This experience has taught me many things about the internet such as how powerful it is. But first of all I want to talk about the group project. I feel we came a long way in just a few short weeks and really pulled together. At first we all were so to speak computer illiterate and did not know such about how to create a successful webpage. We, well especially me were really looking forward to creating a Second Life avatar which did not work out, but all was not lost we instead found lots of Second Life articles and reflected upon them. We found the HMTL part quite hard and struggled to understand at first but we obviously got there in the end. In all we did have difficulties getting started and spreading the work between us but I feel Papiya, Karina, Raquel, Jess and myself created a colourful to say the least but informative webpage...Well done galsS!
What have I learnt from this? Well truthfully I was always a bit weary about the World Wide Web. I think the only real use I ever gave it was when I watched Who wants to be a Millionaire with my family and miraculousy I knew every answer. But jokes aside I still am not a fan of the internet, the virtual identity task proved my fears even further especially when I asked my friends to do the same as mentioned in my last blog. Identity fraud is my biggest fear along with the cash machine swallowing up my card. Hackers trying to get information from online bankers and shoppers are increasing as they are succeeding to; even facebook is under threat now even though I don’t know who may be stupid even to use their bank details on there! And for what too? examplehttp://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=68614&in_page_id=34another
Social networking I think is the key reason why people log onto the internet and we all know what I’m talking about, good old facebook. But how far are people taking this obsession. We have already mentioned Second Life users meeting in real Life and getting married but this is a positive attribute of the social networking isn’t it? Well everyone is entitled to their own options. But what about when a night can affect your career or education and it’s not strolling into work or class hung over and smelling of alcohol that’s the problem but actual photographic evidence...yep you guessed it thanks to good old facebook. Gone are the days when we could disguise a banging headache with breath mints and extra makeup because thanks to facebook students at one of the top universities in the world are getting into trouble for celebrating at Post exam parties. Yes staff members are not fox hunting but student hunting on facebook, to catch them out for...well being a student actually! http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=57499&in_page_id=34
Well I suppose I can’t only bad mouth the World Wide Web one aspect that impressed me was the recent earth quake. The news had been shared and spread across the world by a social network called Twitter where people from the UK had changed their status which ended up informing everyone else across the world beating journalists and BBC radio by 10 minutes in reporting the event. And shamefully I must admit I was one of these people who did change my status too out of the excitement of being in my first ever earth quake.http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=105741&in_page_id=34
Overall I have enjoyed this course and my eyes have been opened up to many new aspects such as how to design and create my own webpage. Working within a group was really fun because we all got on well and listened to each other. We did not argue or fight which is quite weird amongst a group of 5 girls. I learnt to be punctual and responsible as I turned up to every lesson in fear of letting my group down. Even some members were not in some weeks we communicated via email and I really enjoyed working alongside everyone even though I don’t like computers or internet.
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