MY EVOLUTION IN ELECTRONIC LITERACY

In the world that we live today, the use of electronic tools is really necessary. With the internet the world is always well informed. Our society is actually called “The information society” so; in order to go to the speed the world goes we need to be electronic literate.  Nowadays electronic literacy means being able to use and create electronic tools such as: Blogs, e-mail accounts, use word processors, look for specific information, online shopping etc. The use of these tools has benefits in the real life, is for that reason that I had the need to learn how to use them.

I started using electronic tools when I was a young boy, I remember that I did not have any computer at home, besides that, the school was not helpful at all, so I used to go to a public internet with a friend of mine and he taught me the basic principles of a computer, how to use “word and power point”, how to create a e-mail account and how to download music. With the time my parents gave me a computer, and I learned some other functions that a computer has. I also learned how to install programs in the computer, play videogames and download videos from YouTube. I think that in these times is very important to master the main tools of a computer in order to go ahead with more advanced electronic tools.

Another issue to discuss is if the electronic tools have influenced and improve my second language. I think that of course they have. Most of the music I listen to, is written and sung in English so since I was in high school I wanted to know what the songs meant in Spanish, so I spent much time looking on the web for the song lyrics I like, then I translated them into Spanish by using some online dictionaries, I also watched some online American movies, so I had to pay attention in order to be able of understand the movie. That is one way of how electronic tools have improved my second language in this case English.

The last point to discuss is my expectations and plans regarding electronic tools. First that all I expect that in Mexico the number of houses that have a computer grow up soon, as well as the number of houses that have internet. If this country wants to become a good country in matter of education, the population must be electronic literate. Regarding to my plans with the electronic tools I think that when I am a teacher I am going to use the web to help me with my daily job. The future is on the web so we have to make and effort to improve our skills in electronic tools.

As a conclusion I think that electronic tools are a important part of our society, since with these tools we can talk with people of other countries at any moment, send and receive news instantaneously, with a blog we can express what we feel or think about everything, either education, or politics, or religion, also with the social networks we can get along with our friends or some other people around the world. So the electronic tools are necessary to give a sense of belonging to the people.