INTRODUCTION
- What does Electronic Literacy mean?
- Uses
- Thesis Stament
BODY PARAGRAPH 1
- How I started using Electronic tools
- Usefulness on my Education
BODY PARAGRAPH 2
- Usefulness of Word Processors, e-mail and blogs.
- How Electronic Tools have influenced/improved my L1/L2
BODY PARAGRAPH 3
- My expectations and plans regarding Electronic Tools
CONCLUSION
- The importance of Electronic Literacy
- My opinion about it
- final Statement
ESSAY
Do you know what Electronic Literacy means? According to my previous knowledge, it is to be able to read and write electronic texts; it is related to computers and that is something familiar for us. Many people around the world use computers as electronic tool to work, to research specific information, books, magazines, to meet people in different places that is commonly made by the messenger, to write and to upload texts, etcetera. Nowadays, computers are necessary at schools, jobs, stores and they are also needed at home because you can find whatever you want and need. Electronic Literacy plays an important role in education and that is why I learned to use computers because it has helped me too much.
The first time I used electronic tools was on secondary school when I had to research information about certain topics, to play in the computer, and to write texts or to create presentations. It is important to say that I learned by practicing and then in high school I learned more in computer classes because I ignored many things about it, for example about internet because I used to research in encyclopedias. When I noticed that the electronic tools were useful and had a lot of advantages in education, I started using them because some topics needed to go deeper than others and they offer more information. As a result, I could find specific information in an easy way, I learned to use different programms, and I did not need to waste time in the library, so books were replaced by electronic tools. It is something that won't stop because it goes beyond what we think.
I have been using the computer five years ago and now I use almost everyday the word processors, e-mail, blogs, among others when doing my homework, preparing classes or presentations, sharing information or sending and receiving messages with my classmates. Moreover, I use it to improve my L2, for example, I have been practicing my Listening skill by watching videos, listening to music or answering exercises after listen to a conversation because I have problems on that. I research information on the internet about my L1 and L2 to compare them; in adittion, I use the platform to upload homework, so I am in contact with this electronic tools. For this reason, they have influenced/ improved my both languages because I reasearch more and more information and it allows me to increase my knowledge.
Because of the neccesity of Electronic Tools, I have some expectations and plans for the future. First, I would like to use them when teaching because students like to be in contact with computers and they can learn better because it can be meaningful for them. Second, I will use them to reasearch good material, exercises and ways to teach because the classes need to be attractive and up date because the world is changing over the time. Third, I will use blogs, e-mail, portfolios, etcetera in order to improve the skills of my students and to be exchanging information, homework, doubts, etcetera. It is a good way to control and to have fun in the class, because by sharing information and being interested on the progress and success of the students, they feel comfortable.
Electronic Literacy is very important because it is a new way to get information easily, to increase our knowledge and to go wherever we want. It is useful in education because I could find many ways to learn different things such as exercises, material and other information related to school. In my opinion, this is a very good opportunity that we have to get everything because I think that we have the world in our hands; I mean that we can learn a lot of things. Finally, I just want to say that Electronic Literacy will be part of my life because the technology will be present in my classes.
