Friday, October 30, 2009
Articles
I will be using the articles title Culture and Struggle, What Should a Billinaire Give- and What should you?, and a photograph is Not an Opinion. Or is it. i chose these articles because i believe that they will be full of key terms and ditinctions which will allow me to answer my question to the best of my abilities.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Articles
I will be using the essays "The Gospel of Consumption", "Marcel Proust: The Method of Memory" and " The Future of the American Frontier". "The Gospel of Consumption" is the essay that I will find the majority of my key terms and distinctions. I am using this essay because it refers to differences and history. I am hoping that these key terms will help me add many vivid details to my essay.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Distinctions
In class we were assigned to read two articles. The first article was "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" The second article was "Letterpress Language:..." Both of these articles were about how technology changes writing. However their styles were kind of different. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" was about how everyone is getting so used to having everything instantaneous, so much so that it's even getting difficult to sit down and read a book because the reader has trouble paying attention. However, "Letterpress Language:...." was about how technology effects the way our writing appears. For example, it mentions all the different fonts, colors, and placements. Both essays basically have the same point, which is: technology has made the writing of today much more advanced.
weekly blog
this past week, we focused on conparing different writing styles & our interpretations of them. we didn`t have any major writing assignments so i`m happy. hehehehehe. i`d rather analyze things anyway.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Both of the articles that had to be read for today where very similar to each other. My question was to come up with the differences between the "is google..." essay and the Technologies one for class and doing it again for this article now. Which has made me realize their writing styles in "is google..." and the article to be read for today are very similar.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
interpretations
the article we read in class was very similarly written like the "is google....". they both were very detailed when speaking about their topics. my question from monday was based off the interpretations between the "is google..." & the other article. by reading this new article/essay, i do now better understand the style of writing that they share. by looking for words that i had a hard time interpreting & find them in context, i was better able to understand what the writer was trying to portray/explain in their writing.
Distinctions
Writting is influenced greatly today by technology, which was discussed in both articles that we read. Some of the aspects that may stand out to you as a reader, or draw your attetion to it are, the fonts, such as what size it is, is it bold, underlined, italized, or just regular size twelve New Roman font. The number of paragraphs and how the body of an essay is set up may also draw your attention to it. Along with the body and paragraphs how the letters are set up on a page can also draw attention to a reader. Through technology our writting has become more advanced, in which both essays discuss different types of technology used.
Distinction
Writing has significantly influenced writing today and in the passage “Letterpress Language: Typography as a medium for The Visual Representation of Language” the author, Johanna Drucker, talked about format and how the visual aspects of typography in a piece of writing are important to understand when writing an ssay. This includes how the words look on the page and what point they are trying to get across. This related to my group question in that we discussed how the font, number of paragraphs, larger quotes, and visual aid differed from the article and the essays we have written in class.
Differences
The essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” displays some aspects of the work and detail that goes into a well written essay which was described in “Letterpress Language: Typography as a Medium for The Visual Representation of Language”. Johanna Drucker the author of “Letterpress Language: Typography as a Medium for The Visual Representation of Language” speaks about the assumptions that are made in language, also the different types of languages that are in the world. In Carr’s essay he writes with distinct terms referring to many different technical features.
Johanna also mentions the emphasis on letters she references a essay in which “Each page was headed by a letter of the alphabet located in a word which spoke the letter’s name.” In Carr’s easy he used larger sized font and bold lettering to distinguish his thoughts throughout the essay. He also used his title and first paragraph to his advantage by utilizing his fonts and also by using a quote from Space Odyssey.
Many of the examples and explanations through the essay “Letterpress Language: Typography as a Medium for The Visual Representation of Language” were about differentiation between important, less important, well known, unknown, thoughtful, thoughtless, and many other words and terms incorporated in an article. In Carr’s essay he would use smaller fonts, upper case letters, pictures, quotes, and colors to help differentiate his meaning behind the words he chose.
Johanna also mentions the emphasis on letters she references a essay in which “Each page was headed by a letter of the alphabet located in a word which spoke the letter’s name.” In Carr’s easy he used larger sized font and bold lettering to distinguish his thoughts throughout the essay. He also used his title and first paragraph to his advantage by utilizing his fonts and also by using a quote from Space Odyssey.
Many of the examples and explanations through the essay “Letterpress Language: Typography as a Medium for The Visual Representation of Language” were about differentiation between important, less important, well known, unknown, thoughtful, thoughtless, and many other words and terms incorporated in an article. In Carr’s essay he would use smaller fonts, upper case letters, pictures, quotes, and colors to help differentiate his meaning behind the words he chose.
Distinctions
There were many distinctions between the article we read for Friday and the "Is Google Making Us Stupid article.'' Both articles focused a lot on technology and how that affects writing in several different ways. The article by Johanna Drucker, "Letterpress Language: Typography as a Medium for the Visual Representation of Language" article focused a lot on typography and the way the words ended up looking on the page. She talked a lot about the structure of the page as well, and how letterpresses used to be used. She notes that writing produces a visual image and the shape, size, font, color, and placement of letters on a page all incorporate into your writing as a whole. She then discussed the visual differences between using a letterpress and using the printing devices that we use today and how big of a difference there is between them. Overall, both articles talked about the ways that technology is making our writing different.
distinctions
After i finished reading the article we had to read by this Friday i noticed a few major distinctions. However when i look back on the post that i had to post for Wednesday i realized that the main distinction she made form her article which helped answer my question for my post was that there were technological restraints.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The question that my group had was to compare and contrast the differences in the "Is Google Making us Stupid" essay and the Technologies one. Now I have to talk about those differences and talk about how I interpreted the article differently because that was my question.
I guess first our group came up with the similarities and the most obvious one is that they're both about technology. Both of the articles talks about information and what it is doing to our habits. The Google article is talking about how Google is negatively effecting our brain and the Technologies essay is talking about how graphic designing programs can help us come up with new and interesting ways to write a paper, forcing us to think about what we are writing a bit more. We also said that another major difference is that the Google article had a much more negative tone and the Technologies article had a much more positive one.
After saying all that I would have to say that question didn't change how I reader either article or effect my comprehention of it. It didn't do either because I didn't know what my assignment was when I was reading through both of the articles. However, when we where assigned that question I did have to look back through both to get more points to talk about. I would also have to say the the way the Technologies article was written might have effected how well I read the article because of the formating some of the sentenses seemed cut off and choppy. The Google article I might had read a bit differently because I'm tired of reading articles written telling us that technology is bad and making us stupid.
I guess first our group came up with the similarities and the most obvious one is that they're both about technology. Both of the articles talks about information and what it is doing to our habits. The Google article is talking about how Google is negatively effecting our brain and the Technologies essay is talking about how graphic designing programs can help us come up with new and interesting ways to write a paper, forcing us to think about what we are writing a bit more. We also said that another major difference is that the Google article had a much more negative tone and the Technologies article had a much more positive one.
After saying all that I would have to say that question didn't change how I reader either article or effect my comprehention of it. It didn't do either because I didn't know what my assignment was when I was reading through both of the articles. However, when we where assigned that question I did have to look back through both to get more points to talk about. I would also have to say the the way the Technologies article was written might have effected how well I read the article because of the formating some of the sentenses seemed cut off and choppy. The Google article I might had read a bit differently because I'm tired of reading articles written telling us that technology is bad and making us stupid.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The assignment given to my group was to figure out what effected out interpretation of the essay "Is Google Making us Stupid?" We had to come up with all the different factors that might make us understand the essay less or more.
