My Digital Literacies Pathway

In my opinion, combining different ways of learning is the best way to make sure the information have passed to everyone and understood by everyone and that there is enough practice applied; And that’s why I have chosen to combine the three pathways, I have chosen the twisting pathway Digital literacy.

Taught:

From All Aboard Stations, I have decided to learn more about the Smartphones, since Smartphones became powerful tools to connect us everywhere and anywhere, they became useful to almost every aspect of our lives and they even can replace computers to a great extent.

The lesson aimed to make people learn the main components of the software and the hardware of the phone. In my opinion the information about the software and the hardware wasn’t sophisticate nor it was information for a 1 year old person; It was just enough for people who want to know a little bit more about the Smart phones to make them conscious of what they’re dealing with. Information about differentiating between different types of smart phones was quick and wrapped; I think more information could be useful. And Lastly, Knowing some ways in which smartphones could be used in teaching and learning; I think most of us have tried a least once to apply this part during their classes. I personally have used my smartphone as a scanner and editor to grab digital copies of book pages, of course as a translator too, Scanning QR codes during FYE and some sessions, of course for answering polls, survey and quizzes and lastly for listening to a podcast.

In my opinion, All Abroad have manage to apply a benefiting way of Digital literacy; I like the idea of reading about something interesting and then applying it on a quiz for the information to stick more in your head. I have taken my quiz and earned my Badge.

Tinkering:

From ds106 I chose the Visual Assignment and I chose to create a collage with all of my favorite things and places, which I sincerely love and make me feel relaxed and at peace. Each pictures tells something about me and helped in building up my personality.

The Gym: Going to the Gym doesn’t just help in my physical development, but it also helps in the mental development, it helps me to let go of all the negativity; it is a place, where at the end of the day I let out all the negative, toxic and bad feelings and thoughts I have been building up throughout the days.

My cat: Having a pet made me more empathetic with others and made me care more about the people around me

AUC Campus Garden: The Campus is my second home, where I used to spend most of my time. And the Garden was a place that helps in having a clear mind for the day; A place where I have my morning coffee as a kick-off for the busy day and where I have my breaks to release some steam off and get energized for the rest of the day.

Home Balcony: My home will always be the place, where I let all my guards down, I don’t put on any masks and I don’t have to do anything I don’t want to do, I have the freedom to do what I want. I love to enjoy this scenery from my balcony every morning.

The Beach: Enjoying the beauty of the nature, relaxing, releasing all the pressure and not thinking about anything. Only enjoying some time off.

Theory:

From the Mozilla Internet Health Report 2019 articles I have chosen to understand the issue of the privacy and security of the internet. The more we have technological and digital advancements, the more this issue of privacy and security becomes crucial. Not only it is easy for individual hackers to hack your phone, computer and profiles, but now businesses use our private information to rise, governments also use our information for political interests. In my opinion nowadays, it became very easy to access the private information of anyone due to the existence of smartphones and millions of applications that people download without reading anything about the privacy settings of those applications. So people should be more aware of this issue and start getting educated about it to protect themselves and their privacy and their rights.

Resources: https://internethealthreport.org/2019/understand-the-issue-privacy-and-security/