Personal Narrative

This personal narrative describes my time in Australia with my family. For this image I used Photoshop to edit the photos. I used filters and gradient to transform the original images into this piece. For this piece I arranged the photos strategically to allow the angles to create the perfect space for the text. I enjoyed making this because it reminded me of the fun time spent with my family and the interesting twist I can put on old photos.

Digital Nation

The “Digital Nation” video definitely changed my views on how people use technology. I can say that I always need to be connected to the media world whether it’s using my smart phone or laptop. But, at the same time the way college students were portrayed in the video were very extreme cases. Most students do not need to be connected through out the day. Also, many students don’t multi task the way they were shown in the video. It is nearly impossible to do that many things efficiently at once.

The video also talked about Internet communities and “worlds”. Most people who use these programs do not get as attached as the ones in the video. Although the Internet is a great way to meet people, it is also unsafe and is not the best way of communication. OS many of these people haven’t even mat each other but are the closest of friends through there Internet communities. It’s crazy that some of these people can actually meet partners and even their spouse in a virtual world.

“Digital Nation” is an extreme exaggeration of what really goes on between college students and media. It is hard to believe that 20 years ago none of these problems were present. Many people take the Internet for granted and overuse it but not the extremes that this video shows.