy narratives suggest about what it means to be digitally literate? What skills are necessary to be digitally literate? What does it mean to be a digital native?

4. In your response to the previous question, you made some generalizations in order to answer the prompt. What kinds of evidence do you need to support your statements? Are there other moments from your life that provide more support, or are there instances in the readings that you can use to provide evidence?