Jean M. Twenge is an American psychologist who researches generational differences. In her article, Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?, Twenge maintains that “social media use, does indeed cause unhappiness.” In other words, Twenge believes that kids who are online everyday, especially on social media, are more likely to be unhappy which can possibly lead to mental … [Read more…]
Use active reading to really think about what you’re reading, not just skimming through. Critique yourself and others in writing, like lab reports or other writing assignments. Always have someone to edit your paper and give you constructive criticism and be that person for others.
RIP twelve year old Karsyn with a facebook. No one really cared what you did… EVERYDAY and every truth is that was posted on your page was a lie.
Here is my Literacy Narrative podcast featuring my mom! https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lnjSGUTshc2iZqADdskw29kEAjdP30cf Concept of fixed and growth mindset from Carol Dweck’s TED Talk. I chose audacity to do a podcast, because there was no visual I had to represent my project. I spent about 30 minutes learning how to use audacity. It took me around 30-45 to … [Read more…]
Sherry Turkle brought up many points that have to do with the use of technology. Many ideas I have heard before, but she explained or thought about them in a different way. A few of the main points I remember are the “Goldilocks affect” and that we “expect more from technology than from each other.” … [Read more…]
I plan on doing a podcast style presentation for the Literacy Narrative Analysis. I can’t picture an image to go along with my story, so I can’t do a video. I found a very helpful YouTube video on using Audacity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCisC3sHneM. This demonstrated a 30 second video and some helpful tricks to make it sound great. … [Read more…]
Some of the statistics in this talk surprised me, but they also make a lot of sense. My generation is not as grown up as the generations before us and therefore we do not partake in numerous activities at a younger age compared to the older generations. Many people think that teenagers grow up faster … [Read more…]
I need some help with fragments, parallelism, idioms, semi colons, quotations, and hyphens. I don’t remember learning much or at all about these grammar rules.
Karsyn Determined, organized, visual learner, hard worker Lover of dance Student of medical biology Who feels nervous about taking this class Who hopes to learn useful writing tools for college and beyond in this class Who fears failure in this class Who loved the story Polar Express … [Read more…]
