Don’t Blame the Internet
I honestly could not tell you how many times I have heard the question “Are you on that crazy myface again?” For one, it is either Facebook or Myspace, not myface, but I really never feel like explaining this difference to my grandma, her being so ‘behind’ with technology and such; she barely knows how to turn on a computer, much less understand the difference between two popular social networks. I have noticed that no matter what I use the computer for, I am always being accused of just wasting time on the internet on these sites, or other sites that are said to be useless and junk. My grandma, as I’m sure most older people do, tells me all the time that the internet has nothing but hurt the way our ‘youngsters’ are being raised and taught. She says that we probably don’t even know what an encyclopedia is, and looks one day for paper and pencil to have no value and have them stop being made because everything is being done with all this ‘digital nonsense.’ I usually just let her go off on her rant about the modern world and tune her out; she is always going to think everything was better back in ‘her day’. This is probably because I know that I have not let the way I use the internet effect my everyday life. I don’t talk to people in internet lingo like I would when I want to shorthand conversations during chatting or instant messaging. I know what an encyclopedia is; in fact, I have one, along with a dictionary and thesaurus in my dorm room right now. I even write hand written letters every now and then, not just emails. However, I can’t say the same for others. It is sad to realize that maybe the internet does affect people in ways that is not to their benefit. Take my little brother for instance. I remember the week before I started college; he had left a note for my grandparents and I on the kitchen table telling us that he had went to his friend’s house to play basketball. It read: “goin to masons. B bak round 7.” Of course, this was ridiculous to my grandparents, and even I thought it was a little pathetic that he didn’t take the time to spell out even half the words in his seven word not. I started wondering if he wrote like this all the time; and I started wondering if the internet really had such a negative effect on the way people read and write today. Are we really falling victim in the literacy world due to the internet?
Needless to say I was very relieved, yet somewhat shocked, when my little brother’s seventh grade English teacher sent home his personal narrative from his portfolio with only minimal corrections; the majority having nothing to do with grammar. In fact, this is the case for most people. They never struggle with writing properly in regular forms of writing like classroom assignments, and still are able to use internet short hands while online to communicate quickly. Not to mention our writing abilities physically, like being able to type many words per minute, has increased overall for people of all ages. The advantage to type things out has many advantages. The writer is able to make corrections easier than with paper and pencil, or especially pen, because you just hit backspace and have no evidence that you had once recorded another idea. Sharing the document is also easier as it can be emailed or posted to a blog.
“Those blogs are nothing but gossip,” is another stab I have heard from non-users of the internet. “Anything wrote on the internet has no value, especially not like a book.” So do the older generations really think that we young people are not capable of writing anything useful because we only write that ‘useless junk’ on the internet? It isn’t too pleasing to think that whatever you may write will never gain any credibility because of the medium it was displayed on. I personally think that I am a decent writer; being capable of writing something worth reading and writing something of value, whether on the internet or handwritten. Yes, I may do more writing on the internet through blogs, email, chatting, or even updating my Facebook status, but I am writing, and it does have meaning. I am actually writing more than people 20 years before me. The people who only wrote what they had to for class.
But can you say that all the writing I or anyone else does while on the internet has any beneficial factors to it? I could post blogs every half an hour, and still have no significance. I could email my friend from across the country and not have any meaning to it other than to say hi. Is this type of writing really positive? Of course, any type of writing can give you practice if you do it properly; it involves an effort by that person. By participating in different forms of writing online like in the posting of blogs, the writer must challenge himself to tackle the new and different obstacles that are found when writing in different ways. Just as Andrew Sullivan mentioned in his article “Why I Blog,” there is a type of challenge that requires the author of the blog to have enough courage to post their thoughts. Blogging allows for the criticism by other people and makes the author focus on different ways to please his or her audience. This gives the author experience in audience, which is fundamental in writing any paper.