Some of the factors that we chose were in the essay itself. For instance, the fact that the writing was so small and close together made the essay appear intimidating. Therefore make those who read it want to just skim it, instead of making sure that they understand it. Then there was one picture that was kind of distracting. Then some of the other factors had to do with the way the essay was presented to us. For example, when it was given to the class we did not even have a clue what it was going to be about. Then we were only given ten minutes to read it, thus making us just want to skim through it. However, on the positive side the classroom environment being quiet made it much easier to pay attention to the essay, because ther were no distractions.
Overall I did not finish reading the essay in class. These examples were some of the obstacles I had to pass to read it or some of the things that made it easier for me to concentrate. These are things to look for to either prevent or help when the students are reading essays.
Some of the factors that we chose were in the essay itself. For instance, the fact that the writing was so small and close together made the essay appear intimidating. Therefore make those who read it want to just skim it, instead of making sure that they understand it. Then there was one picture that was kind of distracting. Then some of the other factors had to do with the way the essay was presented to us. For example, when it was given to the class we did not even have a clue what it was going to be about. Then we were only given ten minutes to read it, thus making us just want to skim through it. However, on the positive side the classroom environment being quiet made it much easier to pay attention to the essay, because ther were no distractions.
Overall I did not finish reading the essay in class. These examples were some of the obstacles I had to pass to read it or some of the things that made it easier for me to concentrate. These are things to look for to either prevent or help when the students are reading essays.
group 2
When it comes to putting the materials and elements together for a paper there are many things you need besides the topic. It’s the same for putting together a car. You not only need the brand and the name and the engine, one also needs the wheels, the paint job, the interior design, and the steering wheel. Your essay is not going to catch eyes with just text, your not going to win a prize for your big words and definitions alone. The author needs to include eye catching parts to create an image for their essay.
One of the things that Nicholas Carr gave to his essay to capture the reader was that he created a unique title, that drew attention and gave the reader the question, “um, I wonder that this is about?” which made them read on. Another thing that Nicholas Carr did with the essay was that he quoted from the movie Space Odyssey 2001 which gave the reader a familiar feeling and comfortable about maybe what the material is about. This gave the reader even more reason to read on.
As a reader would follow on in the essay they see that there is not only very good research, but also very good visual aid. He gave a picture which gave a visual picture in the readers mind to see what the author is talking about, and help understand his topic. Later on I saw also that he would use big letters to start off a new part of the topic in the essay. This is very good because it lets the reader know that they have completed a thought of the essay and it helps them connect it to the next part. It can also be seen as a check point in the writing, showing that they have gotten such far and has such and such more to go, before all date is collected.
In the essay "Is Google Making Us Stupid" Nicholas Carr tries to make it seem that Google and other search engines are making it WAY to easy for today's generation to find answer to their common everyday problems. This relates to the our writings in a way because of how it reflects to modern day topics.
Other comparisons between the two is that although Carr's essay is very long it still has a very simple structure of intro body and conclusion. Another main mechanical difference is how both the class and Carr rely text to various parts of the essay to give example and other evidence.
Other comparisons between the two is that although Carr's essay is very long it still has a very simple structure of intro body and conclusion. Another main mechanical difference is how both the class and Carr rely text to various parts of the essay to give example and other evidence.
group1
When asked to compare the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr to the essays writing in English 101 there was a lot of thought that needed to go into finding specific similarities and differences. At first glance, whether it is a story about the author through their own eyes or the personal opinion on an issue, all the essays were written as the author’s opinion on the situation. Yet, when further evaluating the essays materially and technologically, there seemed to be a few specific details in each that made them contrast more.
Materially, in the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr went into great detail about how technology, in specific the internet, has changed the thought process for many people today. With advances in technology, people are having a shorter attention span. The author incorporated a lot of outside research that went into creating this passage. This differs from the essays written in class in that we have been writing from personal experience and have not researched information to support our writing. When a writer incorporates resources, statistics, and facts in their writing it supports the main topic and conveys that the author has a valid point. Another way to do so is to offer different points of view for the reader to consider. Where the author of this passage showed different facts that represented each take on the issue, our essays in class tend to be focused on one view. The point of view, in which our essays have been writing in, is through the author’s eyes or first person.
Technologically, the essays in English 101 have been basic essays with a set amount of paragraphs. In the article by Carr, he added interest to the reading by incorporating pictures and large quotes. When adding pictures and quotes it should convey an important detail about the paper. The essays have also been significantly shorter than the passage. This does not necessarily make the passage better but it does convey that the author has a lot of detail and can fully support their topic. One way to lengthen the essays written in class would be to add more detail about each event that occurred. This would depict a specific picture in the audience’s mind while reading.
Materially, in the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr went into great detail about how technology, in specific the internet, has changed the thought process for many people today. With advances in technology, people are having a shorter attention span. The author incorporated a lot of outside research that went into creating this passage. This differs from the essays written in class in that we have been writing from personal experience and have not researched information to support our writing. When a writer incorporates resources, statistics, and facts in their writing it supports the main topic and conveys that the author has a valid point. Another way to do so is to offer different points of view for the reader to consider. Where the author of this passage showed different facts that represented each take on the issue, our essays in class tend to be focused on one view. The point of view, in which our essays have been writing in, is through the author’s eyes or first person.
Technologically, the essays in English 101 have been basic essays with a set amount of paragraphs. In the article by Carr, he added interest to the reading by incorporating pictures and large quotes. When adding pictures and quotes it should convey an important detail about the paper. The essays have also been significantly shorter than the passage. This does not necessarily make the passage better but it does convey that the author has a lot of detail and can fully support their topic. One way to lengthen the essays written in class would be to add more detail about each event that occurred. This would depict a specific picture in the audience’s mind while reading.
Group 1
My group's question was about how the publish text of "Is Google Making us Stupid," is different physically and technically, than our own papers. We came up with a few ideas, such as that it was longer in length, the font was way smaller than our papers, and we figured it would be about 8 pages long. The longest paper I have written this year is about three. Also, the topic is different than we have written, because the author researched and added quotations from scholars and professors.
Also, in our group we decided that this paper was somewhat ironic because the author talks and researches about how people are too lazy to read lengthy pargraphs, yet he has a lengthy paper, expecting people to read it. We all agreed in our group, that we barely even fininshed reding it, and if we did we skimmed through the packet.
Group 3
between the 2 essays, they both were very interesting to read. they both spoke on something (internet/technology) that our society currently finds very important in our lives. "is google making us stupid?" was somewhat of an informative essay in my opinion because it made me actually reflect and think about the affect the internet has had on how i conduct research and find answers. however, the other articles showed how technology is very beneficial and good for our lives.
i must say that reading the article in class didn`t really change my interpretation of the article. either way the article(s) still read the same. they weren`t hard to comprehend at all. it could possibly be because i`m missing an important concept or something. i`m not sure.
since the "what is the internet doing to our brains?" article was more interestingly put and written, i was more able to read it. i liked it more. not saying that the other article was boring, but the "what is the..." was more creative with how it was explained.
i must say that reading the article in class didn`t really change my interpretation of the article. either way the article(s) still read the same. they weren`t hard to comprehend at all. it could possibly be because i`m missing an important concept or something. i`m not sure.
since the "what is the internet doing to our brains?" article was more interestingly put and written, i was more able to read it. i liked it more. not saying that the other article was boring, but the "what is the..." was more creative with how it was explained.
