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Worksheet –N
OTICE
& F
OCUS
(Ranking)
Name: Hardeep Bains
Date: 11/6/23
GOAL:
Practice your observation and interpretation skills by applying the N
OTICE
& F
OCUS
(Ranking)
strategy to a piece of writing.
OUTCOMES:
In completing this activity, you will learn how to:
Identify how significant parts of a piece of writing relate to each other.
Focus on and record the details of a piece of writing.
Suspend judgment and be an objective observer.
DIRECTIONS:
Read a piece of writing carefully and then respond to the prompts below. Pay attention
to the instructions for each prompt. Your instructor may assign a specific reading for this assignment, or
you may choose a reading from the Additional Thematic Readings for Writing Analytically folder in your
MindTap course. You may want to review the N
OTICE
& F
OCUS
(Ranking) strategy in Chapter 2 of the
ebook before completing this activity.
1)
What do you notice?
As you read, ask yourself repeatedly . . . What do I find most
INTERESTING? STRANGE? REVEALING? Create a comprehensive list of features that you
observe—details that stand out to you for one reason or another.
REVEALING
“The Flight From Conversation” by Sherry Turkle discloses that digital technology impact
provides a revealing approach in that there’ a high probability that the explosion of digital
technologies has significantly distorted how individuals simultaneously engage and
communicate with each another across varying platforms.
The importance of one-on-one conversation is yet another revealing aspect from Turkle’s
analysis in that it’s quite easy for the target audience to comprehend the significance of creating
ideal relationships and proper understanding.
STRANGE
Control and authenticity stand out as one strange aspect that stands out from the analysis. From
the analysis, it’ quite clear that the author provides a comprehensive analysis pertaining how
contemporary methods of communication provide avenues for stakeholders to methodically
control and cherish their online identities, which can trigger a lack of legitimacy and true
connections.
Impact of multi-tasking- Sherry Turkle mentions how relentless disruptions from technological
devices distress the eminence and deepness of discussions since most individuals participate in
multitasking thus failing to provide their full consideration to the current moment.
INTERESTING
It’s quite interesting that Sherry Turkle’s article sheds light on Call for balance. Its apparent that
the analysis has paid an equal emphasis on the need to recommend an equal balance between
face-to-face and online contact. She will likely advocate for the thoughtful use of technology
while placing an emphasis on having meaningful discussions.
Solitude and reflection is yet another interesting aspect revealed from the analysis. From the
article, it’s evident that much focus touches on the impression that continuous connectivity via
Worksheet –N
OTICE
& F
OCUS
(Ranking)
technology can easily hinder loneliness and self-reflection thus refuting individuals the prospect
for personal growth and self-examination.
2)
Rank the top three features.
What three features, or details, identified in Question #1 are the
most significant (interesting, strange, or revealing)?
Most interesting:
Call for balance- Its apparent that the analysis has paid an equal emphasis on
the need to recommend an equal balance between face-to-face and online contact. She will
likely advocate for the thoughtful use of technology while placing an emphasis on having
meaningful discussions.
Most strange:
Control and authenticity-From the analysis, it’ quite clear that the author
provides a comprehensive analysis pertaining how contemporary methods of communication
provide avenues for stakeholders to methodically control and cherish their online identities,
which can trigger a lack of legitimacy and true connections.
Most revealing:
Digital technology impact- provides a revealing approach in that there’ a high
probability that Urkle examines how the explosion of digital technologies has significantly
distorted how individuals simultaneously engage and communicate with each another across
varying platforms.
3)
Why did you select these features as the top three?
Explain why the three features in Question
#2 struck you as the most significant. Refrain from offering generalizations or judgments. Focus
as much as you can on the details presented in the reading and record the ones that stand out to
you.
The selected features stand out for a number of reasons. In the case of the prerequisite for a
balance amid digital technologies and control, it’s evident that technologies have brought, there
exists underlying threats and difficulties. Security, privacy, communal relations, and even
democracy stand out as just a few things that technologies have the volume to distress in our
everyday lives
.
On the other hand, it’s essential to have a proper understanding of the underlying
technology impact so as to have a diverse overview of both pros and cons. For instance, by
having such an understanding, it will be quite easy to make well-versed decisions, gratify
customer prospects, collaborate effectively, assure privacy as well as handle moral and societal
apprehensions. Pertaining control and authenticity, individuals must have a solid understanding
of the facet as it aids in understanding underlying control limitations in technology. With such
diverse knowledge, it’s relatively easy to develop precise ways through which technology can be
implemented in most suitable ways thus reducing by tapping well-organized regulatory systems
which reassure authenticity
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