Over the past few weeks, I’ve become more interested in how digital literacy extends beyond just using technology and into understanding how information, data, and ownership actually functions for modern systems. As someone studying computer science and learning more about how companies operate in a data-driven environment, I’ve started to think more critically about who…
This week, while working through topics around digital literacy, technology, and communication, our group happened to meet with our professor to talk about our inquiry project. During that conversation, we briefly touched on the SCIPAB framework as a way to structure ideas more clearly, especially when explaining problems and solutions. It wasn’t the main focus…
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot more about what it actually means to use AI “professionally,” and how different that feels compared to how I’ve used it as a student. Before this course and our inquiry project, AI tools like ChatGPT were mostly just something I’d use to explain concepts, help…
This week, we are looking into topics surrounding data ownership, cybersecurity, and a new term to me, datafication, which is described as the process of turning everyday human activity into data that can be analyzed and monetized. In a recent guest lecture, Dr. Bonnie Stewart from the University of Windsor spoke about how this shift…
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been exploring how generative AI acts as a tool and resource by reflecting on its impact on my daily life, my future as a student, and the broader educational landscape. This reflection has pushed me to look beyond simple automation and gain a deeper understanding of how Large Language…