Just as people are writing more than ever before, people are reading more on the internet. I t may be because most types of readings are so easily accessible through the internet, and ranges from a wide variety of material that interests every type of person. It can be argued that the reading people do on the internet has no benefit to the development of their reading skills. The way that the information is received and processed in the brain is not properly training our minds to think and understand; we just skim the material and don’t develop an understanding of what we are reading. Author Chris Hedges argues in his article “America the Illiterate,” that people today don’t really read things to understand, people just read things to get the facts and never focus on truly understanding the topic or allowing any real comprehension. However, reading is reading, and any type of reading requires the comprehension of the material and therefore is exercising your reading abilities. The different forms of reading have nothing to do with the value of it. Whether they read news stories, emails, blogs, or other forms on online literature, people are reading, it just depends on how much they choose to get out of that reading and whether they really use the information to their benefit.
Author Nicholas Carr argues in his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid” that the way people use the internet has affected the way our minds think and comprehend things. His point seems to say that America is growing more ignorant everyday because of the dependency we are developing for the internet. The need to do something for ourselves and actually think about a task or piece of information is decreasing as the internet makes it so easy to become dependent and rely on a type of technology to just give us the answers. I know that I am guilty for every time I am given an assignment requiring information that I need to research, I head straight for my computer to log on to the world wide web. I can easily find thousands of hits on just about any topic I can think of, and not have to step foot into a library like in the past. The internet has made it possible to find information with sites like Google, Bing, and Yahoo. These search engines allow you type in a phrase or topic and they automatically generate a list of sites relating to those words. But does this really eliminate the need for libraries? Can a person really find all the information they need for everything on the internet and is this resource really harming the way people think by simply decreasing the effort required to obtain information? I would think, that just like reading and writing choices, they affect the internet has on your overall thinking and comprehension depends on how much you allow it to. As I mentioned before, I do acknowledge the fact that I rely on the internet to supply me with information through search engines and different websites, but in no way do I believe I am dependent. I am not a walking encyclopedia, so of course I need some type of resource to obtain information, but I can navigate my way through a library if need be. Just recently I had to complete an assignment that required the use of our library on campus. I successfully found the book I needed through the, yes, online catalogue. However, I did have to physically go to the library and locate the book on the shelves. I then had to take the time to sit down and go through the book, reading pages thoroughly to get an idea of the information. I had no trouble with the use of the library, and honestly have no preference between it and the use of the internet, as long as I am able to complete an assignment or find out what I need to know. The internet is easier and accessible at all times, and compared to a time consuming library that isn’t open at all hours, choosing the internet shouldn’t always be considered a quick and easy way out of things, but a reliable resource that provides promptly. What bad is there in that?
So it really depends on which aspect you choose to look at when trying to decide if the internet is changing the types of readers and writers people are becoming as they use it, and just what type of readers and writers those people are. For the lazy internet user who just blogs all day about what interesting television program they are watching and responds to live conversation with internet lingo; or to the person who actually reads about useless information, that form of internet activity is not likely to benefit them whatsoever in growing and developing in literacy and those aren’t going to be good readers and writers. But when a person chooses to use the internet as a source of knowledge and engage in the information and when a person writes about things that can impact someone or just has a purpose, they can develop as readers and writers. It all just depends on the person and what they allow themselves to become. The internet has not created the kind of reader or writer people become; people allow themselves to become a certain type of reader or writer.
Works Cited
Carr, Nicholas. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. July/Aug. 2008. Web. 27 Sept. 2009.
Hedges, Chris. “America the Illiterate.” Truthdig. Zuade Kaufman. 10 Nov. 2008. Web. 27 Sept. 2009.
Sullivan, Andrew. “Why I Blog.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. 18 Nov. 2008. Web. 27 Sept. 2009.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Class Assignment 9/25/09
This article focuses on a study about technologies used in the classroom. It investigates the different ages of students and which methods they like to be used in the classroom.
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B4UopT0KUpNHNjYwMWQxODEtNjU2YS00NmRlLWEyNDUtMTc5ZDU0M2YzYmU2&hl=en
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B4UopT0KUpNHNjYwMWQxODEtNjU2YS00NmRlLWEyNDUtMTc5ZDU0M2YzYmU2&hl=en
Thursday, September 24, 2009
the last one...
