Digital Literacy Final Paper
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Elijah Droz 8/27/2019
Digital literacy.
Digital technology has impacted my personal, academic, and professional life in several ways. Digital technology has affected my personal life by introducing me to social media. Social media has become more prevalent as the years pass. The majority of people my age have at least one form of social media. Being able to contact anyone around the world in an instant has changed the way we do a lot of things. My academic life has been impacted greatly by technology. Computers are a necessity in today’s schooling system, compared to when I was younger. Having some sort of access to a computer has almost become mandatory for school work. Papers are no longer written by hand and require to use either Microsoft word or some other typing software. Chalkboards have almost become extinct due to the invention of smartboards, smartboards allowed me to be able to learn more efficiently. Online classes are important in my life and would not be possible without digital technology. Lastly my professional life revolves mostly around computers. I would not be able to do my job without some sort of connection to the internet. Technologies importance is increasing every year, soon we will be completely reliant on technology. Digital citizenship is someone’s ability to use the internet effectively and efficiently to learn about things they would not normally have access to. I plan to practice good digital citizenship by using the internet to further my knowledge and improve on skills. I used the internet to teach myself how to make music as well as improve my drawing skills. By continuing
to practice good digital citizenship I can improve on many personal tasks. In my academic life I can always use the internet to further my education. If there is a class I am taking that I am having trouble understanding, I can use the internet to help me try to figure things out. Also the more knowledge I have of helpful learning tools and apps, the easier taking classes becomes. In my professional life I can use digital citizenship to better understand my career field. Technology
Elijah Droz 8/27/2019
Digital literacy.
can help me identify and work on the weaknesses I have on the job. If you need to network yourself to further your career, having good digital citizenship practices is one of the first steps.
The three digital tools I will use in my life are Ashford Resources, Microsoft Resources, and Digital Textbook. I can use all Microsoft resources in multiple areas of my life. Microsoft word is my most commonly used digital tool, I mostly use it for my academic and professional life. PowerPoint and excel are less common for me to use but I still use them every so often. Ashford Resources allow me to use the Ashford writing center. The writing center helps me out when I need to write an essay for a class. The library and career services are also helpful tools that I can use academically, as well as professionally. Digital Textbook is solely used for my academic life. If I am stuck when writing a journal response, discussion, or essay I refer back to my textbook to assist me. Quizzes are a large part of the grade for classes, so it is helpful to be able to conveniently navigate through the textbook for answers.
My social media use has died down over the past few years. Changes that I have made for
my safety include deleting all pictures that give away my location and making sure I don’t post anything incriminating. Another thing I can do in the future to maintain security is carefully monitor who I add on social media sites. The benefits of increasing the use of social media are that it easier to market yourself than ever before. You can create an account on social media for no cost and advertise your talents for free. Social media also allows to stay in contact with people
all over the world. The risk of increasing social media use is that people will become more detached from reality. People already care far too much about social media, so it will only get worse over time.
Elijah Droz 8/27/2019
Digital literacy.
Three pieces of financial information that will help me make informed decisions are paying close attention to loans, creating a budget, and managing my savings. Loans are a major factor in debt in most people’s lives. Carefully analyzing interest rate on loans can help me avoid
falling into debt. It is important that I do not take out too large of loan. Creating a budget for myself will help increase the amount of money I am able to save. A budget can tell me exactly what I am spending on all aspects of life. Maintaining a budget decreases the amount of stress placed on finances. Lastly putting money aside for the future is crucial while I am still young. The earlier I start saving the less I will have to worry about when I am old and ready to retire.
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