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SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2009 PAGEA7 PAGEA6 SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2009 Thaddeus Benjamin Landin Technological advancements are taking place daily.Cellular telephones and computers are usually the first things that come to mind when we think of technology. This generation needs to prepare for a world full of digital media and have an understanding of how to access technology. I have a passion for learning new things about technology.In the two computer skill courses I have have learned the basics of computer engineering.I have also learned how to create Web to create original tem- plates.Through curiosity have learned how to use current technology as well as how to access and participate in the development of new technologies. The technology around me can only be enjoyed by learning skills to use it.I enjoy teaching people the skills of technology to others.Having an interest to learn more about technology is helping me to prepare for the digital media world. David When the question was have you done to prepare for the digital media have not done much to prepare myself because I am reluctant to change.Inherently,digital more ephemeral than print media.Once media is ability to control regulate over time.Although I would like to consider myself enjoy reading hard copies of reports.I enjoy burying my nose in newspapers, and in magazines.I cannot imagine gluing my eyes to a computer screen reading a Portable Document Format (PDF) file version of scrolling to find the Sports section in an online-version of The Houston Chronicle.If it is not probably dislike it.Also,dig- ital media is less intimate than print media.Old enjoy the mystery of developing pictures that I have not seen.Unfortunately,rather than carrying about the thousand words a picture now care about pixels.

Jennifer Vo The digital media world consists of cameras screens flashing.With the advancing technology in can prepare myself in many different ways.I have taken several baby steps to prepare for my future career as a broadcasting journalist.I challenge myself by enrolling in more difficult English courses in order to only my also my editing and revising skills.Moreover,I am involved in a world of ever-changing technolo- gy.Whether I watch the latest news on an article from The Brownsville my friends to communicate about the just simply surf the indulge myself in digital media to feel con- nected.I wear carry tech- nology.I even decorate my home with technology.Globally,I am a part of a large evolving organism connected through technology. Jose Luis Jimenez Throughout my have used technology to help me communicate and learn.In kindergarten drawings that I personality is reflected.How I colored them revealed the type of child I was.Paper and crayons were they were all I had. I became familiar with computers in elementary school.I learned the functions of buttons and how to type. Paper and crayons were replaced with a CPU and I was still communicating who I was. As junior high passed and high school began I took courses on different programs and software.I learned to express myself through more than typed words.Graphics,layouts,and formats now help me reveal who I am.

The digital age is upon us and there is still much for me to by continuing to study and expand the knowledge I with will adapt to the ever-changing world around me. Irene Molina Media is an important field to practice today.Students know more about technology and are prepared for the future by learning how to practice it at an early age.As a part of the journalism staff at Livingway Christian have found it fascinating to investigate and report on school and community.Besides doing the news and have also learned to edit the digital yearbook.We all have great opportunities as young people today to grow wise in technology.Everyone should be given the opportunity to advance their education in digital media. Without the understanding and education of digital person will not function well in the today.It is my one day become a reporter.I know with my experience as a high school student having the opportunity to study media will be well prepared for the future. Alma Perez The world has changed in recent years.Many improvements in technology have changed the way our education is being taught.In elementary and middle remember that teachers used to write on the chalkboards and when I got to high I found out that smart boards replaced some of the chalkboards. With new has been improving.In high found myself surrounded with a digital media world.I started to become more involved with doing projects that require the use of new technology.

Using computers and the Internet became a necessity for doing my homework.My teachers started to require projects in PowerPoint.Even the dual-enrollment classes I have taken in my high school consisted of online courses such as pre-calculus, economics.These courses require for one to submit the answers online instead of doing the work in paper.This exposure to a variety of new technologies has prepared me for the digital media world. Higinio Turrubiates Technological advances have come a long way and have impacted the lives of millions.It is apparent that technology plays a big role in our everyday lives. When I entered high joined the Technology Student Association as part of my technology education class. Through my involvement in this organization I have been able to grow as an individual and prepare for the fascinating digital media world. The Technology Student Association, also known as a national organization that fosters personal growth, opportunities in the technical world.The organization hosts competitions and leadership conferences at the national levels.I have been a member of TSA for four years.Through have competed at the national levels.In the summer of competed at the National Convention held in project was a film based on the border wall controversy taking place in my community and my project placed fourth among all the entries in the nation.