Coming into this class, I honestly had no idea that it would have anything to do with blogging, or the Internet for that matter. I thought I would just come in, listen to endless lectures, write a few papers, cry over those papers, eventually correct those papers, and in the end earn my credit. However, this class has been made into something very interesting through the incorporation of the blogs and use of the internet.
At first, I was skeptical. I did not like how this class was not conventional and was far from what I was custom to in all my previous classes. I knew this was college, and it is extremely different than high school, but having my professor assign blog posts, now this was something unexpected. However, I find that I have learned more than just how to post things online through Blogger. Through the different articles we read (Sullivan, Carr, Hedges, etc.) I began to see that writing was viewed in many different ways than what I was taught growing up. Although the articles were simply critics going on about their beliefs and opinions, it was interesting to see just how they were able to defend their argument. I enjoyed finding that I really dove into the articles, sometimes feeling extreme anger or disgust with an author, and completely agreeing with others. I can’t really find anything that I think was too displeasing about this experience. Yes, Hedges offended me to the point where I felt like burning his article, but that was just his opinion, and it was quite humorous. I didn’t particularly hate that experience, or that author, I just didn’t agree with him.
I know my opinion on blogging and the Internet has changed. I know I don’t feel as guilty every time I venture to the Internet, thinking that I could be doing something more productive than just sitting in front of a computer screen writing an email to a friend. The writing I do has more meaning now and isn’t useless, as I used to consider it. All writing, whether on blogs, email, essays, journals, or any other type has some significance, to someone.
At first, I was skeptical. I did not like how this class was not conventional and was far from what I was custom to in all my previous classes. I knew this was college, and it is extremely different than high school, but having my professor assign blog posts, now this was something unexpected. However, I find that I have learned more than just how to post things online through Blogger. Through the different articles we read (Sullivan, Carr, Hedges, etc.) I began to see that writing was viewed in many different ways than what I was taught growing up. Although the articles were simply critics going on about their beliefs and opinions, it was interesting to see just how they were able to defend their argument. I enjoyed finding that I really dove into the articles, sometimes feeling extreme anger or disgust with an author, and completely agreeing with others. I can’t really find anything that I think was too displeasing about this experience. Yes, Hedges offended me to the point where I felt like burning his article, but that was just his opinion, and it was quite humorous. I didn’t particularly hate that experience, or that author, I just didn’t agree with him.
I know my opinion on blogging and the Internet has changed. I know I don’t feel as guilty every time I venture to the Internet, thinking that I could be doing something more productive than just sitting in front of a computer screen writing an email to a friend. The writing I do has more meaning now and isn’t useless, as I used to consider it. All writing, whether on blogs, email, essays, journals, or any other type has some significance, to someone.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Nothing against journalists...
It is a good idea I decided against becoming a journalist I guess. In another ‘I hate everything’ article by Chris Hedges, he sure shone a light on how something else is failing due to the new ways of the world. This time, the internet and large corporations are going straight for the throats of the News rooms. I will give Hedges some credit; he was not as provocative in his argument. He did supply a few links, and the accusations did not make me want to throw my computer across the room, so overall, it was an easier read. In his article, he was trying to display how the use of internet news sites were taking away from the popularity of the common newspaper, and how large corporations pretty much controlled what was on television broadcasts of the news. In my last blog over Hedges article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” I will admit that I was probably not as skeptical about his opinion as I should have been. I just simply read the article, and let my views be based on what he thought. But the more I consider what he said, the more offended I grew. So when reading this article, I found that I tried more to find ideas that challenged his. Sure enough, he said something that offended me again. The way he says that we “live under an illusion,” makes me believe that Hedges’ feels superior to everyone else on this planet. Blaming the people for what is happening to our society is not going to accomplish anything. Yes, journalist may be losing their jobs, and newspapers and broadcasts may be failing or changing completely; but Hedges just needs to wake up and realize that things are changing and sometimes it may be for the better.
