Literacy Chart of Reflection
What do you do when you want information about something?
Like any other person in my generation, its usually as simple as Googling the question. Although this heavily depends on the topic. For "life stuff" and family matters, I turn to my parents. For academic questions, I turn to educational YouTube channels. Generally speaking, I mostly use the internet for these sort of things.
How do you find the information you need?
I ask questions, to the people around me, to the internet, and so on.
How do you assess if the information you got was authentic or not?
The simplest way for me to prove the verisimilitude of a piece of information is to cross-reference different resources. Especially when the initial source isn't exactly a reliable one. However, I give more weight to certain sources over others. For example: I read in a Buzzfeed article that the sequel to a movie I like is in development. As I cross-reference and find more sources that say so, I still won't be fully convinced until the director confirms the news on his twitter. In short, I place more value in first-hand sources over second or third hand sources.
Do you automatically believe the information you get from the Internet, TV, Radio, Newspaper, Books, Facebook and Twitter? Explain why or why not.
It's simply a matter of what the information is all about, and if the source is reliable when it comes to the topic being reported. If my aunt posts an announcement on Facebook that a family member is in the hospital, there's no reason to not believe her. However, if the same aunt shares a post saying that drinking some miracle pill will cure cancer, such information coming from her is questionable.
Visual Literacy
How do you interpret colors? Answer by writing the emotions you associate with each color:
Do you automatically believe the information you get from the Internet, TV, Radio, Newspaper, Books, Facebook and Twitter? Explain why or why not.
It's simply a matter of what the information is all about, and if the source is reliable when it comes to the topic being reported. If my aunt posts an announcement on Facebook that a family member is in the hospital, there's no reason to not believe her. However, if the same aunt shares a post saying that drinking some miracle pill will cure cancer, such information coming from her is questionable.
Visual Literacy
How do you interpret colors? Answer by writing the emotions you associate with each color:
- Red - Passion, Anger
- Orange - Trendy, Energetic
- Yellow - Cheery, Bright
- Green - Thriving, Healthy
- Blue - Calm, Sad
- Indigo - Mysterious, Hidden
- Violet - Edgy, Unique
- Black - Cold, Deep, Unknown
- White - Clean, Rebirth
- Grey - Neutral, Flexible
- Brown - Authentic, Humble
- Pink - Feminine, Infatuation
Do you like watching movies more than TV? Or you like watching TV more than movies? Explain your answer. Give examples of your likes and dislikes.
I generally prefer movies to TV because of TV series' tendency to follow a formulaic, predictable pattern in every aspect, such as cinematography, plot, score and so on. Additionally, TV tends to be very profit-driven and leaves no room for experimentation. Movies are self-contained universes in their own right, and allow for a lot of different approaches. However, I make exemptions for series based on the following criteria: a) if it's a comedy and the jokes are consistently funny and the characters are love-able (The Good Place, Brooklyn 99) and b) if it's not predictable and they've managed to impress me for long enough that I'm invested no matter what happens (Doctor Who, Game of Thrones).
Do you like reading comics and books because of their visuals? Do you prefer reading books with illustrations? Explain your answer. Give examples of your likes and dislikes.
It's more common for one to find me reading a novel or poetry collection over comics or books with illustrations. But while I do appreciate the literary value of beautifully crafted words more, I still like to read zines and comics, especially when the art is created by an artist I admire. Most zines and comics I read, I observe how the author forms the character's body language and facial expressions over paying attention to the actual plot or story. For example, in Budgette Tan's Trese: Thirteen Stations, the memory of how Kajo Baldisimo formed the characters sticks to my mind more than the actual plot. In Sha'an D'Anthes' AM TO PM min zine, there aren't many words, but I appreciate her use of color to portray the sky during different times.
1. What literacy skills do you think you still lack or do not know? Why do you not know them?
While I might be considered more technologically literate than average, I feel like I still lack the skills to be completely "fluent" e.g. only using Apple's Keynote over Microsoft PowerPoint, not knowing how to use Microsoft Excel and PhotoShop. I think one reason for this is possibly having the convenience of an Apple Mac which has a very user-friendly interface that allows me to do certain tasks that others might use Microsoft PowerPoint for, while I have the option of Keynote, which has templates and automatic alignment.
2. What literacy skills do you think you want or need to learn? Why?
Definitely still answering with technological literacy. Simply because I want to be more flexible when switching between Windows and Mac. It's embarrassingly difficult for me to maneuver Windows because I've gotten so used to Mac, especially when I don't always have access to my Mac in the first place.
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