Not only has this organization helped me learn to live in a technical my experience in the Technology Student Association has allowed me to acquire skills that have prepared me for the digital media world. Taylor Barnard In ability to effectively use technology is necessary.It is important for schools to familiarize students with computers and other electronics to help them be successful in the business world.I feel that I am more than ready to face the challenges that our ever-changing digital media world present. Just as it is with most things in life, the digital media may be used as a positive or negative tool.The best lessons I have been taught are not necessarily how to use the resources I how to use them in the proper fashion.Classes I have taken have given me experience in using researching topics among others.If I did not have these would not have been able to succeed at such a high level.On the other may be used to hurt others or yourself. The privilege of having access to the digital media world also brings the responsibility of using I believe First Baptist has taught me. have you prepared for the digital media FIRST BAPTIST SCHOOL HOMER HANNAH.S.

LIVINGWAYCHRISTIAN LOPEZHIGHSCHOOL THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD he Brownsville Herald has chosen as this Academic AllStars standout students in journalism and English among the Class of 2009 at Brownsville, Los Fresnos and Port Isabel high schools. The Herald each year selects two students as Academic AllStars at each high school in the three cities. The program recognizes students who may not be ranked at the top of their class but who exemplify involvement and commitment to their educational experience. This year The Herald asked counselors to choose the top journalism and top English candidate for graduation at each school to recognize the changes sweeping human communications in the digital age. This graduating high school seniors generally were born in 1991.

Like their peers who entered college last fall, they have up in an era when computers and rapid communications are the says the Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2012. Tom McBride and Ron Nief, professors at Beloit College in Wisconsin, developed the Mindset List to help the experiences that have shaped the lives and formed the mindset of students starting their post-secondary The list, now in its 11th year, is at www.beloit.edu/mindset/index.php The Mindset List for the Class of 2012 one year ahead of this high school seniors makes some other interesting observations. For these students: The availability of telephones is hardly important since they have seldom utilized landlines during their adolescence. They will continue to live on their cell phones and communicate via texting. GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available.

Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option. As a precursor to they have always recognized that some people get There has always been Pearl Jam. McCauley Caulkin has always been IBM has never made typewriters. Each Academic AllStar was asked to write an essay of 175 words or less on the subject, have you prepared for the digital media The essays appear here. Each AllStar also shares observations about their future plans in a V-log at Academic AllStars exemplify commitment Hannah Upton At Los Fresnos High School I am a member of the Technology Academy, a program designed to prepare students for the digital world.Freshmen students are issued laptops to incorporate technology into all their classes for the next four years.This has shaped my high school education and exposed me to tools that assist me in every English.

Writing assignments have completely changed through digital media.Almost every brainstorming process includes a Google search for background information. Because digital media makes finding details and statistics so can focus on improving my creative writing skills.To go beyond the information on the Internet you must think outside the box and be unique. To prepare for the digital media have also taken classes including Business Computer Information System Business Image Management and Multimedia am familiar with the Adobe designing Web sites through Dreamweaver software.I was recently certified in Adobe Photoshop will allow me to prosper in the digital media world. Sarah Dierlam The digital media world of today is a promising and inevitable situation that we cannot avoid.It is not so much that we are up-to-date with the newest as it has become the age of consumer-friendly products that are so easy to a cave man can do for such a world is not that you are learning the newest technology to make your art present it self at its keeping the traditions and integrating the old world filters that make it timeless.Researching and identifying the classic forms of processing and delivering your art are much more important than that of enveloping yourself in strict modern beliefs.In oneself for the digital media world of today does not simply rely on the newest invention to reach consumer shelves.But,it’s the ability to use that product with the understanding that it does not make everything look or sound better but the creativity that comes from old reliable instincts. Jesus Chavez The immediate satisfaction of millions of unique results returned instantly from a Google search is being taken for by those for whom this technology still feels new and impressive.Yet,I grew up with part of the net has been know what comes next is more impor- tant.In this world is won by reaching out to a core group the and Twitter as called that grows ever larger.This is my world and against the rapidly rushing flow of information it takes all I can just to stay afloat.I try my best to approach these new technologies with a practical openness to let them become a part of my day to RSS feed becomes an oracle glass through which I can see what happens throughout the entire world.I plan on being swept away by the tide of burgeoning technological and e-social innovation so I swim right the backs of innovative genius and Web 2.0 consciousness.

