Evaluation

I think the blogs were helpful. They were an effective way to generate a thinkng process about the lectures and readings. I found it easy to write about the topics because they were topics I easily understood. They also had relation to my life and how I personally communicate. I understand the lesson each blog topic was trying to teach. And in my thinking process it was easy to see how the topics related so closely to my life.

The cyberspace abstinence blog made me really think about how much I depend on technology and the internet. Trying to abstain from the internet was not hard but did not allow me to get my homework done. So in a sense yes I rely on the internet to go to school. Tehchnology has made it so we can go to school online. So I guess education is another one of those things that would suffer if technology were to go bad.

The you've got mail blog made me think about how online profiles could be deceiving and how much should we really rely on the internet to get to know people. Some people use the internet to establish relationships. But you have to be careful what type of relationships you are forming over the internet.

The facebook/ myspace blog made me think about how much I reveal about myself to other people over the internet, about how secure I feel on the internet. In creating an online profile it is fun to let people know about you and get to know you. But in allowing these people your information, you have to rememeber what you are giving away.

The influences blog made me think about how I communicate with the people in my life. I realize that I use the internet more to communicate with my peers and while I use other medias for my parents. It also made me think about how personal or impersonal different modes of communication are. I find that it is obvious that a hand written letter would be more persoanl than an email. In my case I wrote my mother the handwritten letter only because she doe snot email, not necessarily because I wanted it to be more personal. But it works out because I think maybe my mom deserves a personal letter.

The internet community blog made me think about how people use the internet for a sense of belonging. They join groups on the internet in order to establish relationships. I have felt connected to some communities. Myspace and facebook are communities that I feel a part of. I am also a member of a coupe other site. I do not think it is a bad thing to establish online relationships you just have to be aware of how personal you get. But I like some of the relationships I have online, and it keeps me connected to my friends miles away when I do not feel close to them. The internet give me that sense of belonging when I cannot physically be there.

The interviews blog allowed me to establish a trend in the line of communication. The trend is that as the generations get older, the use of the internet and other technologies decreases. This shows how reliant on the internet our generation has become. It it wierd to think that one day technology could surpass us and we won't be able to rely on it anymore.

The wild card communication mishap blog allowed me to analyxe a current event in the news about Kyron Horman in Portland who was kidnapped and is currently missing. This blog makes you think about little control anyone has over the internet. People can say whatever or do whatever they want over the internet. Discretion should always be taken when posting opinions on the internet.

So I would keep each of these blog ideas. They generated my thinking a lot. I really would not know what to tell you to change, because I rather enjoyed it the way it is. I think the blogs sparked creative thinking and was beneficial to my learning.