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I completed the That’s a Wrap assignment and posted it earlier but I just finished the last two assignments and turned them in this evening. I am mentally drained but I am better for instruction provided in this class, and I will improve and continue to use several of the media features. I will alsoContinue reading “That’s a Wrap2”

In researching information and creating the Infographic for this assignment, I located numerous credible and valid website/page sources, but also found numerous ideas, terms, and quotes from our textbook, Create to Learn – Introduction to Digital Literacy, Renee Hobbs, Wiley/Blackwell, 2017; specifically from pages 118, 119, 150,167, and 200. The websites where information was gleanedContinue reading “Ethical Use of Online Information and Media”

The assignment, Importance of 21st Century Tools in the Workplace was a very timely lesson reminding us that “technology is a major part or the modern workplace” and being tech-savvy isn’t unique any more; because you cannot survive, much less succeed without a professional understanding and use of digital technology. Digital Literacy isn’t just aContinue reading “21st Century Tools”

During this course, I’ve gained a much better understanding of Digital Literacy, and I have a much fuller concept of how vast the definition can be.  Reality has a way of hitting us square between the eyes sometime, and although I have been around, worked with, and personally used computers for decades, I was unfamiliarContinue reading “That’s a Wrap!”

The document Learning and Media Literacy, from Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory, “outlines the importance of understanding the concept of media literacy in theory and how these skills develop and are used in practice”.  It goes on to explain a variety of digital sources of information and how the advancements in technology has “hadContinue reading “Project: Using the CRAAP Test at the Samford Library”

Inaugural Speech of President Ronald Reagan 01/20/1981 Who is the author and what is the purpose? I chose to summarize and analyze a speech that has been repeatedly celebrated, quoted, replayed, and used as patriotic inspiration since the day it was spoken by our newly sworn 40th President of the United States.  President Ronald WilsonContinue reading “Summary and Critical Analysis of a Mentor Text”

6:44pm Manage Discussion Entry Good evening everyone, because you are here reading this, you know my portfolio website davidwarrensamford.com is up an running! As I said before, it’s not fancy but it is functional.  The most challenging part has been utilizing what I view as “brand new software” that doesn’t necessarily provide, in my humbleContinue reading “Up and Running”

My Reflections on Digital Literacy….      I have seen the world change dramatically across the last 50+yrs, and much of that has been with a front row seat with new technology. From the time of preschool, technology was changing the world, and as a youngster I watched men land on the moon and returnContinue reading “Digital Literacy”