Digital Literacy Questions and Answers

1. Q:  How do you think we read print and digital texts differently?
    A: I think we read print and digital texts differently by reading the print text as we normally would, and we read digital texts by reading the abbreviations like "LOL" (Laugh Out Loud) and understanding the emotion behind it by interpreting the emotocons .  :)

2. Q: Do you think there is a difference between acting as a participant of the digital realm versus being an active, critical and digitally literate? If so, what is the difference? If not, how are they linked?
     A: No, I do not think that there is a difference between acting as a participant in the digital relam and being an active, critical, and digitally literate because they are exactly the same thing, as both categories of people described both participate in the creation of web content.

3. Q: Anderson uses Facebook to explain what he means by “contribution, distribution and consumption.” Think about the way in which you use Facebook. Do you think your everyday happenings on the website allow you to do these three things? How does thinking about this aspect of Facebook change your perception of social networking?


   A: Yes, I think Facebook allows us to contribute, distribute, and consume. Contribute by making a post. Distribute by putting that post on your wall for friends, family, and the public to see. Finally consume by reading the  other  people's messages on their wall. Thinking about these three concepts changes my view of social networking, as something that's useless, to something that is an outlet for artistic expression and ideas.


4. Q: How does Anderson’s definition of digital literacy connect to the definitions of literacy we discussed on Monday?


 A: Anderson defines "digital literacy" as basically the ability to read and compose by electronic means. On Monday, the class discussed how literacy was the ability to read and write. So in retrospect, literacy and digital literacy are the same thing. The only difference is the types of mediums used to read and or write on.