The chapter for this week was very interesting I found. I am very familiar with many of the technologies discussed. Skype for instance I am familiar with and have enjoyed when I get the chance to use it. I had a cousin who went to Spain last semester and that was the only way I had to communicate with her. Unfortunately, in that case the time difference more than technology made it difficult to take advantage of that opportunity. However, I do know that her mother really appreciated the opportunity of communicating with her this easily as she had never been this far from home before and the two are close. I am thankful that the opportunity was available to her that would not have been even a few years ago.
I did not enjoy looking at Second Life. While the concept is sound and intriguing in practice I found it to be cumbersome and confusing. I had trouble moving around and performing basic tasks. Now, I admit I am not perhaps as technologically savy as I perhaps ought to be, but I'm not exactly a slouch either. So far as the digital divide is concerned, I am somewhere in the middle. I know a lot, but I also have a lot to learn. This is even more the case with the Web 2.0 technology. So much new technology or updates to current technology has come out that it at times is difficult for me to keep up. I feel like a blank page lost and when I find that picture I will be adding it or something like it.
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I found a picture of an airplane on wikipedia's page about airplanes. One can travel and learn at the same time, especially now with the seeming ease of the Internet. I was trying to capture the concept for distance learning. I added this picture after the original post, but I hope everyone likes it anyway.
I am not enjoying Second Life either. I get the basis for it but it seems slow and annoying overall.
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