Hello Everyone,
This week on the deep mysteries of the interweb we have a new tool on the horizon. Well no, not so much on the horizon as
I am already using it. But in all seriousness this week was mission Evernote,
after using Evernote this week I did not think it was all that revolutionary. As
a student whose typing speed is at max 30
words per min, I always preferred a pencil and paper as it is much more versatile
and I can make paper airplanes which are always fun. I think the main reason why I did
not like Evernote is because I do not think I am as familiar with Evernote as I
am with one other tool is used called as OneNote.
I, however, did enjoy
certain features of Evernote as such as the ability to share my ones my notes at
the click of a button and having a convenient add-on
to snip articles, blogs, and websites I
find interesting. However I am not sure if I was using the tool wrong but I could
not figure out how to ship multiple things in the same note rather than creating
a new one for every bookmark I created. I really found the aforementioned feature
frustrating as I had to copy everything from other notes to a single page. I
using OneNote I get to experience all the same features I get in Evernote along
with the benefit of familiarity. I also have the ability to write notes
manually with a stylus as my computer has a touch screen and can do a 360-degree flip. For the reasons explained
above I do not think I will be adding ever note to my PLE as I just was not
sold on the idea and I believe there are many other tools out there that can do
the same job and are much more user-friendly.
This week I while getting familiar with Evernote I also did
a lot of research about the impact of digital literacy in the modern age. And I
found quite a few interesting articles
regarding digital literacy once was my favorite was a thesis written by Douglas
A.J. Belshaw (Click Here).
It is a very lengthy paper however it does a great job of explaining what digital literacy as it breaks it down and begins
with the definition of literacy itself.
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| https://howsecureismypassword.net/ |
While going through my Feedly,
I came across a few good articles one was regarding digital security and how to
protect yourself (Click Here).
I really think this will be a useful article for my fellow badgers working on
the project related to digital security. The article outlines some very simple techniques
a person can use to secure this digital environment. Techniques such as not
recycling your passwords and frequently changing your passwords. The article
also referred to this tool that evaluates your passwords and informs you on how
long it will take for a PC to crack your password. I tested my Netflix password
and I was told it would take a
desktop PC about 423 sextillion years to crack my password. No one shall steal my Netflix account hahaha.
Till next time
Kev
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