This class experience was very informaive and helped me understand things about technology and online communication. Looking back at all the articles and videos we read and watched I learned a lot about communities and how people interact via internet. Learning about online communities, gender and race, technology, and civic engagement gave me a new outlook on communication online. I enjoyed the readings from Baym and how she gave her thoughts about the topics we discussed in each blog. Before this class I had never participated in a blog community so this was a new and fun experience for me. Technology will always improve and the authors of each article should continue to keep readers informed about what is new and why it is better than the last latest and greatest techno saavy device. How social media is constructed and profiling users profiles was intriguing because I never did so until I started to read about all the things you can guess about a persons life. My understanding of how the evolution of cell phones was much more clearer and how people sometimes live through their cell phones. Social media is now a communication tool for businesses and personal which can be good and bad depending on the situation. This class and blog really helped me to be careful about what I should or should not post online because everything is brough back up in the future. The objectives form the syllabus were staright forward and explained to me what I would learn after taking this course. Overall, I enjoyed the course as well as the professor in everything I participated in.
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I agree that people use their cell phones to accomplish so many things. Even five years ago, people were still using pocket calendars and other ways to keep track of errands, etc. Now, I am completely paperless and use an application as my to-do list. You’re right; people really do live through their cell phones sometimes, and while the many research papers about texting and driving are sobering, there are also so many positive things about our technology driven world.
Yes they used things like palm pilots which I feel were a waste of time. The way we use technology nowadays is way more than what we could have imagined ten or fifteen years ago. I use my cell phone for pretty much everything I do in my life.
I agree I enjoyed blogging in this class because it allowed us to get to know one another. Although I do not use SNSs or communities this class has also taught me to be careful on how and what I display about myself. Nice getting to know you and I really enjoyed this class with you :)
Yes before this class I had never participated in a blog community so this experience was new and fun. This class taught me a lot about communities and how to be careful of what I post online as well.
I learned a great deal about communities throughout this course as well. I wasn’t aware that the use of these virtual communities was so popular and continues to flourishing. I have never participated in blogs outside of a classroom setting but this course has given me great insight into their usefulness. Figuring someone out through what they post on the internet was really interesting and does make you think twice about what you post and what your posts say about you.
same goes here about not knowing about virtual communities being so popular. Before this class and discussing blogs and online communication I never thought about how I communicated online. Now that I have a better understanding of everything I definitely double check everything I post online
I,too, found this course to be very informative because we learned a lot of new concepts that I used to hear but not understand what it is. Now I can understand people in online communities better and compete with them using the new linguistic abbreviations and terms without feeling older than the old as before. Everything is going so fast around us so we have to update ourselves and read read read. We had to read a lot of different articles besides the textbook which make me feel more educated and high tech person.
Yes now I understand what everything means because before this class started I had no clue what any of the readings or assignments meant. I do agree that everything is going at a rapid pace with technology which means we have to continue to learn and keep ourselves aware of new and exciting devices.
In agreement with what you stated, I also found this course both enjoyable and informative. Sending blogs and comments to my fellow classmates was a really entertaining endeavor. I could easily see how so many people are tempted to use this method as their main way of communicating via internet. The class chatrooms were also fun. Due to me having a class at the time of most of the sessions and with my mom having surgery, I was only able to take an active part in the final one. This class has taught me so much more than I could have ever hoped for or that I knew existed.
I do agree that the class chat rooms were fun and made the class a lot more interesting. This class did teach me a lot as well and I continue to take my learnings with me in the near future with my online activities.