Digital Literacy Narrative
ENG 2150/Sp 2016: Week 1

Take a moment and reflect on your own history and experience as a writer/composer in digital contexts:

• Compose your responses in Word on this document, or copy and paste these questions to your blog as a post, but either way, I’d like for this to be your first blog post on your course blog. To make searching your blog easier, please create a new page on your blog entitled “Digital Literacy Narrative.”

First, describe your presence in this class. Did you know you were signing up for a hybrid writing class?

I did not know I was signing up for a hybrid class or know what it was, until I was informed by another friend in the class.

What do you expect from a hybrid class?

I expect for this class to be more online submitted work and self-explanatory assignments.

Have you taken one before?

I have never been in a hybrid class before, but look forward to it.

What questions do you have as we begin?

I just want to know what ways you would suggest to organize ourselves and stay up to date with all of our assignments in the class when we don’t meet that often for reminders.

What does “good participation” in a class mean to you in a hybrid context?

I would consider good participation to not only be when we meet in class, but also to be respectful online if we were to be answering someone’s comments and keep our opinions appropriate.

Next, tell me about you as a writer and a reader. What types/genres of writing do you enjoy?

I like contemporary writings because I find them easier to understand and I am able to connect with them better.

What forms of digital writing do you encounter in your everyday life and for what purposes?

I read many articles online and surf the web often just to be widely knowledgeable in many fields and areas.

What programs and/or technologies enable these forms of composing? Try to think widely here (email, social media, texting, word processing apps such as Google Docs, Microsoft Word, etc.).

I pretty much use every form of social media, some for my purpose to connect to others, but some only to connect with other people, while still concealing myself.
What is your prior experience with composing using multiple forms of media? I am used to many social medias.

What is your method for reading analysis?

Do you take notes?

Yes, mostly by hand as it allows me to concentrate better.

Do you read online, on your phone, etc?

I read many articles online, but most of which wouldn’t be considered as scholarly. However I do try to need the newspaper almost every morning.

Do you prefer to have a tangible text?

Yes, helps me focus.
Finally, what is your earliest memory of writing?

My earliest moment of writing was in kindergarten where every morning we would have to write 1 sentence in our notebook, describing any moment that stood out to us from that day.

How has “writing” changed for you since that memory?

My writing has obviously progressed tremendously from that moment, but in small intervals.

What are your strengths as a writer and/or composer of digital/online texts?

I think my writing strength is my ability to have an abstract view and opinion regarding a certain topic, that may be an out of the box, but rather interesting approach to something.

Recall a past experience when you felt proud of your writing and digital composing: Who was the audience? Where did this piece of work circulate? What are your current views about writing?

A proud writing moment of mine was when I had to write a research paper in a class last semester, that took us the whole4 months. After completing the paper, we had to give a presentation to the class and informatively talked to them about our topic, which made me feel like I mastered a new skill and was very knowledgeable in a certain field.