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Ronald D Rhodes Jr

Can technology help with children's literacy? :: Quib.ly - 0 views

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    studies The highlighted link "studies" above is directed to accurate information on the writing skills of young people. The study referred that Girls tend to write more than boys outside of the classroom.
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

EBSCOhost: Writing for the Internet : A Guide to Real Communication in Virtual Space - 0 views

  • what this means to media literacy rates has not yet been determined, and the technology that brought on this change in media access has created a hybrid media literacy/technology discipline of study called digital literacy. Turning on and off a computer, or visiting favorite Web sites and playing video games, does not increase one’s digital literacy.
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      This is explaining that just because one knows how to "surf the web" it doesn't necessarily mean they are media literate or digitally literate for that matter. I am getting from these references 3 different views on what being "Media Literate" really consists of. 
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      The Digital Native has tipped the balance of proper Etiquette in their environment. The digital age has pushed them into a loss of basic skills and interests the the Digital Immigrant has and is required by society wether it is virtual or human contact. Etiquette in the digital world has been sacrificed the most. The skill set of manners, proper English, basic writing, and respect for others has declined because of Twitter®, Facebook®, texting etc... Social skills in the work place are being reported to have declined. Co-workers who work on the same floor not only 20 ft away rarely see or speak to each other unless they are in a direct meeting in the same room. The preference is email, text, Facebook® etc.. for them to socialize. Word has it that employers are concerned about the social skills of the employees being there is not as much person to person contact.
  • The defining of media literacy skills differs among scholars slightly, though there are several key elements (Potter 2001).
  • DIGITAL LITERACY Defining digital literacy has as much to do with understanding and how to use technology as it does with meaning making.
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      We are viewing Digital Literacy as whole from the position of what we can do. This is deeper than what we can do, this is commenting on a way to do things. It is not just literacy anymore it a Digital Lifestyle that we are molding. For our survival we are forced to "Go Digital". the following link is great article to support these factors both media literacy and online etiquette. I find this source to be credible because my son is a Digital Native. He responds better to reading on the web than on paper.  http://www.worldmag.com/2013/01/parents_pine_for_paper_as_kids_go_digital
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

EBSCOhost: The Golden Age of Techno-Bores - 0 views

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    My second supporting notation for the responsibility of Etiquette.  with all of this great power in the technology of today we are required by good etiquette practices to not let it take over our characters.
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

EBSCOhost: Mubarak Takes Over - 0 views

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    Key article
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

How Was Egypt's Internet Access Shut Off?: Scientific American - 0 views

  • The shutdown does not appear to be a spontaneous event, given that the Telecom Egypt, Raya, Link Egypt, Etisalat Misr and Internet Egypt ISPs each shut down its part of Egypt's Internet in sequence an average of about three minutes apart, according to Manchester, N.H.-based network security firm Renesys Corp. This sequencing indicates that each of the ISPs may have received a phone call telling them to drop Internet access to their subscribers, as opposed to an automated system that kicked in to take down all of the providers at once, Jim Cowie, Renesys chief technology officer and co-founder, blogged on Friday.
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      This is priority method of they did it, it appears that the government called out the shots and it was iniated and maintained using Facebook and Twitter. The ISP's of all of Egypt were shut down completely.
  • If this analysis is correct, it indicates a level of governmental Internet control unseen to this point, not even in China, Iran and Tunisia, which have been accused of manipulating Internet access to quell government opposition. Scientific American spoke with Cowie, whose company monitors global Internet infrastructure, to better understand how it works under both normal and, in this instance, abnormal conditions.
  • On January 27, we observed hundreds of providers all over the world suddenly telling us that most of the network addresses in Egypt no longer existed. It's not that their paths were changing a little bit to get better value out of their connection or engineering around a little cable break or something. It was really a matter of just disappearing. And it was just Egypt—you didn't see networks in the Gulf, India or China go down, as you might if a submerged cable in that region had been damaged.
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  • How Was Egypt's Internet Access Shut Off?
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    Key points here
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

Digital Literacy Definition and Resources - 0 views

  • What is Digital Literacy? The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information. 1 The ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers. 2  A person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment... Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments. 3
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      A precise dfinition of Digital Literacy.
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

Nine Elements - 0 views

  • Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. 
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      This really explained the Digital Citizenship the best for me.
  • 3.   Digital Communication:   electronic exchange of information. One of the significant changes within the digital revolution is a person’s ability to communicate with other people. In the 19th century, forms of communication were limited. In the 21st century, communication options have exploded to offer a wide variety of choices (e.g., e-mail, cellular phones, instant messaging).  The expanding digital communication options have changed everything because people are able to keep in constant communication with anyone else. Now everyone has the opportunity to communicate and collaborate with anyone from anywhere and anytime. Unfortunately, many users have not been taught how to make appropriate decisions when faced with so many different digital communication options.
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      This section covers the definitions of Moral/Society, Academic integrity, Digital Identity, and Collaborative Media in junction as your virtual characteristics. Explaining how the early years no one was taught such ethical code of honor.
  • 9.   Digital Security (self-protection):   electronic precautions to guarantee safety. In any society, there are individuals who steal, deface, or disrupt other people. The same is true for the digital community. It is not enough to trust other members in the community for our own safety. In our own homes, we put locks on our doors and fire alarms in our houses to provide some level of protection. The same must be true for the digital security. We need to have virus protection, backups of data, and surge control of our equipment. As responsible citizens, we must protect our information from outside forces that might cause disruption or harm.
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

digital literacy definition - Google Search - 0 views

  • digital literacy  Web definitionsDigital literacy is the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and create information using digital technology. It involves...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_literacy
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      basic meaning
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      first step in obtaining definitions to digital literacy and finding other resources containing information that shows the different uses for digital content.
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    Definition origin on the web
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

EBSCOhost: Above Creative Suite 2 - 0 views

  • G. W., P. P. (2005). Above Creative Suite 2. Communication Arts, 47(3), 207.
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    CS2 description from Ebschost
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

EBSCOhost: Review of Seven Books on Adobe Photoshop - 0 views

  • The article reviews several books on Adobe Photoshop, including "Photoshop CS2 for Dummies," by Peter Bauer, "Adobe Photoshop CS2 Studio Techniques," by Ben Willmore and "Photoshop for Windows and Macintosh: Visual Quickstart Guide for CS2," by Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas.
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

photoshop in 2003 - Google Search - 0 views

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    Photoshop images
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

EBSCOhost: Arab Springs: Literary Rebels - 0 views

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    this has key results 
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

EBSCOhost: An Initial Perspective on "The Winter of Discontent": The Root Causes of th... - 0 views

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    this is a direct refernce to the cause, find what this has to do with DGCiT
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

EBSCOhost: When Cheap is Costly: Rent Decline, Regime Survival and State Reform in Mub... - 0 views

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    Read this too tetake notes  this is a link to the sources. no HTML or PDF
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

EBSCOhost: THE TRAGEDY OF MUBARAK - 0 views

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    #2 history lesson
Ronald D Rhodes Jr

EBSCOhost: Egypt after Mubarak - 0 views

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    First article to use for history lesson on Mubarak, Egypt
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