Literacy Narrative Podcast

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…]

“Connected, but Alone”

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…]

Audacity

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…]

Reaction to “Reaching the Internet Generation”

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…]

Bio Poem

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…]