Personal Computers Ethos
Since they have been introduced to society, computers have been incorporated into almost every aspect of daily life. Almost every workplace is run by a computer network, transactions at stores and restaurants are done using a computer, cars have computers incorporated into to them to help them run smoothly, and people have even taking in using computers for recreation. Lately, these computers have started to be used in the classroom, replacing the tradition of books, pencils and papers with personal computers. Some people think that this is a great idea, while others are still a little sceptical of the idea that the use of computers has benefits. In “Tech and content TEAM UP,” a mostly informative article in the February edition of District Administration Magazine, Michael Gagne talks about
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When first looking at these two articles, the most obvious thing is the way they are both organized. Both articles have a big bolded title with a smaller header explaining the main ideas of the story beneath. This makes sense because both articles are in magazines where they want to grab the reader's attention with a big, flashy title, and they give the subheadings to interest the reader in the topic that will be discussed. Other than that, the two articles’ organization is not very similar. In Gagne’s article, he accompanies the text with many pictures and descriptions. The very first page of the article has a picture of a man watching a child work happily on a laptop that takes up about 50 percent of the page. Below the picture is interesting, relevant information about who the people in the photo are. The purpose of this picture is to intrigue the reader with the people’s happy faces and to have them wonder more about why those faces seem to be so happy, leading them to read on and engage with the piece. It also influences the reader into thinking that
When first looking at these two articles, the most obvious thing is the way they are both organized. Both articles have a big bolded title with a smaller header explaining the main ideas of the story beneath. This makes sense because both articles are in magazines where they want to grab the reader's attention with a big, flashy title, and they give the subheadings to interest the reader in the topic that will be discussed. Other than that, the two articles’ organization is not very similar. In Gagne’s article, he accompanies the text with many pictures and descriptions. The very first page of the article has a picture of a man watching a child work happily on a laptop that takes up about 50 percent of the page. Below the picture is interesting, relevant information about who the people in the photo are. The purpose of this picture is to intrigue the reader with the people’s happy faces and to have them wonder more about why those faces seem to be so happy, leading them to read on and engage with the piece. It also influences the reader into thinking that