Keep Calm and Log On

Keep Calm and Log On
Author: Gillian "Gus" Andrews
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2020-04-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0262538768

How to survive the digital revolution without getting trampled: your guide to online mindfulness, digital self-empowerment, cybersecurity, creepy ads, trustworthy information, and more. Feeling overwhelmed by an avalanche of online content? Anxious about identity theft? Unsettled by the proliferation of fake news? Welcome to the digital revolution. Wait—wasn't the digital revolution supposed to make our lives better? It was going to be fun and put the world at our fingertips. What happened? Keep Calm and Log On is a survival handbook that will help you achieve online mindfulness and overcome online helplessness—the feeling that tech is out of your control—with tips for handling cybersecurity, creepy ads, untrustworthy information, and much more. Taking a cue from the famous World War II morale-boosting slogan (“Keep Calm and Carry On”), Gus Andrews shows us how to adapt the techniques our ancestors used to survive hard times, so we can live our best lives online. She explains why media and technology stress us out, and offers empowering tools for coping. Mindfulness practices can help us stay calm and conserve our attention purposefully. Andrews shares the secret of understanding our own opinions'' “family trees” in order to identify misleading “fake news.” She provides tools for unplugging occasionally, overcoming feelings that we are “bad at technology,” and taking charge of our security and privacy. Andrews explains how social media algorithms keep us from information we need and why “creepy ads” seem to follow us online. Most importantly, she urges us to work to rebuild the trust in our communities that the internet has broken.

I'M READY TO READ!

I'M READY TO READ!
Author: C.S. FUNDINGSLAND
Publisher: C.S.FUNDINGSLAND
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2021-02-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1733913262

I'M READY TO READ teaches the Alphabet and over 600 words! Students work at their own pace. No Phonics! Three color-coded levels to choose: Alphabet, 100 Words, or 500 Words.

The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Language and Literacy

The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Language and Literacy
Author: Teresa Grainger
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780415327664

For this essential collection of readings on literacy and language, Teresa Grainger has carefully chosen journal articles and book chapters which offer significant and serious insights into the world of literacy in the twenty-first century.