On the contrary, Clive Thompson feels very different from Hedges. The impact that the internet has had on our society, especially the younger generations, is quite positive. Not only are we writing more than ever, we are focusing on things such as audience and tone. The internet has increased communication and the amount of writing people do over the past decades, and I personally I don’t see how anyone can make anything negative of that.
I am trying to be a critical thinker here and see from both perspectives… Okay, I do admit that I favor Thompson, because I simply don’t care too much for the way Hedges attacks everything in the common person’s way of life. We use the internet, we chat, we blog, we don’t always have 45 minutes to sit down and just read the newspaper… well, I am sorry, Mr. Hedges. Maybe those poor little journalists can all sit down and blog about their troubles of how the big bad internet caused them to lose their job. I’m sure more people will read that than something in their local newspaper, they may even be fortunate enough to receive a link for Monster and find a new job.
On the contrary, Clive Thompson feels very different from Hedges. The impact that the internet has had on our society, especially the younger generations, is quite positive. Not only are we writing more than ever, we are focusing on things such as audience and tone. The internet has increased communication and the amount of writing people do over the past decades, and I personally I don’t see how anyone can make anything negative of that.
I am trying to be a critical thinker here and see from both perspectives… Okay, I do admit that I favor Thompson, because I simply don’t care too much for the way Hedges attacks everything in the common person’s way of life. We use the internet, we chat, we blog, we don’t always have 45 minutes to sit down and just read the newspaper… well, I am sorry, Mr. Hedges. Maybe those poor little journalists can all sit down and blog about their troubles of how the big bad internet caused them to lose their job. I’m sure more people will read that than something in their local newspaper, they may even be fortunate enough to receive a link for Monster and find a new job.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
so maybe I like picture books...
…and maybe I like to go to fast food restaurants because I like to see what my food (should) look like before I order it, but I definitely do not consider myself illiterate or anything of the sort. Yet, as I sat and read Hedges’ article “America the Illiterate,” I kept coming across words that I didn’t know, and I kept having to reread entire sections because I didn’t understand something. So, that got me thinking: what if Hedges is right? What if our society really is as bad off and in such a critical shape as he is making it out to be?
According to the article, around 92 million Americans are illiterate or barely literate; that is nearly a third of our population. That seems pretty critical to me. I suppose that is like saying that 1 in every 3 people can’t read, or can’t read as efficiently. You really can’t expect to have a functioning, successful society when that many people don’t know what is going on because they can’t even read and understand the world around them. Hedges feel as if the American Public is powerless because so many people are illiterate; therefore, they are not able to be active and contributing citizens to their society.
The way that some Americans are finding to just get by in the world contributes to the growing illiteracy rate and can somewhat be compared to Carr’s view of the internet. Carr believes that the Internet is prohibiting and hurting Americans because it enables us to have a quick and easy answer and way to or for anything; sort of like a cheater when it comes to actually using your brain to investigate something and put effort toward gaining knowledge. Just as illiterate people have found ways around not being able to read, again, like a cheater. Picture books, fast food menus, and visual signs are all ways of making the illiterate’s life easier; all mechanisms that have been created and do not promote any desire to learn to read.
Maybe America isn’t quite as bad as Hedges makes it out to be. Maybe the truth isn’t so devastating in reality. I know I certainly was skeptical of this article as if seemed too vicious at first. However, the troubling part is that America really is struggling, our economy really is failing, politics are more corrupt than ever, and the people simply can’t do anything about it because many just don’t understand.
According to the article, around 92 million Americans are illiterate or barely literate; that is nearly a third of our population. That seems pretty critical to me. I suppose that is like saying that 1 in every 3 people can’t read, or can’t read as efficiently. You really can’t expect to have a functioning, successful society when that many people don’t know what is going on because they can’t even read and understand the world around them. Hedges feel as if the American Public is powerless because so many people are illiterate; therefore, they are not able to be active and contributing citizens to their society.
