College is a time in which people from an assortment of backgrounds and upbringings come together for a similar purpose. Sometimes it feels like professors don’t remember this crucial detail when undergraduates start at the college. Every elementary, middle, and high school across the country have a different approach to using technology; so the student…Continue Reading Do Rising Undergraduates Have the Same Digital Literacy Levels?
Did You Hear About the Zoomers? : Misconceptions About Gen-Z and Technology
Indigenous to Instagram. Natives of the net. Generation Z appears to be the most tech-savvy population in the United States. Born into an age of clunky home computers and flip phones, this tribe grew and adapted to use tools such as smartphones, tablets, and smart watches. They now pack together, huddling around the warmth of…Continue Reading Did You Hear About the Zoomers? : Misconceptions About Gen-Z and Technology
Affects COVID has on Digital Literacy & Accessibility
Photo From: https://hbr.org/2020/03/coronavirus-is-widening-the-corporate-digital-divide Have you ever sat down and thought about your own digital literacy practices? Or have you ever heard of the term before entering College? Digital literacy is integrated into our everyday lives without many of us ever really noticing it or being able to put a name to it. This is something…Continue Reading Affects COVID has on Digital Literacy & Accessibility
Adapting to Digital Learning and the Loss of Accountability
Digital literacy has become an ever-increasingly hot topic, especially in 2020, when university students and professors were forced to adapt to a whole new learning environment- online and from a distance. Technology has never been more a part of our lives than right now, so, who better to interview, then, than Meg Carroll, who grew…Continue Reading Adapting to Digital Learning and the Loss of Accountability
The Ever-growing Digital Literacy of This Generation and the Next.
For a majority of us, we have been learning to read and write better since elementary school. Our literacy practices have been refined as we grow up, and for a good reason: reading and writing are important to function in the world. Sure, it is not “impossible” to live one’s life without these skills….Continue Reading The Ever-growing Digital Literacy of This Generation and the Next.