Argh. I don't like change.

To survive in our current world of rapid technological change, among the things that one must know are how to make connections in information across the various digital mediums, have the ability to make useful comparisons between these things, and how to collaborate with others about this wealth of information.

Do I sound illiterate?

If I had to choose just one thing to change about my writing, I would want to feel like the final product of my writing sounds like it came from a college student rather than a slightly annoying second grader who is just learning how to form grammatically correct sentences.

What is an Author?

Many things come to mind with the idea of authorship, but to me being an author means simply putting your pen to paper (figuratively or literally), and using your brain to piece together meaningful sentences, whether the ultimate end result is for art’s sake, academia, or some other mundane purpose.

The effect of Youtube on student culture

Youtube will and already has had a profound effect on student culture because it allows them to connect and collaborate with each other and produce media in ways that weren’t possible before as well as providing them with a massive amount of content that they didn’t previously have access to.

Learning to Write in 148 words

All through my school years, I had a problem that can be best summarized as “extremely short attention span.” This proved to be challenging when I was forced to sit down and write. For one, I couldn’t sit still for longer than a minute and a half at a time. Second, I couldn’t think of anything but what else I could be doing. As a result, I didn’t actually learn how to write until my senior year of high school. By this point in my life I had settled down a bit and I was in an English class that I actually enjoyed. With the development of a little bit of self-control, self-motivation and some gentle nudging from my instructor, I learned how to produce clear, concise, well-written work.