How Well Do You Know Your ABC's?

Blogging In Cyberspace...
Writing is used in the everyday life, there is not a day that goes by that I do not write something down. Whether it is a quote, a thought, something I saw, or something random. I cannot imagine not writing. I used writing as a scapegoat, my chance to get away from reality! I feel the more I write the more experience I gain as a writer. As a writer, I write for me, when I am writing I am two different people.

When I am writing for personal reasons I am more shy and when I am writing academically I focused on what is important. When writing online, I use mt email about 10-15 times a day and Google is my best friend. When I am emailing someone, I am very skeptical what I type. I will add and delete almost everything.

Technology Inventory
NAME: JADA

Using a scale from 0 - 10, where 0 is no experience, and 10 is highly proficient, rate your familiarity with the following. After your initial rating, use the questions as prompts to write a short description of the range of your experience. If you have had little experience, you might include an indication of your interest in the listed practice or process.

Email
10- How many accounts do you have? 5
10- How often do you check your email? EVERYDAY

Instant messaging
5- What programs do you use? How many accounts? FACEBOOK AND 1
5- How much do you use it (them)? OFTEN
5- How do you use it? (send files, link to sites.. . .) SOCIAL

Discussion lists (Listservs which you participate on through email)

10- Forums, newsgroups (Which ones?) FORUMS USED ON YAHOO.COM

0- Sites associated with a special interest where you post creative work
If so, what websites? NO

Blogs
0- How many blogs do you read regularly? NONE
2- Do you have a blog prior to this course? If so, who sponsors your blog?
YES, BUT I NEVER USED IT AND IT WAS BLOGGER.COM

Wikis
0- Which wikis have you used? Please link. NONE
0- Have you helped create, contributed to a wiki? NO

Using shareware or freeware
0- (Downloading/editing software for your own purposes) NO

Searching the net for information
10- Which search engines do you use, and why? YAHOO, GOOGLE, ASK, AND SOMETIME BING, BUT I REFER TO GOOGLE FOR EVERYTHING.
6- Do you use (have bookmarks for) lists/or sites which focus your search-YES

Building websites
0- How many websites have you created? ZERO
0- Did you create them for yourself or for school/work? N/A
0- Did you use an html editor or code, or a little of both? Which programs? N/A


Miscellaneous programs, practices + Information about access


1. Do you have experience with the following? If so, list the programs you use to do the following tasks:

Creating drawings NO
Creating animations NO
Creating/editing videos NO
Editing photographs + other images NO
Creating/editing sound files NO

2. Are you comfortable with downloading + installing software, troubleshooting software, and using help sites? YES, AND I WILL USE YOUTUBE TUTORIAL IF I AM UNSURE.

3. If your computer "crashes" or gets a virus -- what resources do you have for help (friends count!)? What would you do? CALL DELL, OR CALL A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, WHO IS LIKE A COMPUTER GEEK.

4. Do you have reliable access to a computer at home (or work)? YES, THERE ARE 3 COMPUTERS IN MY HOME.

5. What browser and word processing programs do you have on your personal computer? WORD, EXCEL, WINDOWS XP

6. What kind of connection do you have (dial-up, DSL, cable, wideband, etc.) and how fast is it for downloading and uploading files? (or you can just describe how long it takes the Kean site to load if you are unfamiliar with the terminology)I HAVE WIFI AT HOME AND KEAN SITE LOADS PRETTY FAST DEPENDING ON THE WIFI CONNECTION

7. What kind of backup do you have for your files for school? For your system software? I USED A FLASHDRIVE AND SEND AN EMAIL TO MYSELF IF NEEDED

8. Assuming you use email and that you get a large number of emails in a given day, how do you keep track of/organize the emails/files you want to keep? I HIGHLIGHT MY CONTACTS THAT I GET FREQUENT EMAILS FROM AND THE OTHER SPAMS I JUST DELETE

9. Do you own a smartphone? If so, which one? (brand, model, os) YES IPHONE 4

10. Are you an avid texter? Do you use a number pad, mini keyboard, or touch screen to text? TOUCH SCREEN

11. What other technologies do you own and use? Be as descriptive as you can about each. IPOD, LAPTOP, AND SOON TO HAVE AND IPAD

12. When researching for a project or paper, what online resources do you use specifically? GOOGLE TO SEARCH FOR SCHOLAR TEXT

13. Do you have any art or design experience? Please specify and elaborate if you do. I HAVE SOME, JUST DESIGN HOMEPAGE WHEN I USE TO BE ON THE SOCIAL NETWORK MYSPACE

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