Nicholas J.Jasso As a counting the days until finally independent. Independence in this increasingly digitized world can be is a trait that has been ingrained in my mind by my parents throughout my childhood.I am also quite lucky that digital just about everything a cinch.My phone acts as my alarm, and when mosey on over to the computer and check my the way popping some oatmeal into the I will enjoy in front of the morning news on satellite TV.On my way to listen to some tunes from my CD then maybe go over some math homework with a calculator. I keep myself as up-to-date with this digital world as I can by being open to trying new and programs on the computer, thanking the heavens for my Keyboarding and BCIS courses along the way.I imagine feeling overwhelmed by anything this digital world throws at me with those school media has been integrated into my life.Simply have prepared for the digital media world by living a digital media life. Aseneth Garza In my was born in a world of prevailing digital media.I have prepared for the advancements by learning the new language of communication. Communicating is no longer just learning about ideas by watching to the reading the newspaper.Now we have social networking sites.These are some of the advancements in there are plenty more in our paths.As a citizen in my society it is up to me to learn effective ways to communicate.I have to try new ways to express myself by other means than the standard PowerPoint.I will also add that with all these forms of new digital media it is imperative that one be inquisitive by questioning sources.We have attained many forms in which we can learn but also many ways in which we can be deceived.By learning how to use such tools, we will be better prepared distinguishing the truth from what is not real.

Nefertiti Ashanti Boyd Advances in occurring every day and will continue to happen until the world runs out of resources or smart people.Therefore,it is imperative that we prepare ourselves for the upcoming digital media world.I have prepared for the digital media world by equipping myself with the examples of the latest technology, so that no matter will understand and know how to utilize what ever comes up.For this latest iPhone (which I unfortunately do not am able to to play in case one day I am blessed to obtain know how to use it.Even typing this Microsoft Word having to modify and send it as an e-mail an example of the skills needed for the impending digital media world.Preparing for this world is vital to the survival of generation after since the digital media world is rapidly and constantly changing. Edward Rodriguez of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of society.We can vulgarize that society.We can brutalize it. Or we can help lift it onto a higher William Bernbach. In our world it seems that technology evolves just as fast as viruses encompassing the globe creating innovation.Many hail these revolutions of digital media a triumph but as with any victory there are two sides to a story.This new digital world must be taken in with both interest and precaution as we connect to a world by wires. In the near future it is not a stretch of the imagination that everything will be integrated to a superior kind of Internet that can handle large finite data.But with every invention there comes a cost because if these systems are to exist they must be highly guarded from those who seek to abuse it.

Our technology will always advance but it is the job of humans and individuals to prepare for this new consequences by becoming literate in this binary world. Maira Judit Martinez The digital media world is a world with no boundaries.Running from radio to news media world is such a broad in my is my world.Due to ones privacy and free government officials have been banned from numerous places.Now many have grown to respect journalists for their hard work.To help me reach up to this goal I have taken the Media Technology course and acknowledged what to expect in the digital media world.I learned how to film and edit footage for a news report. Participating in the Technology Students Association and competing in Desktop Publishing I made and posters from scratch and placed at the national level.As the journalism editor for my Branding Iron, I recently have pushed new ideas and dedicated my life to the newspaper. The digital media world is a world we all live only few choose to open their eyes and love it. Liz Nieto Our generation has several advantages over previous generations due to the advances in technology.The media those who are prepared for the advances.Although we are being equipped for this only true way to be prepared for it is if we know how the media feel prepared because I have grown up in the middle of this new revolution.

