Ashley Pence
November 4, 2007
Aims & Objectives:
I would first like to say that this has been a long week and one that was not devoted to my CD 315 class. I realize that that is okay and all of my work will get done…perhaps a little less efficiently, but still quality work that is done to the best of my abilities. My goals for this week were still met, just not in the timely manner that they usually are. However, this was my plan and my plan came through.
Declarative Knowledge:
I began this week researching Branching Literacy Skills in order to gain a better understanding of the 5 major types of digital literacy skills. I realized that this one is not my favorite and that it was hard for me to really understand all that it deals with and I would like to gain more knowledge on what exactly branching literacy skills are. I continued work on my I-Search paper and realized that I really like writing papers like this. It makes writing something that I am interested in fun and easy to talk about.
Procedural Knowledge:
As for branching literacy skills I realized that they are something that have really became evident in the last 15-20 years. This was evidenced by Eshet-Alkali and Amichai-Hamburger’s study on Experiments in Digital Literacy. The study shows us that the younger the group, the better they performed the task required of them. This shows that we as younger participants have had more experience in branching literacy skills and it has really become a part of our everyday lives especially in the school systems.
While compiling my I-Search paper I learned the basic parts to a paper such as this and what it should include as a final piece of work. The first section of my paper will include introducing and questioning. I began by briefly discussing what I already know about literacy in general and then talking more specifically about what I already knew about my topic. I also include why I was interested in this topic that I chose and the essential questions to help me obtain my final answer. The second part of this paper includes the research that I performed and what evidence I found to support my answers to my foundation questions. For my final section I concluded and synthesized all the evidence that helped support my answer and cited my work properly.
Conditional Knowledge:
While completing the assignments for this week I became more knowledgable about other parts of digital literacy. I also completed an I-Search paper rough draft that will gear me towards my final project. As a student this weeks assignments helped me prepare to get a good grade in my class. As a future SLP and citizen I am now aware of how to effectively use research to obtain knowledge that is or could be useful to me and others that I may serve.
