Thursday, August 26, 2010
Computer Literacy
I am only 19 years old and I should have taken offense to Jill D. Jensons article about students not being able to find proper scholarly articles. I do not take offense I actually find myself agreeing with her. As students we tend to want everything given to us on a silver platter. When it comes to Facebook and things we have interest in we have no problem at all getting to them via internet. But when its time to write a research paper, finding scholarly articles is like an different language almost. We just can't grasp the concept. In elementary and middle school we were in the library at least twice a week. Overtime i found myself very accustom to finding books without help. In high school we were not forced to use the library it was more of an "as needed" thing. So I can probably count the number of times i used the virtual library on one hand in high school. But when i got to college I had to write two pretty extensive reaction papers for psychology. This called for research and I just did not know where to start! I was in front of the computer for hours trying to find relevant scholarly articles. Luckily for me my English 101 professor was teaching us how to use the virtual library database around the same time. Overtime I learned how to maneuver my way around Ball State virtual library would and I find it useful. For today's blog, I knew just where to find it and it took me all of 30 seconds, thanks to my prior knowledge! I believe as students we should utilize this tool, it makes things so much easier and it isn't ask hard as it seems. Students who aren't in college yet should come familiar with learning how to find scholarly articles now so that when the time comes they can do it wiht ease.
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I can relate. My elementary experience proved that libraries are your friends. However, when I got to high school, my teachers stated we "could" use the library "if we needed to." I always "chose" to just look up my material online. I never really knew if it was out of lazyness, or just for pure convenience.
ReplyDeleteI am the same way. Over time though my time in the Library has increased greatly. There is just something about going to the Library that is still hard for me to do, mainly because I tell myself that I do not need to, that I can find it on my own. I think that high Schools should get their students back into using the Library more and more.
ReplyDeleteSharise,
ReplyDeleteVery good self-analysis. It is not often that I can say that someone ten years my junior has the insight to honestly speak of their own failings. I appreciate very much seeing as how I have four little ones that will hopefully grow up as honest with themselves as you seem to be. That being said, be careful with your word choice, you used Overtime instead of over time. Little things like that can take points away and in the end be the difference between and A- and a B+ in a class. In any case, thank you for your post it was heartening.
Sincerely
Randall