Group 2
Our group talked about the ingredients and materials that make up this article. Carr uses many of these "ingredients" in writing his article. There are little things from pictures, to font size that make up this article and make it what it is. Every writer uses different things like that to catch the reader's eye while they are reading the article.
The picture in the article is more of a comic relief that Carr chose to include. This article is very lengthy and this gives the reader somewhat of a break while reading the article since he is trying to get across his opinion and a lot of facts. Writers often include this to keep their reader interested and want to keep reading and when they see a picture while flipping through before reading they will want to read it and not just give up and say its too long.
The font in this article is very small, and there are a lot of paragraphs included. In some paragraphs however, the first letter is bigger and bolder indicating that paragraph is going to be about a different topic, subject, fact, or just something different than what was in the previous one. This can almost be used as a checkpoint to the reader, and if they have to stop reading its easy for them to find where they left off, of if you are taking notes it's easy to take this article and split it into different sections.
Group 4
For our group we were suppose to say what had an affect on us while we read. For me the hardest thing was the amount of time we received to read the essay. When I'm timed for reading something, I rush myself. I feel like I have to read it all so I will skim some things so I might miss something important. We only had ten minutes to read and plus we were just handed the text and did not really know what it was about. It was hard for me to read it word for word and for me to truly understand it.
Secondly, the font for me was very small so it was hard for me to read it quickly without having to take a second glance to make sure i read it right the first time. With a bigger text it would have been a much easier read than with the text that was used on this essay.
Lastly, there was a picture right in the beginning of the essay so right away I was distracted by looking at the picture focusing more on that than the essay. Sometimes I doodle on the picture which takes time away from me reading the essay. This is bad because we were timed and because I took time to color I had to skim to catch up to where I should have been if I was not doodling. If that picture would not have been there I maybe would have understood the essay better because I would not have skimmed the essay.
Secondly, the font for me was very small so it was hard for me to read it quickly without having to take a second glance to make sure i read it right the first time. With a bigger text it would have been a much easier read than with the text that was used on this essay.
Lastly, there was a picture right in the beginning of the essay so right away I was distracted by looking at the picture focusing more on that than the essay. Sometimes I doodle on the picture which takes time away from me reading the essay. This is bad because we were timed and because I took time to color I had to skim to catch up to where I should have been if I was not doodling. If that picture would not have been there I maybe would have understood the essay better because I would not have skimmed the essay.
group 1
In the article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr analyzes the internet’s affect on our lives and the way we read and think today. He goes into great detail explaining how our process of thought is shaped, and cites many different sources within the article. He includes a lot captivating information to help the reader become more interested in the article, and want to continue reading. He also uses title of the article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid” and the quote from the movie “A Space Odyssey” to draw the reader into the article and make them want to find out what the answer is.
Technologically Carr uses a lot of information and stories from other writers to back up his article and provide other point of views to the topic. He starts many of his thoughts or paragraphs with a quote or citation from another piece of work to get his idea rolling. He describes many situations comparing the way we interacted and thought before and after the arrival of the internet, which entices the reader and makes them become very involved in the topic.
It is obvious that Nicholas Carr did a lot of research for this article, to include the amount of information which he did. While the topics of the papers we had to do this semester were nothing like the internet’s effect on our brain, it is still safe to say that Carr’s included a lot more information and different materials than we would have to. He also goes into greater detail to entice the reader and make them interested in the topic.
Technologically Carr uses a lot of information and stories from other writers to back up his article and provide other point of views to the topic. He starts many of his thoughts or paragraphs with a quote or citation from another piece of work to get his idea rolling. He describes many situations comparing the way we interacted and thought before and after the arrival of the internet, which entices the reader and makes them become very involved in the topic.
It is obvious that Nicholas Carr did a lot of research for this article, to include the amount of information which he did. While the topics of the papers we had to do this semester were nothing like the internet’s effect on our brain, it is still safe to say that Carr’s included a lot more information and different materials than we would have to. He also goes into greater detail to entice the reader and make them interested in the topic.
Group 3
I think that if you look at the relationships between Carr's article and the article named "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" it will affect the way you interpret this essay because you will be looking more at how these two articles are the same then actually disecting each article and finding the meaning behind each of them and actually figure out what the author really wants you to get out of it. Also looking at the relationships between the two articles may sway you to lean one way or the other in your thought process because these two articles are both similar but they both have a little bit of a difference in them.
My group's question almost made me lose interest in both of these articles when I was reading these I did not really get that much out of them because I think I needed a lot more background information on both and that I think would have to catch my interest before I actually start paying attention and getting a lot out of it. So in this case my question made my interpretation of both articles as negative which is never a good sign.
The question of finding the relationships between the two articles if you really think about it should not have a lot of affect on your interpretation of the article but I believe that sometimes that can be the biggest thing when you are critically analyzing these types of articles. Normally I would side with the it should not affect the way you interpret something but I decided for these to look at the other point of view and now both sides are coming clear to me and I now understand both stances .
My group's question almost made me lose interest in both of these articles when I was reading these I did not really get that much out of them because I think I needed a lot more background information on both and that I think would have to catch my interest before I actually start paying attention and getting a lot out of it. So in this case my question made my interpretation of both articles as negative which is never a good sign.
The question of finding the relationships between the two articles if you really think about it should not have a lot of affect on your interpretation of the article but I believe that sometimes that can be the biggest thing when you are critically analyzing these types of articles. Normally I would side with the it should not affect the way you interpret something but I decided for these to look at the other point of view and now both sides are coming clear to me and I now understand both stances .
group 4
For our group we were suppose to say what had an affect on us while we read. For me the hardest thing was the amount of time we received to read the essay. When I'm timed for reading something, I rush myself. I feel like I have to read it all so I will skim some things so I might miss something important. We only had ten minutes to read and plus we were just handed the text and did not really know what it was about. It was hard for me to read it word for word and for me to truly understand it.
Secondly, the font for me was very small so it was hard for me to read it quickly without having to take a second glance to make sure i read it right the first time. With a bigger text it would have been a much easier read than with the text that was used on this essay.
Lastly, there was a picture right in the beginning of the essay so right away I was distracted by looking at the picture focusing more on that than the essay. Sometimes I doodle on the picture which takes time away from me reading the essay. This is bad because we were timed and because I took time to color I had to skim to catch up to where I should have been if I was not doodling. If that picture would not have been there I maybe would have understood the essay better because I would not have skimmed the essay.
Secondly, the font for me was very small so it was hard for me to read it quickly without having to take a second glance to make sure i read it right the first time. With a bigger text it would have been a much easier read than with the text that was used on this essay.
Lastly, there was a picture right in the beginning of the essay so right away I was distracted by looking at the picture focusing more on that than the essay. Sometimes I doodle on the picture which takes time away from me reading the essay. This is bad because we were timed and because I took time to color I had to skim to catch up to where I should have been if I was not doodling. If that picture would not have been there I maybe would have understood the essay better because I would not have skimmed the essay.
group 2
Layout and Content are two elements that Nicholas Carr used to show the layout of this paper. Materials, in my opinion, is the most important element in this paper. Carr uses different materials to get his point across to his readers such as pictures and text inserts. It's the small details that draw the reader into the paper and keep their attention. Without them the essay looses some of its excitement. Details are also what gives the author more options in their paper. It gives you something to elaborate on which makes the paper more unique.
