Reading Response #1 (Chapter 1)

Chapter 1

a. A certain amount of experiments have suggested that there are dangerous levels of Chemical X in the Ohio groundwater.

b. Reader's of this book consider this novel of having certain flaws.

c. Many non sport fans feel that football is boring.

d. Some people believe that male students often dominate class discussions.

e. A group of movie watchers feel that this film is really about the problems of romantic relationships.

f. The creators who helped develop this book feel that the templates like the ones in the book will stifle the creativity of the author


2. If ever there was an idea customized for a Jay Leno monologue, this was it: Environment. Isn't that like the world? Whatever happened to saving trees and what not?
I happen to sympathize with Al Gore, though, perhaps because he lost the presidency and the environment was his only option to help the world.

Screen Capture

I had no idea I can do this. It actually took me two days to figure out how to screen capture my desktop because I had an extra button on my PC that I did not know how to use. This desktop image shows all of the things I do when I am on the computer. I am either on my Ctools checking what I have to do, or my Facebook to check a whole bunch of stuff or my email that I must check every single day.
Then I have my Microsoft Word that I always have to use to write essays that I loath so much. I did so many last semester I thought it would never end. This all just shows what I can do besides all of the other software in my PC that I has so much use and can help a lot.

• How does composing change in digital spaces?

Composing in digital space is much easier sometimes then on paper. You do not have to constantly erase and rewrite and all you see in the end are lots of eraser marks and smudges everywhere. Your work will tend to look more acceptable and just a nice clean sheet. Not only that but digital space is much more efficient and is very helpful when you have to type up anything. In the end when you print out what you typed everything is perfect. The words are the same size and when you want to quote anything you can automatically add a footnote.

• How can we better understand digital composing?

We can better understand digital composing in many ways. Like our generation we learned digital composing in school. We had computer class in elementary school and we were their all year. Middle school we had to learn to type as quickly as possible so that we can get use to typing because our teachers knew were going to be spending most of our time in the future typing. But, for other people such as our parents who never got a chance to learn to handle digital composing can join a class. Till this day you can sign up to join a computer class to learn and use it the proper way. Now that we have the internet we can use it to our benefit. If we do not understand something in digital composing you can just go online and type up your answer in any search engine and you will get many answers to your question.