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.