Content is also vital to a paper. It is what the author is actually talking about and where they include all their facts and information for the reader. Carr does this with the use of illustrations and by inserting texts. for example, Carr is trying to get the point across that people are moving at a million miles an hour and never slow down to actually read the information. he shows this with a drawing of a cop in a Lamborghini stopping a man walking on the side of the road with a book, a sign next to them reads "minimum speed 186,282,397 MPS. Another style of content Carr uses is by paraphrasing and quoting other's such as "2001 Space Odyssey."
I think the style that Nicholas Carr used in his paper was extremely effective. Carr uses huge bold letters to signify the start of a new paragraph which really draws the readers attention in. Also by writing the paper in thin columns it makes each paragraph seem shorter, thus actually readable to the average person who might not completely care about this subject. Incorporating pictures and page breaks gives the reader a chance to rest their eyes from constant reading. I think his unique writing style makes Nicholas Carr a great author for this article.
group 3
Both of these articles that we were assigned to read for English have many similarities as well as differences. The two articles we were assigned to read where is Google Making Us Stupid? And What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains. As you could imagine both of these articles relate to technology and how it is changing not only us but the world in general. Throughout this easy I will compare and contrast these two articles to inform you of each of their view points and tell you why these papers are alike and why they are not alike.
In the article What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains the author is trying to help us understand that technology isn’t all bad and that technology has allowed the writer the ability to grasp the readers’ attention more easily. For example he states that even a piece of printing paper with black ink on it is more appealing to the eye then a hand written essay on lined paper. He also goes on to explain to us all of our options we have to make our papers more appealing suck as gloss paper colored paper, font colors and sized, and italicized words. The author states that all of these options that we have can be used to emphasis meanings and compel the reader to keep reading better then a piece of lined paper and a pencil could ever do. In the article is Google Making Us Stupid? The author Nicholas Carr states that we are becoming incapable of reading long stories because we are so used to surfing the web and power skimming to pick up only the key points. However Carr says that this isn’t exactly bad because although we do not read whole books we are actually doing more reading then we used to in the 70’s and 80’s.
Both these papers are the same in regards that both of them deal with technology and how it is changing the way we write and read. However these two articles do not have the same view on things. Nicholas’ article looks more towards the fact that we as people in this time and age power skim and only pick up on the main picture of things and do not get all the details, while in the article What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains the author focuses more on what we can do with technology these days to make something more appealing to the reader. In my own opinion though these two articles counter act each other because I believe the reason for our power skimming online is due to the fact that so many things look so appealing to read that are actually just a big waste of time and we have to power skim or we won’t get time to read the things that are actually filled with information that we find interesting.
In the article What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains the author is trying to help us understand that technology isn’t all bad and that technology has allowed the writer the ability to grasp the readers’ attention more easily. For example he states that even a piece of printing paper with black ink on it is more appealing to the eye then a hand written essay on lined paper. He also goes on to explain to us all of our options we have to make our papers more appealing suck as gloss paper colored paper, font colors and sized, and italicized words. The author states that all of these options that we have can be used to emphasis meanings and compel the reader to keep reading better then a piece of lined paper and a pencil could ever do. In the article is Google Making Us Stupid? The author Nicholas Carr states that we are becoming incapable of reading long stories because we are so used to surfing the web and power skimming to pick up only the key points. However Carr says that this isn’t exactly bad because although we do not read whole books we are actually doing more reading then we used to in the 70’s and 80’s.
Both these papers are the same in regards that both of them deal with technology and how it is changing the way we write and read. However these two articles do not have the same view on things. Nicholas’ article looks more towards the fact that we as people in this time and age power skim and only pick up on the main picture of things and do not get all the details, while in the article What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains the author focuses more on what we can do with technology these days to make something more appealing to the reader. In my own opinion though these two articles counter act each other because I believe the reason for our power skimming online is due to the fact that so many things look so appealing to read that are actually just a big waste of time and we have to power skim or we won’t get time to read the things that are actually filled with information that we find interesting.
group 4
Our group came up with numerous material conditions that affected the way we read “Is Google Making Us Stupid.” The first, reading in the classroom helped us stay focused on the task. Because we were given only ten minutes to read this essay, we all were forced to stay on topic and read as fast as we could to finish. Also, the classroom environment helped us stay on task because there was less distractions. We didn’t have the chance to surf the web or listen to music while reading the essay. Thus helping us stay on task and also helping us remember what we were reading.
Second, we said that having only one picture on the page helped us readers stay focused on the text and what the text was trying to get across rather than having multiple pictures per essay. In my opinion, pictures tend to take our attention away from the writing and having pictures in essays help us lose focus. I for one strongly believe that we lose our focus with the more pictures because I tend to find myself coloring in the pictures and making funny faces instead of reading the material. Sometimes pictures used in a good way enhance the writing, but comics and other such pictures tend to be distracting.
Lastly, we said that the small print the essay had was a little deceiving. Not many people like reading small print essays and an essay that long with small print isn’t appealing to many readers. Small print also helps us lose focus because we tend to lose our place more if the print is tinny. If the spacing is close together as well, we usually have trouble finding where we left off or where the last line ended. Therefore small print can contribute to a lack of focus.
Group 2
The elements that Carr used to display the purpose of his essay ranged in layout to content. Materials that make up an essay are the content and so they are the most important. If you try to bake a cake without the flour and eggs you wont get very far. An essay that includes the most important and mos minuscule points are the essays that get the best reviews. The detail and content that are incorporated in an essay are the elements in which the essay can be elaborated off of, researched, and discussed. Each and every material or ingredient plays their own role and without a single one the dynamic of the essay can be torn apart.
In regards to the content of an essay authors can incorporate many fascinating facts and information to portray their purpose and intent. The way that Carr handles this was by incorporating quotes he references Space Odyssey and also other famous specialists. He used these quotes to his advantage using them to reflect upon or introduce a thought. He also paraphrased and summarized stories from other great thinkers pasts. Thoughts and experiences that he or other people my have had.
Esthetically, Carr made his essay special to the reader, different from everything else. He Began his essay with quite a large title giving the reader the feel of the importance of what it said. Then he went on to make his font smaller. I feel he did this to force the reader to look hard and focus on his essay. He used larger bolder letters to signify the change in subject. Also he included a picture, by doing this he gave the reader a break from words to get a visual of what exactly his essay was describing. The page layout of this essay also made it feel very news paper like, with thin columns of paragraphs. This chosen layout made the essay feel as it was breaking news, something important, and that it was different then a regular essay.
In regards to the content of an essay authors can incorporate many fascinating facts and information to portray their purpose and intent. The way that Carr handles this was by incorporating quotes he references Space Odyssey and also other famous specialists. He used these quotes to his advantage using them to reflect upon or introduce a thought. He also paraphrased and summarized stories from other great thinkers pasts. Thoughts and experiences that he or other people my have had.
Esthetically, Carr made his essay special to the reader, different from everything else. He Began his essay with quite a large title giving the reader the feel of the importance of what it said. Then he went on to make his font smaller. I feel he did this to force the reader to look hard and focus on his essay. He used larger bolder letters to signify the change in subject. Also he included a picture, by doing this he gave the reader a break from words to get a visual of what exactly his essay was describing. The page layout of this essay also made it feel very news paper like, with thin columns of paragraphs. This chosen layout made the essay feel as it was breaking news, something important, and that it was different then a regular essay.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Technology
It is pretty obvious that technology has changed our generation greatly compared to other generations. It has changed us in many different ways and it has effected each person differently. There are numerous ways technology has changed us. Some for the good and some for the worst.
