Favorite Reading

Hi,

My favorite reading would have to be about Second Life. I just found the whole concept of how you can create a whole other person if you wanted to. It allows you to basically create an image of your self in the way you wish to be seen. Some create what they already are and some create something completely differnet then what they are today. I found this most interesting because I feel this is what the internet and Social Networking sites allow you to do. They allow you to create what ever it is you want to create. In the real world the only way you can truly create is by changing you style of clothing or something small like that. Online you can change so much and the internet allows you to do this. There is nothing stopping you from being who you want to be and nothing stopping you from becoming something you wish to be viewed as. Second Life offers so much to people. That is why I enjoyed reading about Second Life so much.

-SOUTHPAW

What I learned/Favorite Thing/ Least Favorite/How can class Improve

Hi,

After taking this course I learned many things but also learned a very key thing. This key thing I learned is the value of technology. With out it we are a different world. Communication is something that is always being taken place and technology has made communication grow beyond comprehension. Talking to someone from five different countries is something that can easily be done no a days. People have been given a freedom to express feelings that they never had before. People can be who they want and even have some fun and make up an entirely different life. Social networking has brought socializing to another level and in my opinion has made it even better then it has been. People are more accessible and are able to venture out more then if technology was not around. My favorite thing in this class was reading everyone elses blogs. It let me view other peoples perspective and thoughts on topics. Some people even convinced me to believe them over myself. My least favorite thing was how long the readings were. The readings almost seem to be unbearably longs and almost made me lose focus. If I could improve the class I would make shorter readings but that's just my opinion. Until next time!

-SOUTHPAW

Most Interesting Readings and Most Interesting Thing about Concepts

 The main readings I found to be most interesting would be readings that I could relate too. Such readings would be about Facebook and blogging. I never had a great interest towards blogging but since I have been blogging every week I have grown very fond of it. I enjoyed reading about how blogging can be used and what others have used it for. It is crazy how it essentially is another world that sometimes many people would rather be apart of then the real world. I also enjoyed reading about facebook. I myself like facebook and find it to be very useful. Reading about how facebook is growing so rapidly and being used in ways that make online communication reach new levels is fascinating. Lastly I like how we read articles that were from before the social networking era. People back then had some amazingly accurate ideas. Some things I read basically predicted the future. They had visions about where communication would go and technology made it a reality. It was interesting to read all of this because it was like watching a timeline before my eyes. I saw the beginning middle and end.

-SOUTHPAW