The way that some Americans are finding to just get by in the world contributes to the growing illiteracy rate and can somewhat be compared to Carr’s view of the internet. Carr believes that the Internet is prohibiting and hurting Americans because it enables us to have a quick and easy answer and way to or for anything; sort of like a cheater when it comes to actually using your brain to investigate something and put effort toward gaining knowledge. Just as illiterate people have found ways around not being able to read, again, like a cheater. Picture books, fast food menus, and visual signs are all ways of making the illiterate’s life easier; all mechanisms that have been created and do not promote any desire to learn to read.
Maybe America isn’t quite as bad as Hedges makes it out to be. Maybe the truth isn’t so devastating in reality. I know I certainly was skeptical of this article as if seemed too vicious at first. However, the troubling part is that America really is struggling, our economy really is failing, politics are more corrupt than ever, and the people simply can’t do anything about it because many just don’t understand.
Monday, September 14, 2009
pancake people in a syrup named google
So, is Google really making us stupid? According to Nicholas Carr, Google, or the Internet more or less, really has altered the way our minds work.
I, like Carr, am used to sitting down and reading books and articles in magazines no matter their length. However, I have found that over the past few years or at least the time period that I have been an internet user, I rarely find interest is just sitting down and reading, and would prefer to read things over the internet in a ‘condensed’ form. It is like the world has become so fast paced that we don’t have time to read through pages of information in books like research used to require. We don’t just read a book to gain knowledge about something that interests us, when we can ‘Google it’ and come up with 500,000 hits that can sum up the info, or so you believe, in a few paragraphs. Why waste your time, right? The Internet has made obtaining information, communicating, and everything in between require less work and a lot easier.
That’s not to say that people don’t read anymore, because Carr feels as if we do in fact read more than previous generations due to the different mediums where writing or text has become available. The difference is the type of reading. The type of reading and thought process books require differ greatly from that of the Internet. Carr refers to a research by a group of scholars at University College London when demonstrating that the way readers think, write, and read has changed from traditional ways in that they simply skim text versus thoroughly reading and understanding. The minds of the readers were scattered as they jumped from site to site, collecting bits of information, and then going on to a new source. This seems to say that the basic facts have become more important rather than an actual understanding.
To have no real knowledge about a lot of things does a person no good. To be wide and thin, like pancakes as it is mention in Carr’s work when he refers to a quote by Richard Foreman, or to have no fill of information except the vast network that the Internet supplies, yet still no understanding for this information could indeed be impairing the human mind. Google may have not been intended to make people ‘stupid’, but by people consistently using Google and other search engines of the Internet to ease any workload and get things accomplished quicker and easier, is hurting them.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google
I, like Carr, am used to sitting down and reading books and articles in magazines no matter their length. However, I have found that over the past few years or at least the time period that I have been an internet user, I rarely find interest is just sitting down and reading, and would prefer to read things over the internet in a ‘condensed’ form. It is like the world has become so fast paced that we don’t have time to read through pages of information in books like research used to require. We don’t just read a book to gain knowledge about something that interests us, when we can ‘Google it’ and come up with 500,000 hits that can sum up the info, or so you believe, in a few paragraphs. Why waste your time, right? The Internet has made obtaining information, communicating, and everything in between require less work and a lot easier.
That’s not to say that people don’t read anymore, because Carr feels as if we do in fact read more than previous generations due to the different mediums where writing or text has become available. The difference is the type of reading. The type of reading and thought process books require differ greatly from that of the Internet. Carr refers to a research by a group of scholars at University College London when demonstrating that the way readers think, write, and read has changed from traditional ways in that they simply skim text versus thoroughly reading and understanding. The minds of the readers were scattered as they jumped from site to site, collecting bits of information, and then going on to a new source. This seems to say that the basic facts have become more important rather than an actual understanding.