Technology has made us dependable on it. Word processor is an example of this. When typing a paper, this technology has made it easy for us to forget how to spell correctly because it does the work for you. It will show you were your mistake is and how to fix it. Without this technology it might take us longer to write a paper but I believe that our generation would be better and writing and spelling. Our generation to an extent is lazy. Then when the program is not working we get frustrated and mad but think about what it would be like without that software.
The Internet has also changed our generation. Before the Internet, people would take hours to find something they are looking for. They would need to go to the library or somewhere to find their information and then they would have to sort through things to find it. But now with just a click of the mouse, and Google, we can find information in a matter of seconds. I feel that we have just became lazy and gave up trying to find things the proper way. Not everything you read on Google is correct but we believe it is because its easy to find.
Without technology our world we be very different today. In some ways good, and in some ways bad. I believe that our generation needs a wake up call to help us stop being lazy and put some effort into our work.
Technology has made us dependable on it. Word processor is an example of this. When typing a paper, this technology has made it easy for us to forget how to spell correctly because it does the work for you. It will show you were your mistake is and how to fix it. Without this technology it might take us longer to write a paper but I believe that our generation would be better and writing and spelling. Our generation to an extent is lazy. Then when the program is not working we get frustrated and mad but think about what it would be like without that software.
The Internet has also changed our generation. Before the Internet, people would take hours to find something they are looking for. They would need to go to the library or somewhere to find their information and then they would have to sort through things to find it. But now with just a click of the mouse, and Google, we can find information in a matter of seconds. I feel that we have just became lazy and gave up trying to find things the proper way. Not everything you read on Google is correct but we believe it is because its easy to find.
Without technology our world we be very different today. In some ways good, and in some ways bad. I believe that our generation needs a wake up call to help us stop being lazy and put some effort into our work.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
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In class we had to write a paper explaining technologies impact on writing. Which got me to thinking how much it really helps. When writing technology is what gives us all our easy to access information so that the writer doesn't sound ignorant. It also helps with spelling or grammar. And can also help to grab the readers attention by being able to add pictures or disign the paper a certain way. Overall technology has had a good impact on the writing of today.
writing and technology
There is no doubt that writing has shaped the world and made it what it is today. It has helped the way people view things, as well as the way information gets out. Writing has been there to make people's lives less boring with a plethora of novels that are out for the public's enjoyment. The non-fiction books have helped with research for classes and many other things. But technology has also ha a large impact on writing.
Technology such as the Internet has had a large impact on writing, both good and bad. One good impact would be that the research necessary for someone to write would be much easier to access. Whether it is facts for non-fiction literature, or simply inspiration for a unique fiction novel.
Then there's the technology that the writers actually use to write with. Thsi includes Microsoft Word and Publisher. As technology advances so do these. This is an example of how technology helps writing. As these technologies advance it becomes easier for the writer to actually write. For instance, Microsoft Word has spell check, which coincidentally not only helps with spelling but also grammar as well. It also allows us to change font and style (design) of the paper, as well as add pictures from clip art or the Internet.
Technology has overall helped writing in a large way. It has made it easier to write a paper as well as edit one. As long as technology keeps advancing, so will writing.
Technology such as the Internet has had a large impact on writing, both good and bad. One good impact would be that the research necessary for someone to write would be much easier to access. Whether it is facts for non-fiction literature, or simply inspiration for a unique fiction novel.
Then there's the technology that the writers actually use to write with. Thsi includes Microsoft Word and Publisher. As technology advances so do these. This is an example of how technology helps writing. As these technologies advance it becomes easier for the writer to actually write. For instance, Microsoft Word has spell check, which coincidentally not only helps with spelling but also grammar as well. It also allows us to change font and style (design) of the paper, as well as add pictures from clip art or the Internet.
Technology has overall helped writing in a large way. It has made it easier to write a paper as well as edit one. As long as technology keeps advancing, so will writing.
Writing is a way to express yourself, your ideas and information. Technology is the advancement of information. One can only imagine what writing would be like without the advancement of technology. The relation between writing and technology is a simple. The more technology develops, the more creative people are willing to be with the way that they write. Technology has changed the writers’ world by the use of the internet and new special programs
The internet has changed the ways of research and analysis. Time is saved with the help of the internet. It is much easier to just sit at a computer and spend about ten minutes clicking through some Google sites and find the information needed rather than walk to the library and have to look up the serial number of the books then find them then sit down read them, copy what it is you need to know as where on the internet you could just print it out. The internet is the new improved library.
There are many programs that specialize in helping any kind of writing. Almost every computer and laptop comes with some kind of word idea to type out whatever is needed to be typed. There are many different formatting defaults that are automatically involved in the programs. Spell check is one of those defaults that is a life safer a majority of the time. If a word is spelt wrong it is as easy pressing the spell check button to fix it. Another default on almost all writing programs is the sentence fragment default. If one of the sentences in a typed piece does not make sense, the sentence fragment default tells the typist and allows them to fix it.
Word programs are also a way to be more creative with your writing. Some programs come with thesauruses, making it easier for the writer to come up with a non repetitive piece. Other programs allow the writer to paste pictures into the piece. All programs come with style changes. Font size, color and actual font can help the piece show what exactly it is that the piece is saying. Style almost always makes the piece better. Many people are visual learners so when a piece not only talks with style but also shows some style it helps those learners understand better what is being talked about.
Without the advancement in technology, writing would not be able to be as creative as it is today. Through the help of special formatting programs, that usually come with all computers and laptops, and the internet’s amazing way to surf the World Wide Web in seconds and find the result you’re looking for writing could not be better than it is today.
The internet has changed the ways of research and analysis. Time is saved with the help of the internet. It is much easier to just sit at a computer and spend about ten minutes clicking through some Google sites and find the information needed rather than walk to the library and have to look up the serial number of the books then find them then sit down read them, copy what it is you need to know as where on the internet you could just print it out. The internet is the new improved library.
There are many programs that specialize in helping any kind of writing. Almost every computer and laptop comes with some kind of word idea to type out whatever is needed to be typed. There are many different formatting defaults that are automatically involved in the programs. Spell check is one of those defaults that is a life safer a majority of the time. If a word is spelt wrong it is as easy pressing the spell check button to fix it. Another default on almost all writing programs is the sentence fragment default. If one of the sentences in a typed piece does not make sense, the sentence fragment default tells the typist and allows them to fix it.
Word programs are also a way to be more creative with your writing. Some programs come with thesauruses, making it easier for the writer to come up with a non repetitive piece. Other programs allow the writer to paste pictures into the piece. All programs come with style changes. Font size, color and actual font can help the piece show what exactly it is that the piece is saying. Style almost always makes the piece better. Many people are visual learners so when a piece not only talks with style but also shows some style it helps those learners understand better what is being talked about.
Without the advancement in technology, writing would not be able to be as creative as it is today. Through the help of special formatting programs, that usually come with all computers and laptops, and the internet’s amazing way to surf the World Wide Web in seconds and find the result you’re looking for writing could not be better than it is today.
Technology Vs. Writing
Technology and Writing to me go hand in hand. Technology has involved writing in so many ways throughout the years it has been ridiculous. For example, going from having to type on things such as type writers and actually being able to write on lets say laptops and being able to post on blogs. Technology has also made writing easier throughout the years; back in the day if you were to mess up on a type writer you were either going to have to use white out and white it out or just start completely over no matter how far along you were on it. Where as now a days if you mess up on a computer you can just back space or go throughout your paper and change things as you please. Another way technology has made writing easier is by creating a great little tool called spell check where you just have to come close to spelling a word and normally the computer will be able to guess what word you were trying to spell where as writing on something like the type writer you would have to be sure with all of your spelling and if you did not know how to spell it you better had hoped either your parents knew how to spell it or that you had a dictionary around you otherwise you were more than likely out of luck.
