"...knowledge of an early 1980s word processing system offers only a modest start at understanding current authoring technologies and how to use them."and
"Most of this material seems to be poorly covered in present curricula at all levels: elementary school, high school , and college."As for the first quote, this is why I am taking this class. I know how to type and have a basic knowledge of most new technology, but I have never had to use them. I still don't know quite how to make a Power Point presentation. I just missed this when I graduated college and have never needed to use this up until now. This leads me to the next point. It is now expected that you know how to use Power Point (for example) because it's been around and we are now in this technology age. In working in a high school library, students have no idea how to research and aren't necessarily taught how to research correctly in this Wikipedia age.
MUDDIEST POINT
I am confused over the "downloads" part of this class. I have a Mac and, from what I understood, I don't need to download the Ad-Aware?
Also, do we need to write notes on every reading for the week or is it whatever reading we'd like to talk about throughout the semester as long as there are at least 10 separate readings?
Also, do we need to write notes on every reading for the week or is it whatever reading we'd like to talk about throughout the semester as long as there are at least 10 separate readings?