To have no real knowledge about a lot of things does a person no good. To be wide and thin, like pancakes as it is mention in Carr’s work when he refers to a quote by Richard Foreman, or to have no fill of information except the vast network that the Internet supplies, yet still no understanding for this information could indeed be impairing the human mind. Google may have not been intended to make people ‘stupid’, but by people consistently using Google and other search engines of the Internet to ease any workload and get things accomplished quicker and easier, is hurting them.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google
Sunday, September 13, 2009
rewriting
If you remember one of our recent classes, you will recall the exercise where we came up with different ideas and thoughts of what the definition of the word writing is - to express our thoughts or emotions, to use paper or other means to record and transfer, to organize thoughts and to convey clear messages –just to list a few. After reading the introduction and first section of Joseph Harris’ book “Rewriting,” the author’s opinion if writing, according to this book and in regards to the writings of others, is more than just recording thoughts and ideas. Harris feels as if writing is more than just expressing how you feel or what you individually think. Writing also includes being able to use the work of others and actually understand “what a speaker is trying to do,” and then using that to explore your own ideas and be assertive in anything that you may write (Harris 3).
Harris focuses on what it means to be able to actually read someone’s work, to understand what has been said, and then to ‘participate’ in writing. His goal is to teach the reader of the book how to be active in writing and how to ‘do things with texts’. As the title of the book states, Harris calls this form of writing ‘rewriting.’ You are, in a sense, rewriting the works of others by drawing from, commenting on, and adding to them after you have come to an understanding of what they are trying to do.
Harris’ form of actively interacting with other writers in ways to comment and add on to their ideas can be related to the way Andrew Sullivan writes in his blogs. In a blog, you have the opportunity to comment on what the author has said. This is the idea that Harris has proposed -“to take a stance toward the works of others,”- and Sullivan’s blogging requires the interaction of people in their writings, even if it is just through their commenting on a blog post.
Harris focuses on what it means to be able to actually read someone’s work, to understand what has been said, and then to ‘participate’ in writing. His goal is to teach the reader of the book how to be active in writing and how to ‘do things with texts’. As the title of the book states, Harris calls this form of writing ‘rewriting.’ You are, in a sense, rewriting the works of others by drawing from, commenting on, and adding to them after you have come to an understanding of what they are trying to do.
Harris’ form of actively interacting with other writers in ways to comment and add on to their ideas can be related to the way Andrew Sullivan writes in his blogs. In a blog, you have the opportunity to comment on what the author has said. This is the idea that Harris has proposed -“to take a stance toward the works of others,”- and Sullivan’s blogging requires the interaction of people in their writings, even if it is just through their commenting on a blog post.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I'll tag you
When comparing my internet reading and writing notes with my classmates, I began to see some habitual similarities in the way we all used the web. Checking facebook, as many have already mentioned, is clearly a main priority once we have logged on to the internet.
In a world where modern technology dominates in form of communication, it becomes easy to stay in contact with people, or to engage in social networking, as most college students do, thanks to the internet. Our last blog demonstrated how different people use the internet as a resource for different things: news, education, entertainment, socializing, shopping, etc. Every person seemed to have a routine of when they logged on, where they went first, where they went last, where they spent the most time; the activity online was very habitual.
Every person also had their own type of ‘personality’ that was distinguished by which sites they logged on to most often. The gamers were easily identified by addicting games, as the social butterflies were with facebook or myspace, and the students interested in society with The New York Times or CNN. However, I was also able to see how diverse people were, as they stretched out beyond their usual genre of sites and all met for some ‘nice’ wall post exchanges and picture tagging on facebook. As I mentioned earlier, facebook is taking over. Almost every blog I viewed had at least one facebook login every 48 hours. The need that our generation has today to stay socially interactive with the people around us, or even not that geographically near us for that matter, has made the social networks of the internet today some of the most actively used sites out there.
The internet may have previously been used mainly as a resource for information, but has grown to a popular means of communication and entertainment. A new type of information that allows the world to stay connected.
In a world where modern technology dominates in form of communication, it becomes easy to stay in contact with people, or to engage in social networking, as most college students do, thanks to the internet. Our last blog demonstrated how different people use the internet as a resource for different things: news, education, entertainment, socializing, shopping, etc. Every person seemed to have a routine of when they logged on, where they went first, where they went last, where they spent the most time; the activity online was very habitual.
