January 19, 2010
Dear Blog # 2
I am now alone at home, writing this Blog, with no computer-savvy friend around me. As absurd as it may sound, I have no clue as to how I can recover Blog # 1, having forgotten the password and making no sense of the 'technical help' sent by Google to my email account.There is no other alternative but to create another Blog account as the Digital Literacy Module requirements stipulated 2 entries per week. Looks like this module will be the 'bane' of my life for the next 3 months at least...or does it have to be?In his book, 'Introducing Functional Grammar', Geoff Thompson concluded with a joke (page 251) about a man who lost his keys on one side of the road but chose to look for them on the other side (of the road) because it was lighted by a lamppost.I, too, can make a similar choice...to limit my knowledge to the relatively well-lit aspects that are already a part of me or to venture into the fuzzy terrain of this 'mysterious' module known as Digital Literacy where the search conditions may not exactly be conducive but with lots of time and effort put into the search, the potential results will definitely be much more rewarding.The latter choice is obvious to me.
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I believe Digital Literacy is mysterious to most of us as it took me a whole week to figure out what the couse was really about and nobody could always follow the trend of new technology because it's developing extremly fast.
ReplyDeleteWe will see how much we can benefit as this course will not only teach us certain ways to use technology but how to think of technology in a cognitive way.
Good luck!
Dear Daisy
ReplyDeleteI know it is almost ten days since you wrote this comment but it is only up to now that I was able to settle down into some kind of manageable personal routine, after factoring in my part-time teaching commitments at NUS, UniSIM and WDA.
Thank you very much for your encouragement. In fact, I am in full agreement with you that this Digital Literacy module looks/sounds mysterious only because we did not spend enough time/effort 'unravelling its mystery' and if we had, then we will be able to enjoy the fruits of our labour, to appreciate the enrichment this module can bring into our lives.
What I can tell you now is that I am definitely getting more and more interested and less daunted by the module as time goes by. The important thing is that I have two creative and innovative (lesson plan wise)lecturers to teach and guide me, coupled with the moral support of our classmates; Daisy for example.