Goodbye!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I've had fun in class this semester and it was great meeting those of you I didn't already know and great seeing those of you again that I already knew. I learned a lot this semester and am completely fascinated with technology now. The projects have been a blast and it was great working in groups with you guys. I wish everyone the best of luck in the future and hope to see you all around! If you guys are ever in the St. Joseph/Smithville area, look me up!!! Have a safe and happy holiday season and good luck on finals!

Stress!!!!!!

Why does this time of year have to be so stressful?? As if the holidays aren't stress enough you have to add in finals as well. And for some reason teachers feel they have to cram as much in in the last few weeks they possibly can on top of preparing for finals just to make it a little more stressful. And my birthday....it always falls right smack in the middle of finals week. Who wants to study for finals on their birthday??? Then there's graduation, selling the house, finding a house, moving 3 hours away. I'M STRESSED!!!!!! The end of the year is definitely not the most enjoyable for me. Especially this year. So that was my little venting fest for the day and I'm feeling slightly better....still stressed, though.

So Thanksgiving is over and THANK GOODNESS!!!!! The holidays are hectic enough without having a billion different families to travel to. We have my grandparents on my step-moms side, my grandparents on my dad's side, my husbands parents, my biological moms family......too many places it's hard to enjoy the holiday!!!! And while I admit it's great seeing everyone, it's hard to enjoy it because you're minds already set on where you need to be next and what time it is now, how long it will take to get to the next destination, etc. And just when you finally get settled down from all that traveling you have to deal with the all the Christmas preparation and then before you have a chance to recover it's Christmas and you're doing all the traveling from place to place again!!!!! I love this time of year but it is far from being the most relaxing and enjoyable. Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday!

New Media Literacy

I thought this was a great article and will really do a lot of good for those that haven't kept up with the technology and all its changes. Not only that but there are so many people (especially the younger generation) that have strayed so far from being grammatically correct or even spelling correctly that something needs to be done. Technology is a big part of our lives and our future but with the technology is, of course, communication with others and with that there still needs for proper speaking, spelling, and writing. I think that is something that is really becoming an issue, that I've noticed, in the younger generations that have been growing up always having technology at their fingertips and using ebonics to spell (and text).

Regulations

So in class Wednesday we continued our discussion on NMT regulations pertaining to policy and censorship. Here's my thing.......the Internet is just too new yet for anyone to come up with the best way to handle regulating it. I think thus far everyone working on it has done a good job but there will always be people that think there is too much regulation on the Internet and those that will always think there's not enough. No one will ever be able to please everyone just like most things in life. For the most part, though, I think there is enough regulation for me as a parent to feel okay with my kids being on it. Of course I will now and always keep an eye on what my children are looking at and who they are talking to because no matter how many regulations you put on something there are always ways around it.

Food Service Project

Well I was going to comment on the "Online Media Turns Combative Against New Media" website given to us but to be honest I really didn't fully understand it. What I will say is new media is huge and will eventually (maybe years and years from now) completely take over traditional media. Google is huge and I know is was mentioned a few times pertaining to copyright laws and being sued over it. Main issue, though........old media is scared. Google is huge and has already taken over so much. Everyone knows of YouTube. Sue them all you want but they can't and won't be stopped.

I think this week we made it a step further (even if it was a little one) into completing the food service project. I think over the next couple of weeks we'll have accomplished a lot on it. I was really worried at the first of the week on how we were going to go about getting started on this project but now I'm very positive. I don't think this is going to be as bad as I originally thought. I'm looking forward to doing it and am excited to see what we do with the finished project! Happy Halloween everyone and stay safe!

Project

Well unfortunately I had to miss last Wednesday and Friday so I'm way behind on the project. After reading a couple other posts it sounds like everything is going great and that Mike and his team work very well together. I'm looking forward to catching up and eventually working with the garbage band and such. That was fun to mess around with! Hopefully all you guys can help me catch up! I'd appreciate it! See ya Monday!