Accustomed to this have become.Now that new advances have is not too difficult to adapt.There are now infinite ways the media can express itself.The Internet opened many doors to this I just like most of us can surf the Web and find just about anything.Life has given us the weapons to survive in this media it is our responsibility to profit from it. Andres Delgado The print media gradually continues to be superseded by digital media.This evolution has created new ways in which to work and has also outdated many practices of the past, equipping humanity with a way to access seemingly infinite amounts of information through the Internet.As a journalist for my school have acquired significant experience in this digital world.By investigating various as drinks like Red Bull or about new breakthroughs in have learned where to locate reliable information on the Internet.In competence in the programs of Microsoft me to use digital media to transmit valuable information to those around with the simple use of a computer.Clearly,my work as a journalist has prepared me to confront ever- changing digital world. Caitlyn Hernandez I cannot say that a computer a teacher has prepared me for the digital media world.Instead,I must attribute my preparation to the necessity of keeping up with society and its appetite for advancement. We are lucky enough to live in a world that is constantly moving in the area of tech- nology.It is the or get left of our society that has forced me to take responsibility of my own computer education. When I become editor-in-chief of my newspaper I quickly discovered how important knowledge of technology was.As editor-in-chief it was my job to create edit.However,in order to layout the newspaper I was required to obtain knowledge of the program Publisher.Since I was unfamiliar with the program I quickly began to experiment and learn as much as I could.

With this optimistic attitude I quickly mastered Publisher and realized the importance of keeping up with technology and the digital media world. Faith Barnard I have prepared for the increasingly complex world of digital media through education and personal experience.I have taken four courses throughout high school specializing in tech- nology.I believe studying the past can help prepare me for the future.My most recent class was a UTB dual-enrollment Computer Science course.This course explained all of the transformations in the digital world since the 60s.Technology has changed exponentially in just the four years I have been in high school. I am sure there will be continuous and rapid I assess that my continuing education and personal knowledge of technology will be enough to at least keep me up to date with the numerous changes in the digital world. Deborah Elbert The importance of mastering skills in the digital media world is ever increasing.Everyday communication now requires one to have at least some basic knowledge of technology, such as digital pictures or even texting.To advancement may be intimidating, especially when almost every aspect of life seems to be moving in a technological direction. In addition to everyday hands-on experience I feel I have also prepared myself for the world of digital media by taking a UTB-TSC dual-enrollment Computer Science class and taking a digital media class during my junior year of high school.These classes together have enriched my knowledge of basic technology skills.I have learned how to personalize photos, create PowerPoint and slide shows for a computer functions and how to protect my computer from everyday threats such as hackers and viruses.In modern society these skills are much needed in personal life as well as businesses, which are always looking for technology savvy people.I am confident that my classes along with personal experience have prepared me to enter into the world of digital media.

Cleiri Quezada We find ourselves moving forward into a world influenced greatly by the media.This includes the usage of the and video games.These digital devices are what allow the world but above all security.As the world progresses rapidly in the field of find myself developing an interest in the media and the digital world.The media influences people from all over the world and carries out information directly onto our television us to be informed about the news in different areas of our country as well as other parts of the world.It provides us security by informing us about the dangers and natural way we can prepare for any catastrophe ahead of us.It is because of these great inventions that we are now able to explore new and innovative fields of career.Our lives revolve around the usage of all these digital it would be ignorant if we chose not to be prepared for our future. LOSFRESNOSH.S. PACEHIGHSCHOOL PORTISABELH.S. PORTERHIGHSCHOOL RIVERAHIGHSCHOOL SAINT JOSEPH ACADEMY VALLEYCHRISTIAN A CADEMIC A LL TARS 2008-2009.