Bonus revised

Bonus for English 102
Victoria Janoski
Prof. Wendy Warren Austin
December 15, 2009


1) Well from what I gathered literacy means being able to read and write, and being able to comprehend what you're reading. Cyber is something dealing with technology, being a computer, or virtual reality. So being that, I think cyber literacy means how to use the internet, how to comprehend what the World Wide Web is saying and how to interpret it. Laura Gurak defines cyber literacy as combining features of print and spoken word and it does so in ways that change how we read, speak, think, and interact with others. It does this in a way of being more impersonal, this makes it hard to confront others, and people don't understand sarcasm. I think it is similar to my initial understanding of the term but it defines it better.

2) I really didn't have any trouble understanding any of the chapters nor did I have trouble finding words I didn't understand. I am very literate when it comes to working on the computer, knowing how to use programs, and staying away from certain sites. I can detect sarcasm sometimes but because of it being so impersonal it’s hard to do at time. I really do think that Laura is right about cyber literacy, I think when she says it takes it away from confronting people face to face is true. In today’s society we are making it so we can meet online for meetings, talk to our families without seeing them, and the list goes on and on. There are a lot of great things that are coming out of the new age of cyber literacy but where there is good, there is bad.

3) The only avatar I have ever had might be this thing on face. They have different applications that make you design your own person or simulated person and play a virtual reality game with it. This game is called Sorority Life. I have played with a few times but I really don't like it that much.

4) I really do not forward anything in general but if I do it through text messaging. Also I don't really talk to my friends using email, I just text them. When I am checking my email it’s basically just to find out if I should pay any bills, or any discounts in certain stores that I have accounts in.

5) I used to have a MySpace in high school but since then I use face book. I love face book to chat with my friends, and send messages to old ones to ketch up. Also to "creep" as others would like to put it. I do not have kids currently but if I did I would have tons of restrictions put on face book. For me though I do not share personal information that could harm me.

6)When I am checking out when shopping I don’t mind giving my name, I never had to do that, but I don’t think I would mind. As for a phone number, I am beginning to worry about that more and more because of technology now a day, but if I shop there a lot and I know its safe then I will give it to them for discounts. I do give out my email address but to other certain shores that I shop at a lot. I do not give away my address, there is no reason for them to know that and that goes the same for my zip code.

7) I feel that Bentham is way ahead of his time, because this is a lot like how the internet is. It's a lot like how the internet is in a way that you are able to put up anything you want, make up things, post things, but you never know how someone else will react to it, or interpret it. I bet people back then thought he was crazy when he talked about his philosophies.

8) Throughout my life I think I bought a total of 5 things through the internet. A couple of bathing suits from Victoria secrets, just because they didn’t sell that in the store, and I also bought my Mac book pro laptop computer over the summer, so I could get a good price on it. Currently I don’t think I ever got ripped off. My laptop works great, and it came with a warranty in case something did go wrong. I really don’t have a favorite place to shop online, but I do look on the American eagle website a lot.

9) We should filter out sites on the internet, because now a day things are posted that shouldn’t be allowed to view. We should go even to extremes and block websites, and I believe you can set that on your computer. The sites that support angst, rape, neo-Nazi, pornography, etc. should be banned. As readers, we can choose to disregard the angry sites if we wish. Not everyone has to hold "civility and scholarly ideals".

10) I have only browsed the notes in the back. The only thing I checked out is the flamer’s bible reference. To be honest have not looked at the list of web pages at the end of the book. I think she may be using MLA format as her documentation style but I am no

Hypertext Project

I chose to create my website about a subculture. The subculture I decided to pursue was the art of Taekwondo. I included the information of the sport of taekwondo, pictures I took when I went to watch, I explained different things, like belts and ranks, and also commandments, schools code, some lingo, and some more information to click on. I think the hardest part of this assignment was finding out how to publish it to the web. I didn’t want to do it wrong and screw it up, so I am waiting till class on Wednesday to ask Professor Austin. Some cools things I put in were hyperlinks that when you clicked on a key word it would take you to a different page I made or a new site all together. I put several links to Taekwondo websites throughout my site, including 2 on page 9. I am photography major so I tried incorporating photos in my project as much as possible. Visually seeing the kicks, punches, and blocks helps a lot with visually learning it. I enjoyed making this web page and I think this is a great source of getting information across rather then writing a 10 page paper. Also I think this was more interesting because it incorporated creativity through, photos, colors, fonts, and designing the entire sight, and I think that is what writing a paper lacks.