After reading this prompt I realized how much technology and writing does go hand in hand but also how it has made it so much easier for people living today. More examples of this is the fact throughout your paper now with the technology we have you are able to cut and paste anything you want throughout your paper and put it anywhere else in your paper. Also with the technology we have you can save your work in easy to access formats, and save things such as pictures that you may need to incorporate in your paper. The one downfall of our technology today that goes with writing is when you do not save your work and you may have like a computer crash or your power may go out which in that case if you did not save your work you will end up losing all of your work.
Some people have chose not to evolve with their writing for example some people still choose to write their essays on paper or write just about anything on paper. Some people still think it's better to write out everything on paper and there is nothing wrong with this because with this way you still have the option of going back and erasing things but you do not have the option of copying and pasting things from way back when in your essay but you also do not have the risk of losing your work due to your computer messing up.
In the end I am glad with the way technology has affected writing and how it has made writing so much easier and so much more efficient to write. I think that writing is going to keep evolving and keep getting more efficient as the years go on and I am almost positive that they will make it easier to write essays.
After reading this prompt I realized how much technology and writing does go hand in hand but also how it has made it so much easier for people living today. More examples of this is the fact throughout your paper now with the technology we have you are able to cut and paste anything you want throughout your paper and put it anywhere else in your paper. Also with the technology we have you can save your work in easy to access formats, and save things such as pictures that you may need to incorporate in your paper. The one downfall of our technology today that goes with writing is when you do not save your work and you may have like a computer crash or your power may go out which in that case if you did not save your work you will end up losing all of your work.
Some people have chose not to evolve with their writing for example some people still choose to write their essays on paper or write just about anything on paper. Some people still think it's better to write out everything on paper and there is nothing wrong with this because with this way you still have the option of going back and erasing things but you do not have the option of copying and pasting things from way back when in your essay but you also do not have the risk of losing your work due to your computer messing up.
In the end I am glad with the way technology has affected writing and how it has made writing so much easier and so much more efficient to write. I think that writing is going to keep evolving and keep getting more efficient as the years go on and I am almost positive that they will make it easier to write essays.
Word processors and technology effect people’s writings, more now than ever before. In some instances it may require you to think differently when writing a paper. Also, with the advancement in technology we can now look information up on the computer making it a speedier process. Also to assist in the writing process we now have computers rather than type writers or hand written. However by using the different programs in the word processers we can create identity to the texts, such as sprucing up the text by using a fun font. Along with computers, we have lap tops now so we can virtually take our writings anywhere.
Word processors have a different setup then Microsoft word; therefore we have to think differently when writing through this.
Frankly.. the paper hand out confused the crap out of me. I didnt know what it was trying to say, therefore i had a very hard time trying to write a paper about something I couldn't comprehend. So put this is in the bottom of your rankings, but at least I attempted it.
I wish we would get an easy topic that I can actaully write something decent about, like our worst date topic.
Word processors have a different setup then Microsoft word; therefore we have to think differently when writing through this.
Frankly.. the paper hand out confused the crap out of me. I didnt know what it was trying to say, therefore i had a very hard time trying to write a paper about something I couldn't comprehend. So put this is in the bottom of your rankings, but at least I attempted it.
I wish we would get an easy topic that I can actaully write something decent about, like our worst date topic.
Technology v. Writing
Writing is a universal form of communication that has evolved to shape how our world receives information. From hand written to posted on the internet, there is no doubt technology is the main reason for this adaptation. In article “Is it new? Is it multi? Or is it a return: A reflection on the relationship between writing and technology” the author describes three main reasons that determine a connection. Format and design, understanding all the possibilities, and source material are all arguments for the change in writing today.
Rather than simply writing one font in an 8 ½ by 11 square box, the opportunity for creativity in the presence of the writing is endless. While writing on a piece of paper each individual has their own handwriting and cannot change how they write. When typewriters were invented, a generic font was introduced and eliminated change in font between typewriters. Only with the use of a technology found in computers has this been made possible. Prior to putting words on a paper the author must consider what font they will be using. Although for formal essays it is still typical to Times New Roman size 12, the choices for other forms of writing do not end there. Other styles of font are used for creativity or to draw attention to the writing. However, these forms of font tend to be more difficult to use and are avoided in professional writing. The next step in the decision making process is what format the author will be writing in. Technology has allowed the author to design their paper in multiple arrangements. The format is designed through creating text boxes that can be shaped to whatever form desired. This also opens the opportunity for the writer to include multiple passages on a single page, or perhaps leave space for a photo or graph. Being given the opportunity to design the page and passage of writing in multiple ways has given the author unique creativity they were not able to obtain before technology.
The author of article “Is it new? Is it multi? Or is it a return: A reflection on the relationship between writing and technology” stated that, “Literacy via technology involves more than just an ability to negotiate words. A writer must also be able to grasp the compositional possibilities allowed by such a program, which involves technical literacy.” This statement refers to those who do not understand the numerous possibilities offered through technology. Before computers opened the door to technical literacy, writers did not need a manual to layout each step of writing. Today, with so many options to changing the format, font, adding pictures or graphs the author may become confused at where to start. However, in today’s society it is becoming clearly evident that individuals are being taught at a young age how to use technology while writing. Yet, before computers people did not have the technology and are now forced to adapt. Not only is it and adaptation to the paper itself, but ways in which information is found has become as quick as one click of a button.
Source material is the information used to support and fill a paper. In contrast to using library resource, most find the internet their main source of information. Although this may be more convenient there tend to be many flaws. One defect of technology is the reliability of the source. Even if the information is posted to the internet it does not insure credibility and while researching for a paper, writers tend to be mislead by deceiving facts. There is also another flaw when it comes to incorporating the text within the writing and how it should be manipulated. Some information found on the internet should be used for their material properties, while others used for their content. This is difficult to differentiate when the two articles have completely different approaches to a topic. Lastly, it is critical while writing to avoid plagiarism and with so many resources out there it is required to include a works cited that lists each source. Books, journals, and websites are just a few resources that can be found on the internet as a result of technology, must be used correctly when entered into a piece of writing.
Regardless of the level a writer is, all writers can agree that technology has inevitably changed writing. Whether the style or format, technical literacy, or resource the use of technology on computers has opened options to creativity, efficiency, and lack of error. As writing continues to develop through technological change, there will be an importance to continually adapt as a writer. Yet, the importance of this means of communications will remain unaltered.
Rather than simply writing one font in an 8 ½ by 11 square box, the opportunity for creativity in the presence of the writing is endless. While writing on a piece of paper each individual has their own handwriting and cannot change how they write. When typewriters were invented, a generic font was introduced and eliminated change in font between typewriters. Only with the use of a technology found in computers has this been made possible. Prior to putting words on a paper the author must consider what font they will be using. Although for formal essays it is still typical to Times New Roman size 12, the choices for other forms of writing do not end there. Other styles of font are used for creativity or to draw attention to the writing. However, these forms of font tend to be more difficult to use and are avoided in professional writing. The next step in the decision making process is what format the author will be writing in. Technology has allowed the author to design their paper in multiple arrangements. The format is designed through creating text boxes that can be shaped to whatever form desired. This also opens the opportunity for the writer to include multiple passages on a single page, or perhaps leave space for a photo or graph. Being given the opportunity to design the page and passage of writing in multiple ways has given the author unique creativity they were not able to obtain before technology.