Every person also had their own type of ‘personality’ that was distinguished by which sites they logged on to most often. The gamers were easily identified by addicting games, as the social butterflies were with facebook or myspace, and the students interested in society with The New York Times or CNN. However, I was also able to see how diverse people were, as they stretched out beyond their usual genre of sites and all met for some ‘nice’ wall post exchanges and picture tagging on facebook. As I mentioned earlier, facebook is taking over. Almost every blog I viewed had at least one facebook login every 48 hours. The need that our generation has today to stay socially interactive with the people around us, or even not that geographically near us for that matter, has made the social networks of the internet today some of the most actively used sites out there.
The internet may have previously been used mainly as a resource for information, but has grown to a popular means of communication and entertainment. A new type of information that allows the world to stay connected.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Labor Day Weekend Internet Activity
These are the site I visited from Sept. 4th to Sept 7th.
Of course: University of Louisville
Blackboard
Ulink
Email
I kept up to date with my classes; used the online study guides, completed an essay for my Honors Modes class using the Library Resource page and guidelines found on Blackboard. I used the Ulink page to review over my fees. I also regularly (3-4 times a day) check my UofL student mail account. I sent mail to different students involving something I am involved with on campus. I also sent an email to one of my professors about a form I needed her to complete for me.
Yahoo Mail
I don't check this very often. I don't get any useful mail on this account. I checked it once this weekend, only to find that a book I had ordered last week was finally being shipped.
Blogger
I keep reading about Carrotspeak. She is interesting, or at least to me. I finally posted a comment on someone's blog, (I kept forgetting). I'm still trying to figure out how to navigate this site, so I don't spend much time reading anything as of yet; most of my time is spent exploring.
Facebook
Every college student's addiction. I check this when I am bored and am in 'procrastination mode'. I mostly went to my aunt's page on Friday and Saturday because we were trying to figure out where we would meet on Saturday so I could give her the football tickets I had to pick up for her. I visited my boyfriend's page, which still has not been visited by him in a few weeks. I visited a few friend's pages that I have not seen in a while. I left my boyfriend's neice a comment. She thinks the world of me, and I knew it would make her day to have a comment from me. I was in a good mood.
Myspace
I also check this, like facebook, when I am bored. I had a new message from my boyfriend, Jordan... I guess it was about time I told you his name. Put me in a good mood. I wrote him back, and left a comment, like every other day. Then I visited my friend Sarah's page. She goes to the University of Tennessee, so I looked at her pictures and commented on one of her dorm room. I also visited my little brother's page. I go to his page when I'm a little homesick; I oddly enough don't go to his page often, if you would believe it. Nothing new going on with him, and that isn't odd at all.
Scott Kay
This is a jewelry site. I looked at rings, yes, engagement rings. Not for any particular reason, I just like looking at engagement rings. If you are interested at all, I find that I lean toward the princess cut white gold rings.
U.S. Bank
I thought someone had used my debit card, I was ready to call the police. So I logged onto my online account and after about half an hour of staring at the screen about to cry, I realized that I had used the card to buy football tickets. I felt dumb.
Ask Jeeves
I had to ask Jeeves about the HDMI cable that is used with TVs and DVD players. I have been unable to find a connection between my TV and DVD player using the HDMI cable, so I turned to the internet for answers. After many more failed attempts, I gave in, went to Wal-Mart and bought the standard cable, you know, the one with the red, white, and yellow ends.
Lupus Foundation
I have lupus, so I try to visit this site often. It offers support and comfort when I am having a difficult day or having a flare up. I didn't feel very well Saturday because I was nervous about performing at the game that night. I read about how another person with lupus deals with stress and nerves.
YouTube
I just wanted to listen to a song. I don't typically use YouTube to view videos or anything, just to have some background music when I'm doing something else. I wanted to play this one specific song for Jordan.
Pandora
I use this site to listen to music that I like. If you are unfamiliar with this site, you start out by naming a song or artist that you want to hear, and then the site selects music based on similar aspects of that song. I like this site because I am able to experience new music that is similar to my taste. I still have control of whether or not a certain song or certain type of music is played just by selecting a button that indicates if I like the song that is being played.
