Homework #2 Audience Awarness

Does audience awareness really affect they way a student writes a rough draft or the way another student offers revising that same paper. The article investigates a study group of college freshmen and the effects the writer’s attending to the informational needs of their readers have on drafting and revising. Throughout the article Roen and Wiley, the authors looked at three different treatment conditions first, no attention to the audience, second, attention to the audience before and during drafting, and third, attention to the audience before and during revising. Results indicated that “attending to the audience can be effective for improving the overall quality of the student’s writing.” In addition, attending to audience is less effective as a drafting strategy than it is as a revising strategy. Overall, the authors argue how the attention of the audience is key in prewriting and drafting activities but not as much needed in the revising stage.

Running the chaotic atmosphere of a restaurant kitchen, managing a staff of several salary hungry employees, or even running the door of a five star fine dining establishment, these are my ultimate career goals! So how does a restaurant operations and management major need technology? After talking to my restaurant management professor, Jane Moody, my beginning expectation of basically never having to work with high paced technology was shattered. Moody explained the new technology of table check. A new innovation that allows the restaurant to see how many tables are seated, who had ordered, which tables are dirty, and how many are clean. By wanting to eventually open my own restaurants and operate them successfully, she stressed that I must become extremely familiar with this new system. Not only did she stress the importance of the table check, I also came to find that there were other technologies that I needed to learn. Accounting programs like Excel are found very commonly in business including the restaurant industry, scheduling systems that allow employees to clock in and out, and also programs that allowed tipping and orders to be placed. Although you would never think that you would find the advanced technologies that you may find in a lab or government office in a restaurant, I learned my knowledge in the technological world is key for a successful career.

Core One: Part One

Technology, in my opinion one of the worst words in the English dictionary! Whether it is a Mac computer, Microsoft Excel, or even something as small as a PSP has me running for the nearest exit! Overall, I would give myself a four out of ten. I'm not completely hiding under a rock, and can operate Internet Explorer, Xbox, and even Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. However, improvement is always on my horizon. I would most likely use some improvement on computer programs such as Mac books, blogging systems, and Linux. The installment of programs also seems like a foreign language to my eyes. The complex system of Flash makes the cells in my brain pop!

There is a light at the end of this technological tunnel. Even though my computer skills really aren't up to par, throw me any cell phone and I'm a sudden new genius. Since the age of twelve I've knew everything about flip phones, Blackberrys, and my current iphone. I can fix even the most frozen or out of date phones with ease. Overall, my cell phone skills will win me and any competition, I just wish I could say the same for, let's see...EVERYTHING ELSE!

Homework #1: Digital Literacy Article

Connecting the Digital Dots: Literacy of the 21st century argues that the changes in technology pose problems between older and newer generations as well as it separates the educated from the uneducated. The authors refer to my generation or the newer generation as the "e generation". We have the ability to understand and navigate the multidimensional and fast-paced digital environment. Links between lack of education, show the amount of digitally illiterate students. The e generation will have the ability, if taught correctly, to create, manipulate, design, and self-actualize according to the authors. Although students still utilize books, reports, and papers, the e generation is leaning towards a more advanced digital way of learning. The article's audience is targeted not only towards this new e generation but also to the older generations. Overall the argument is apparent, the younger the generations become the more advanced our technology progresses.

Jones-Kavalier, Barbara, and Suzanne Flannigan. "Connecting the Digital Dots:Literacy of the 21st Century." Digital Literacy 02 NOV 2006: n. pag. Web. 25 Jan 2010. .