The author of article “Is it new? Is it multi? Or is it a return: A reflection on the relationship between writing and technology” stated that, “Literacy via technology involves more than just an ability to negotiate words. A writer must also be able to grasp the compositional possibilities allowed by such a program, which involves technical literacy.” This statement refers to those who do not understand the numerous possibilities offered through technology. Before computers opened the door to technical literacy, writers did not need a manual to layout each step of writing. Today, with so many options to changing the format, font, adding pictures or graphs the author may become confused at where to start. However, in today’s society it is becoming clearly evident that individuals are being taught at a young age how to use technology while writing. Yet, before computers people did not have the technology and are now forced to adapt. Not only is it and adaptation to the paper itself, but ways in which information is found has become as quick as one click of a button.
Source material is the information used to support and fill a paper. In contrast to using library resource, most find the internet their main source of information. Although this may be more convenient there tend to be many flaws. One defect of technology is the reliability of the source. Even if the information is posted to the internet it does not insure credibility and while researching for a paper, writers tend to be mislead by deceiving facts. There is also another flaw when it comes to incorporating the text within the writing and how it should be manipulated. Some information found on the internet should be used for their material properties, while others used for their content. This is difficult to differentiate when the two articles have completely different approaches to a topic. Lastly, it is critical while writing to avoid plagiarism and with so many resources out there it is required to include a works cited that lists each source. Books, journals, and websites are just a few resources that can be found on the internet as a result of technology, must be used correctly when entered into a piece of writing.
Regardless of the level a writer is, all writers can agree that technology has inevitably changed writing. Whether the style or format, technical literacy, or resource the use of technology on computers has opened options to creativity, efficiency, and lack of error. As writing continues to develop through technological change, there will be an importance to continually adapt as a writer. Yet, the importance of this means of communications will remain unaltered.
Technology and Writing
Technology has affected so many things in the past few years, including writing. It has a huge impact on writing and on people's papers, mostly the appearance of them. Technology and it's programs have made it possible for people to even more creative when they are writing papers or doing any work on the computer that has to do with writing.
The simple things in technology that we now take for granted, like spell check, have just become so familiar to us but they haven't always been there. Technology makes it so easy for us now where we don't even have to go through our own papers and check for those errors. Even things like word count come in handy so often, and its yet another part of technology. This also makes it easier for the writer to think out of the box, and use bigger words and make sure they are spelled right too.
Technology has also made it so that we can change the font style and size in our papers, which can make a huge difference in how the final paper looks. This gives the writer to make the paper their own and really let their personality show through the way their text looks. You can also add different colored font and backgrounds which makes a huge difference in the look to your paper and really makes it appealing to the eye. They also have different options for fonts like bold, italic, etc which makes it easy to make titles in your paper stand out as well.
Clip art and photoshop is also a huge advance in technology that lets us improve our writing. This makes our paper look a lot more appealing to the eye, and if you're writing a paper on a certain object this makes it very easy for the reader to see what the author is talking about.
Overall, technology is a huge part of the way we write papers today. It's also something that is always changing and there are also always new things coming out everyday. It's also something we all take for granted and use every time we write a paper. We have become so dependent on the little things like spell check. Technology is a great thing thats always changing and you never know what will come out next.
writing and technology
Where would we be without technology? All of us use technology in our everyday lives and probably could not live without it. Our everyday lives are influenced by and enhanced by technology. None of us have had to live through a life without having access to information only feet away from us. A few aspect of technology that has enhanced our everyday lives is the access to the internet, formatting, and lastly templates.
First off, the access to internet is only feet away from us at all times. Having this access has helped our writing immensely. I say this because research can happen much more easily than it used to be. Instead of reading through books and magazines, we now just click buttons and search the internet for information. A big time saver and much more information is presented to us on the World Wide Web. Without internet access, our writing wouldn’t be as good as it is these days.
Next, formatting has become a lot easier than before. Software is now on every computer which makes formatting of our essays and writing simple. Design possibilities are endless now that technology is so advanced, making everyone’s writing more interesting and help look better. Formatting is another aspect of technology that has enhanced writing.
Lastly, templates reduced the time it took writers in the past to figure out what template they wanted. Instead of searching through manuals for directions, the access is much easier with the advanced technology. Copying and pasting material cuts down the time for people who are slow typers. It is also easier to save our work now that we have hard drives and other methods of saving. Reviewing our work also is easier and more efficient with spell check. All in all, technology has made our lives a lot better in terms of writing papers and essays.
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Personally, one of the hardest parts of English 101 is writing the many essays on topics I either don’t like or have no interest in. I think many of my classmates would agree with me. It’s extremely hard to write more than a two or three paragraph essay on a subject that you really don’t know much information about and you can’t relate to. Adding detail to every sentence is what makes essays fun to read and it’s hard to add detail when you’re clueless about the subject. But one good thing I can take from writing these essays is that when it comes to writing an essay I am familiar with, the task will be much easier.
Technology and Writing
Writing is a creative and informative way of expressing ideas and information. Technology is the process, invention, method of knowledge that deals with creation. Technology greatly impacts writers, through infantine amounts of styles and constraints. Technology is a great step forward in today’s world but, can also make a writer feel like it is a creativity step backward.
Technology can provide many outlets for an author to focus their style. Fonts, layouts, templates, styles, tables, illustrations, texts, themes backgrounds, and arrangements all can help an author to create the most interesting and creative essay they would every imagine. The many different possibilities of images and clip art can work with an essays purpose and help to argue its truth. Word pressers can also allow another to create a more professional looking essay. Also the amenities that technology can provide an essay can also help another create their perfect essay. Having access to the abundance of information on the internet and in books can provide so much knowledge that can be incorporated in to an essay. This can give an author more credible facts and interesting, entertaining information to include in an essay.
As writers determine their topic and purpose to as essay it is often times more difficult to portray their creativity and emotion through their writing by the constraints that a word processer can create. Technology can bring structure and formats to an essay that could limit a author to just to the black and white typical boring essay. Having an esthetically pleasing essay can take a large toll in the style of the essay. Also books, journals, and websites are all other sources that can be enhanced with technology. These technologies can influence writing with constraints I can limit the amount of creativity a writer has by enforcing the facts. Also this may reduce an author to quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing their way into insanity.
Essays that have many facts and figures and are on white paper with black text in Times New Roman font size 12 can be so dull and boring just by looking at them. Essays with colors or pictures, themes or backgrounds look so much more interesting and appealing to read. Technology and writing go hand in hand now in this new era. Technology can both help and hurt a writer in their creativity, style and information. The determining factor to these problems is the author’s view of what they are writing about or how they want it to be seen.
Technology can provide many outlets for an author to focus their style. Fonts, layouts, templates, styles, tables, illustrations, texts, themes backgrounds, and arrangements all can help an author to create the most interesting and creative essay they would every imagine. The many different possibilities of images and clip art can work with an essays purpose and help to argue its truth. Word pressers can also allow another to create a more professional looking essay. Also the amenities that technology can provide an essay can also help another create their perfect essay. Having access to the abundance of information on the internet and in books can provide so much knowledge that can be incorporated in to an essay. This can give an author more credible facts and interesting, entertaining information to include in an essay.
