I first learned to use a computer with the old apples in elementary school playing number munchers. Later I became more interested in computers and decided to save up my own money and build my computer from scratch. My Uncle helped me do that and I was in sixth grade. It was a K6-2 300mgh computer! I used it for for a good amount of years. I also learned to use the Internet in sixth grade. I learned how to do this via school but used it more on my stepfather's computer until I built my own. The online service networks that I have used are Bebo, Myspace and Facebook. I now basically only use Facebook as there are less advertisements and more people on it that I know. I started using Bebo in high school but not really that much. I used to be against Myspace as I worked with middle school students as a substitute teacher and when not substituting, I helped out with security of the school. We had a lot of incidents that involved Myspace and so I was always hesitant to get into that. I finally got a Myspace account in 2007 and only a few months ago I created a Facebook account and have pretty much given up Myspace.
Supplementary online support can help me in this course by answering any questions that I may have that the book doesn't answer or set very clear answers to what I have in question. The advantages of online support are that it gives me another resource to go to when I need help. The disadvantages are that it may not have all the information I need and I may have to go back to the book to look for that information. To limit the disadvantages and maximize on the advantages, one must use both sources of information and combine them for maximum efficiency.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
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hi robert, along with your last-paragraph comment on supplementary online support, it is also important to be critical of sources posted online and learn how to sift through the myriad of web info to be able to get down to the most credible source that could enhance one's academic growth.
ReplyDeletei think your techno autobiography is quite impressive. the thought of building your own system in 6th grade with the help of your uncle is really amazing! i would assume that you're one of those 'digital natives' composition scholars of today occasionally refer to. =)