XM Radio
I usually log into my XM account when I am working online because I like to have background music. I know what channels I like and have presets of channels I like. I know whay type of music is going to be played, so I listen to certain stations depending on my mood and what I am doing. I mainly listened to channel 20, which is XM 20 on 20, a channel playing the listener voted top 20 songs of that hour. I listen to this channel when I just surfing the web or want more modern music.
Of course: University of Louisville
Blackboard
Ulink
I kept up to date with my classes; used the online study guides, completed an essay for my Honors Modes class using the Library Resource page and guidelines found on Blackboard. I used the Ulink page to review over my fees. I also regularly (3-4 times a day) check my UofL student mail account. I sent mail to different students involving something I am involved with on campus. I also sent an email to one of my professors about a form I needed her to complete for me.
Yahoo Mail
I don't check this very often. I don't get any useful mail on this account. I checked it once this weekend, only to find that a book I had ordered last week was finally being shipped.
Blogger
I keep reading about Carrotspeak. She is interesting, or at least to me. I finally posted a comment on someone's blog, (I kept forgetting). I'm still trying to figure out how to navigate this site, so I don't spend much time reading anything as of yet; most of my time is spent exploring.
Every college student's addiction. I check this when I am bored and am in 'procrastination mode'. I mostly went to my aunt's page on Friday and Saturday because we were trying to figure out where we would meet on Saturday so I could give her the football tickets I had to pick up for her. I visited my boyfriend's page, which still has not been visited by him in a few weeks. I visited a few friend's pages that I have not seen in a while. I left my boyfriend's neice a comment. She thinks the world of me, and I knew it would make her day to have a comment from me. I was in a good mood.
Myspace
I also check this, like facebook, when I am bored. I had a new message from my boyfriend, Jordan... I guess it was about time I told you his name. Put me in a good mood. I wrote him back, and left a comment, like every other day. Then I visited my friend Sarah's page. She goes to the University of Tennessee, so I looked at her pictures and commented on one of her dorm room. I also visited my little brother's page. I go to his page when I'm a little homesick; I oddly enough don't go to his page often, if you would believe it. Nothing new going on with him, and that isn't odd at all.
Scott Kay
This is a jewelry site. I looked at rings, yes, engagement rings. Not for any particular reason, I just like looking at engagement rings. If you are interested at all, I find that I lean toward the princess cut white gold rings.
U.S. Bank
I thought someone had used my debit card, I was ready to call the police. So I logged onto my online account and after about half an hour of staring at the screen about to cry, I realized that I had used the card to buy football tickets. I felt dumb.
Ask Jeeves
I had to ask Jeeves about the HDMI cable that is used with TVs and DVD players. I have been unable to find a connection between my TV and DVD player using the HDMI cable, so I turned to the internet for answers. After many more failed attempts, I gave in, went to Wal-Mart and bought the standard cable, you know, the one with the red, white, and yellow ends.
Lupus Foundation
I have lupus, so I try to visit this site often. It offers support and comfort when I am having a difficult day or having a flare up. I didn't feel very well Saturday because I was nervous about performing at the game that night. I read about how another person with lupus deals with stress and nerves.
YouTube
I just wanted to listen to a song. I don't typically use YouTube to view videos or anything, just to have some background music when I'm doing something else. I wanted to play this one specific song for Jordan.
Pandora
I use this site to listen to music that I like. If you are unfamiliar with this site, you start out by naming a song or artist that you want to hear, and then the site selects music based on similar aspects of that song. I like this site because I am able to experience new music that is similar to my taste. I still have control of whether or not a certain song or certain type of music is played just by selecting a button that indicates if I like the song that is being played.
XM Radio
I usually log into my XM account when I am working online because I like to have background music. I know what channels I like and have presets of channels I like. I know whay type of music is going to be played, so I listen to certain stations depending on my mood and what I am doing. I mainly listened to channel 20, which is XM 20 on 20, a channel playing the listener voted top 20 songs of that hour. I listen to this channel when I just surfing the web or want more modern music.
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