final blog entry

The author talks about how a wild tongue cannot be tamed but can only be cut. With this, she’s trying to explain that a person’s identity cannot be changed but can only be erased. This is why no matter how she tried to change her English speaking ways, in the end she’s the same because she is who she is. Comparing this with the blog entry writing process, I realized that it could be related to her ideas. Every blog entry I have written, the ideas I expressed in them are very “me.” With that I mean the way I think, the way I talk, my choice of words reflects my identity which could be my culture, native language, or the environment I grew up in. Since I am in America now, it cannot change the way I will feel, think, or believe because that is who I am. 

Literacy and Technology

I think that technology can’t exist without literacy. Literacy creates new technology. For example; how the computer became to be a computer. It started off as a code of 0s and 1s. And then literacy in mathematics, etc. created advance computer programming that leads to today’s computer. And after literacy create new technology, that new technology creates a new literacy. And then the literacy of that new technology can lead to creating another new technology. It is like an endless cycle of creation of literacy and technology.

While I think that new technology creates new literacy, I also think that at the same time it has a bad influence with old kinds of literacy. For example; since most of the time we type and print from a computer now, many Chinese language speakers are forgetting how to write Chinese characters by hand which is becoming a big issue, especially in Japan where they also use Chinese characters in their language.

I am the Audience

I have been creating and writing assignment in writing class for different audiences. It is the time to take myself as an audience. Among the high tech-media, computer with internet could be the most persuasive media for me and it is also my favorite media of knowing the news and new knowledge. A small box contains everything!

If someone is going to make a project for me, I would like it to be an artwork. I like such things are non-verbal. There is no specific aspect of an artwork. Everybody has their own interpretation and their own words for it which are I find it interesting. I like to know and hear different perspective from people of a same work.

web design literacy

In my CSE101 class, I am done with all the common course and start to do web design in detail. I learned about the language of website. I have never learned anything about computer before. All I knew about computer were about chatting on messenger or browsing website. The TA taught us both how to us NVU, which is a web design program, and Cascading Style Sheets to create our own word of a website. This is the first time I wrote a complete “html” file, which is simple but interesting. I realized that even a website has its own language just like human. I was pleased in today’s course because my web design literacy has imporived.

Visual Literacy

I have always wondered how big the world is, how broad the sky is, and how colorful the life is. This image represents my literacy, a little girl full of curiosity. I open my eyes as wide as possible like I am observing things through the magnifying glass. I am so curious about every single thing happening under the beautiful blue sky. It is so big and wide that there is always something I do not know. All I can do is keeping learning through different stage. Now I am in the stage of studying abroad in the United States, which earns a lot of new information. The most significant difference is I meet many people from different country and know every country’s cultural background. Even though people come from different place, we all live under the same sky and share the pretty little things. I enjoy learning new things to satisfy my curiosity. Without pressure, I wander freely on lawn, enjoy the cozy atmosphere.

Disney Literacy

I went to Disney World with my boyfriend during spring break. I have always admired Walt Disney, who created the place where dreams come true. After we came back from Florida, we have started to search the information about him both through the internet online and books. We wondered why he is so successful and how every story was created. How come only three simple circles could become so popular? Afterwards, we have known a lot of his background and accomplishment through reading all the information. He was a guy full of imaginations. Mickey Mouse was the first character that Walt Disney created, and also its voice was from him. Walt Disney won about 22 Oscar Awards, which I guess was the highest records ever. We read the article about how he planned every theme park. The budget was extremely high and unaffordable, but he was lucky that his brother always helped him to find a way out. There are way too many information about him for us to dig out. In fact, I do not really like reading, especially reading in English. However, I enjoy learning all the information about Walt Disney. Because of the passion to Disney I have, no matter how long it takes me to read to understand its background, I will still do it. I consider this is Disney Literacy.

blog entry for literacy - language is part of the literacy in my life

Even though I am now in the United States, I had hung out with Taiwanese people a lot. Usually we talk to each other in Mandarin, so my English did not improve at all. Ever since I got a boyfriend who came from Thailand, English has become the main language use in my life. In order to communicate with my boyfriend, I have to learn English harder than I used to do. I have started to learn and remember vocabularies by reading some newspaper and magazines in my free time. Speaking is the primarily method which I learn. My boyfriend came to the United States when he was young, so he English is very good. He has taught me a lot, and my English has improved a lot, too. Now, I understand what professors are teaching in classes more than before. I am not afraid of talking with foreigners anymore. Learning second language is hard; however, it has become part of my literacy in my life.