As writers determine their topic and purpose to as essay it is often times more difficult to portray their creativity and emotion through their writing by the constraints that a word processer can create. Technology can bring structure and formats to an essay that could limit a author to just to the black and white typical boring essay. Having an esthetically pleasing essay can take a large toll in the style of the essay. Also books, journals, and websites are all other sources that can be enhanced with technology. These technologies can influence writing with constraints I can limit the amount of creativity a writer has by enforcing the facts. Also this may reduce an author to quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing their way into insanity.
Essays that have many facts and figures and are on white paper with black text in Times New Roman font size 12 can be so dull and boring just by looking at them. Essays with colors or pictures, themes or backgrounds look so much more interesting and appealing to read. Technology and writing go hand in hand now in this new era. Technology can both help and hurt a writer in their creativity, style and information. The determining factor to these problems is the author’s view of what they are writing about or how they want it to be seen.
Weekly Blog # 8
This week in class i think that at one point someone went really hard on the teacher and I think that they may have gone too far. I understood their point, but how she said it was not right. You don't talk to your Teacher like that.
Also I realized something more personal, I realized that maybe i should just do the assignment every week, why take a chance and not do one, and then have to write a make up one, that i fully did not understand how to write it.
Technologies and writing
Have you stopped lately and realized how much has changed in the past decade? With the vast advances in technology it has increased our abilities to write a much more descriptive and informational paper. You may not realize it but black ink and a piece of printing paper alone can grab the readers’ attention much easier can a pencil and lined paper. Technology has allowed writers to be able to emphasize sentences and minimize spelling and grammatical errors.
In my own writing alone I have noticed that I can be much more creative when I use my laptop then when I am hand writing a paper. First off when I’m on my laptop I don’t have to play it safe, I can use big words in my papers and if I spell them wrong I can go to spell check and correct them. When I hand write a paper I tend to stay away from the big words because I don’t want my spelling errors to take away from what I’m saying and take the reader’s attention off of my paper and to my spelling errors. Typing a paper also makes the paper more clear, as in you don’t have to worry about penmanship and making sure your paper is legible to your reader because every word comes out perfectly typed. And staying on topic with font, the computer also allows you to change the font to a different theme if that would make the paper for catchy or easier to read for the reader.
There are many other things that can be done with technology to allow a person to be a better writer. If there is something important in a piece of writing of mine like directions to something I can bold the text so it sticks out to the reader and puts a lot of emphasis on that word or sentence so the reader doesn’t over look it or forget about it. I also make the title to a paper look flashy and eye catching if that’s appropriate. But most of all I use technology to make my writing as professional as I can make it. It allows for people to take me seriously on what I’m saying and not judge me on my penmanship, my style of writing, or my spelling and grammatical errors.
In my own writing alone I have noticed that I can be much more creative when I use my laptop then when I am hand writing a paper. First off when I’m on my laptop I don’t have to play it safe, I can use big words in my papers and if I spell them wrong I can go to spell check and correct them. When I hand write a paper I tend to stay away from the big words because I don’t want my spelling errors to take away from what I’m saying and take the reader’s attention off of my paper and to my spelling errors. Typing a paper also makes the paper more clear, as in you don’t have to worry about penmanship and making sure your paper is legible to your reader because every word comes out perfectly typed. And staying on topic with font, the computer also allows you to change the font to a different theme if that would make the paper for catchy or easier to read for the reader.
There are many other things that can be done with technology to allow a person to be a better writer. If there is something important in a piece of writing of mine like directions to something I can bold the text so it sticks out to the reader and puts a lot of emphasis on that word or sentence so the reader doesn’t over look it or forget about it. I also make the title to a paper look flashy and eye catching if that’s appropriate. But most of all I use technology to make my writing as professional as I can make it. It allows for people to take me seriously on what I’m saying and not judge me on my penmanship, my style of writing, or my spelling and grammatical errors.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
weekly blog
so this week has been a kuh-waz-eee for me. between working mornings just for this week, to my failing a couple midterms & dealing with ppl`s insecurities... anyway.
the writing assignment this week was pretty easy however, i am realizing that writing itself is waaaayyyy more than what i thought. all these terms & expensive books that really explain what goes into becoming a great writer, not just by what you write but how you put it together.... properly.
class itself is becoming more interesting as we go into the semester. everyone seems pretty cool. sometimes i think i need a remedial english class because of some of the terms trease uses. but i shall learn!!! lol.
the writing assignment this week was pretty easy however, i am realizing that writing itself is waaaayyyy more than what i thought. all these terms & expensive books that really explain what goes into becoming a great writer, not just by what you write but how you put it together.... properly.
class itself is becoming more interesting as we go into the semester. everyone seems pretty cool. sometimes i think i need a remedial english class because of some of the terms trease uses. but i shall learn!!! lol.
top 3
i think 1 and 3 were probably the best.
it`s harder to say a bottom 3 because the rest needed some help.
in choosing my top 3, i looked for the writer's clarity and did they say what was inportant to them when writing. also, if they had a nice transition into the next paragraph.
it`s harder to say a bottom 3 because the rest needed some help.
in choosing my top 3, i looked for the writer's clarity and did they say what was inportant to them when writing. also, if they had a nice transition into the next paragraph.
Weekly Blog #8
We have been working with our essays that work with texts in our First Year Composition Reader. Having to incorporate texts like we were required to do in this essay is always more difficult then I anticipate. Attempting to bring voice to an essay where i must critically analyze texts is not very simple.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
assignment #7
the top 3 essays i chose based on my criteria where number 1,3, and 7. However i must admit even though these essays where the top based on the criteria i was judging them on i did not think that these essays where the best ones.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
#7 weekly blog
I think that in the past week or two, our assignments have become more in depth with a certain writing style. A style of writing that is not my strongest, and at times when i write my essays i feel like I am doing it all wrong, and worried that I will be on the bottom. But when we discuss them in class I get the understanding of what we were looking for in our essays, but personally i do not think my essays are getting any better.
Weekly Blog #7
We have been disscusin the best and worst essays in the class this week on different criteria. I have been stuggling with the way we are desiding on the best and worst because i dont agree with the majority of the class. I feel some essays in the bottom were better then the rest they gave more in depth detail and some top essays are very breif and boring.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
my top & bottom 5 for assignment 6
top fizz-ive - 2.... 5.... 11.... 12.... 14....
bottom fizz-ive - 8.... 17.... 7....
that`s it.
bottom fizz-ive - 8.... 17.... 7....
that`s it.
Weekly Blog #6
This week we are focusing on the Fear essays that we just wrote. We are looking of certian criteria that each essay must follow. Then we are suposed to rank the top 5 and bottom 5. I was having a hard time with this because of the topic of these essays. The majority of the essays in the packet are very heart wrenching. The emotions that i could feel just by reading a paper were quite amazing. I was very impressed by the voice and detail given in these essays and I hope my essay brought that to other readers.
Weekly Blog #5
This week we wrote about the worst date we have ever had. I was thinking back to the terrible date that I wrote my essay on and how terrible it was. Then i thought how my life might be different if I had never gone on that date or never met that guy. If I wouldnt have gone on that date that night I would have never met my current boyfriend. Also without meeting that guy I wouldnt have been in the wind enssamble at school. I wouldnt had ever had the courage to tryout. So even if things are bad dosent mean that they cant help you.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Weekly Blog-Worse Date
This week we had to write a paper about our worst date, and then look back at all the other papers and critique them. The paper was a bit of a challenge because I normally don't have to write personal papers like that. The analytical questions were also a challenge because you really need to think about what sort of things apply to those questions that would also apply to a date. In a way I liked writing this paper because it was different from other things that I usually have to write about, and because it was challenging.
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