Week 3 - Digital Literacy

Being literate a hundred years ago meant that you could read and write. Simple as that. Nowadays it is very different to be considered literate. Not only must you know how to read and write, but you also must be able to work with and understand technology to some point.

The basic form of literacy is, as mentioned above, reading and writing. To be able to understand technology you must have the basic "literacy", without it technology would be like a foreign language. Our times have evolved so much that in order to be successful you MUST use some type of technology at some point in life.

The TED talk by Doug Belshaw showed how messages and ideas are spread over the internet at such a rapid pace. Much of the communication happens over the internet. The digital world has taken over so much of the media that I can't even remember the last time I read an actual newspaper or magazine.


I found this week to be interesting because although I know that to be literate these days includes understanding technology, it was cool to learn about just how important it is. Not only are we learning from others ideas and creations WE can be the creators. The TED talk we watched inspired me to research "Memes". I came across tons of hilarious pictures! For the assignment this week I tried to mimic a "Meme":

Working with PicMonkey was fun. It allowed me to change every part of the picture to create exactly what I wanted. I didn't realize this was so easy. I think in the future I'll do a lot more photo editing!