Bonus points for English 102

1) The only avatar I have ever had might be this thing on face. They have different applications that make you design your own person or simulated person and play a virtual reality game with it. This game is called Sorority Life. I have played with a few times but I really don't like it that much.
2) I really do not forward anything in general but if I do it through text messaging. Also I don't really talk to my friends using email, I just text them. When I am checking my email it’s basically just to find out if I should pay any bills, or any discounts in certain stores that I have accounts in.
3) I used to have a MySpace in high school but since then I use face book. I love face book to chat with my friends, and send messages to old ones to ketch up. Also to "creep" as others would like to put it. I don’t not have kids currently but if I did I would have tons of restrictions put on face book. For me though I do not share personal information that could harm me.
4) When I am checking out when shopping I don’t mind giving my name, I never had to do that, but I don’t think I would mind. As for a phone number, I am beginning to worry about that more and more because of technology now a day, but if I shop there a lot and I know its safe then I will give it to them for discounts. I do give out my email address but to other certain shores that I shop at a lot. I do not give away my address, there is no reason for them to know that and that goes the same for my zip code.
5) I feel that Bentham is way ahead of his time, because this is a lot like how the internet is. It's a lot like how the internet is in a way that you are able to put up anything you want, make up things, post things, but you never know how someone else will react to it, or interpret it. I bet people back then thought he was crazy when he talked about his philosophies.
6) Throughout my life I think I bought a total of 5 things through the internet. A couple of bathing suits from Victoria secrets, just because they didn’t sell that in the store, and I also bought my Mac book pro laptop computer over the summer, so I could get a good price on it. Currently I don’t think I ever got ripped off. My laptop works great, and it came with a warranty incase something did go wrong. I really don’t have a favorite place to shop online, but I do look on the American eagle website a lot.
7) We should filter out sites on the internet, because now a day things are posted that shouldn’t be allowed to view. We should go even to extremes and block websites, and I believe you can set that on your computer. The sites that support angst, rape, neo-Nazi, pornography, etc. should be banned. As readers, we can choose to disregard the angry sites if we wish. Not everyone has to hold "civility and scholarly ideals."
8) I have only browsed the notes in the back. The only thing I checked out is the flamer’s bible reference. To be honest have not looked at the list of web pages at the end of the book. I think she may be using MLA format as her documentation style but I am not sure why.

Cyberliteracy test questions

chp 1.
bottom of page 14. combining features of print and spoken work, and does so in ways that we speak, read,think, act with other. change the way we interact with others.
how so?
Its more impersonal, makes it hard to contront others, people dont understand sarcasm

cyberliteracy is not neutral in value

chp2.

Designing a web site

List of key terms:
use a visual
-introduce with complete sentence
-leave wide margins
-label each visual appropriately
Creating a web site
-web authoring software packages- dreamweaver, front page
-web tools within word processing program
-text editors that allow coding
Planning navigation
-splash pages
-navigation links, buttons, and bars
-anchors
-horizontal rules
-chunking or clustering
-frames
-text formatting features
CHECK LIST
-use same type and typefaces
-use images
-use links
-avoid pages full of text, graphics
-provide email

Nov. 23rd, 2009

important format:
I nto
M ethods and materials
R results (what happpends)
A nd
D isussion (interpreting facts)

Notes nov 20th

20th-21st
Literacy

• meanig able to read and write
• being able to comprehend what you're reading.

Other types of Literacy

• cyberliteracy-how to use the internet
• computer literacy-how to use a program
• Community literacy
• technological literacy-cell phones, web sites, (Turkle)