Informal Response to Reading (Post- TRIAC of Privacy and the Internet): With the amount of internet use these days, privacy is diminishing. One of the biggest problems is that there are no rules/laws set in place to protect us. In her article “Privacy and the Internet”, Ellen Kennerly states that “While they [companies] must tell consumers they are sharing their information, the consumer has no right to stop them from sharing with their affiliates” (125). So, even if someone knows a company is going to share their information, there is nothing they can do to stop it from happening. This is because we have no laws in place to protect consumers. AT&T Chairmen and CEO Randall Stephsenson proposes that “Congressional action is needed to establish an ‘Internet Bill of Rights’ that applies to all internet companies and guarantees neutrality, transparency, non-discrimination and privacy protection” (126). He is saying that we need some rules/laws out there that protect us as consumers. We should be aware of where our data is going and we should be able to stop it if need be. We, as an ever-growing Internet world, need to take control of our big data. We need to have rules/laws set to protect ourselves from the downfall of our big data.
Written Response: For this piece I annotated with a highlighter and sticky notes. I used the highlighter in green to mark what I thought were the most important parts of the piece. Those pieces may have been claims, evidence or any other important information. I then used the sticky notes to summarize what I had just read, to ask a question, or to make connections. These sticky notes are in my own words, which can help with my comprehension of the text. While I read I try to actively ask and answer questions to make sure I am fully engaged. I also make sure to question their evidence to see whether or not I should agree or believe what they are claiming. A selection from Susan Gilroy is titled, “Interrogating Texts: 6 Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year at Harvard”. The way I ask questions and check my understanding is how I “interrogate texts”, as Gilroy puts it. Basically, I am using active reading habits and annotations to fully understand and engage with texts. Gilroy speaks about the importance of annotating, to make sure you are actively in a “dialogue” with the author and the the text. As I highlighted and used sticky notes, I demonstrated the constant “dialogue” between my ideas and thoughts with the text. Gilroy also mentions setting course readings against each other to determine a relationship. This means taking the sources that are given in class and finding connections between them, whether they are obvious or not. This is also known as text-to-text connections. In English 110, we were constantly discussing how ideas connect with either text-to-text or text-to-self. All of these skills for active reading can be transferred into my other classes and I plan on using them throughout my college career.
