Fara the Freshman

Summary

• Quote: “I love my laptop! I do everything from it!”
• Role/Level: Freshman at the University of Nevada, Reno
• Age: 19
• Type: Primary

Technology

• Skills: Average
• Hours Online Per Week: 30
• Attitude: Fara has a good attitude and overcomes any problems she encounters, but sometimes loses her work as she has so many different files stored on her computer.
• Primary Uses: Obtains syllabi, research needed to complete papers, paper assignments, and checks grades on a daily basis within the systems. Also uses email to contact professors when questions arise.
• Favorite Sites: Uses social networks to interact with friends (is familiar with creating online accounts and logging in) and gathers most of the information for her assignments from the internet
• Job Roadblocks: Does not always receive a lot of personal interaction with professors and sometimes struggle to understand what is expected of her on her assignments.

Personal

• Last Name: Jackson
• Email & Username: farah.jackson@unr.edu
• Hometown: Sacramento
• Languages: English
• Family: Mom, 2 sisters
• Personality: Articulate, Meticulous, Determined
• Hobbies: Writes for the university’s student newspaper