Blog Post # 4: The Internet offers info about anything we could ever imagine learning about...

The internet is amazing because it offers so many services, tools, learning opportunities, communication methods, entertainment, shopping, etc for people around the world. The world wide web (www) offers web pages full of information that people look for through search engines. Search engines, like www.google.com allow people to enter keyword information, look up topics in a subject directory, etc. Internet services include anything from e-mail, to blogs, to blackboard, to edutainment for classrooms, etc. As the search section mentioned, it can be very important to use certain search engines to receive specific results, as some may be more for business and one for books, etc. Something that is extremely important, but kind of made me giggle was the “netiquette” section. This section offers online etiquette for users with its golden rule being “Treat others as you would like them to treat you.” It’s so weird to think how quickly our world is changing and how now we even need rules for behavior for this web tool. What made me laugh though was the translation of abbreviations and acronyms because I have really only used BTW and FYI, and also TTFN when I was in 5th grade. haha

I found the in-class web hunt to be amusing because while looking for the specified websites, a lot of other interesting websites came up! I also liked doing the word training/practice test because it showed me a lot of simple ways to complete tasks. It also showed me a lot of features that I didn’t know Word even had! I think all of these training assignments will help me out in the long run. I’ve been using Word 2007 for another class though and it’s amazing. I definitely recommend getting the 07 edition because it feels like there’s so many other options to make your paper (or whatever it is), look better, plus it’s just easier!

I cant believe we’re already so far into the semester; time has been flying like I’ve never experienced before. This year has kept me really busy and I feel like I’ve actually been learning a lot in my classes -- maybe the things they’re talking about have just been more interesting to me? This weekend was fun though -- my family came in for Parent’s Weekend and we had so much fun at the game, even though it rained! Going to school so far away from home really makes me appreciate my family more than I already did. :-)