Building Your Digital Identity, Literacy, and Network
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The quest: to spend an hour clicking on links and letting the internet take me on a journey. Here were the stops along the way: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/spring-fever/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/obama-to-talk-up-gun-measures-at-town-hall-tonight/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/in-2016-clinton-and-sanders-turn-to-gop-rivals-to-woo-democrats/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/whats-ahead-in-the-long-long-road-to-the-2016-presidential-election/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/16-global-developments-you-should-be-on-the-look-out-for-in-2016/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/oregon-residents-in-packed-town-hall-want-armed-militia-to-leave/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/for-disabled-children-making-the-world-a-custom-fit-out-of-cardboard/ I think the biggest thing that I learned from this exercise was how it’s difficult to leave a website once you’ve entered it. […]
There is a type of writing called “stream of consciousness” where the author records any and all thoughts that come to his head; it is effective in developing what the priorities are in a writer. Our latest project in “how the web works” was to translate this into the web and follow any links and […]
My ambition in life is to have my own startup company, I decided to google app creations first because I hope to have my own app start up company. I have a pretty good idea of what I want to do but I feel like having some more ideas would also be nice. One thing … Continue reading →
International digital marketing has become easily accessed more over the last decade or so. Businesses in the past could market to local areas, but now are able to create their own presence on the web. They are able to create their own websites to market around the world. The lack of error is a benefit […]
I started my search with the general topic of neuropathy. However, then I read something about how drug use enhances neurotransmitters and so I trailed off into that subject. After looking into 3 other sources of the topic, I realized I ended up reading about behavior in relation to brain functions. Then I began to […]
Recently, I did an assignment that pertained to finding relevant links to a topic or theme that I found interesting. Being a biology student interested in the field of Neurosurgery and the process it takes to get there, I decided to research specific statistics on medical school admission, MCAT results, research opportunities, and the process […]
Our class “How the web works” has been asked to put on a post about how we did a research online about whatever we found interesting. I googled “language within communication”. Personally, my mind was a blank so I started with the origins of languages and it went on. Google gave me lists of results where…
So, today is the 125th birthday of influential author Zora Neale Hurston. So, I looked her up. http://time.com/4160190/zora-neale-hurston-birthday/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406265/ http://www.imdb.com/media/rm378181120/tt0406265?ref_=tt_pv_md_1 http://time.com/vault/issue/1937-09-20/page/87/ https://twitter.com/search?q=zora+neale+hurston&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch http://time.com/4160190/zora-neale-hurston-birthday/?xid=tcoshare These links start with an essay about the impact of Hurston’s works, as they’ve been made into movies and other adaptations. This also led to my looking at another influential novel by … Continue reading Associative Trails Exercise: “Zora Neale Hurston”
E-commerce In this generation, the technology are so advanced that our fantasies and imagination can become reality. We live in the era where technology rule our everyday life. Everything about the world can be find using our finger tips on that small screen. We used technology on everything we do, especially in United States and […]
