Em Tomas

In Sherry Turkle’s “Connected, but Alone?”, she addressed a growing issue of losing conversations and replacing them with connections. We are able to make connections anywhere at any time with our phones, it takes away from a human experience. Turkle emphasizes that our smartphones have the ability to change us and she acknowledges that this could be a problem. She has observed that everyone wants to be alone together, meaning they want conversations and connections they need to be controlled…

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For my first prewriting assignment for the Literacy Analysis Project I chose to free write. I really enjoyed this activity because I was able to get ideas out without worrying about structure, I wrote in cursive because it was faster and my ideas were able to flow without having to stop and think. This helped prepare me for the draft because it gave me a good idea of what my main point was. For the prewriting timeline, it was a…

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Library Gallery: I really enjoyed this space because there weren’t too many people coming and going. I also liked it because there were minimal distractions and there was nice relaxing music playing. One of the other things I like was I was able to get resources in the library if I needed to. Dorm Lounge: The lounge is very convenient when it comes to studying near by, however it can get very busy. There always seems to be people coming…

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