final post

I think that the most important thing I learned this quarter in class was about the digital divide among citizens of the United States and the world. I had never really paid much attention to it until it was brought up in class. I didn’t realize that so many people were and are being left behind when it comes to new technology. As I stated above I think that it is important to stay educated about these new technologies and inventions especially after learning more this quarter about the technological imperative. I think that the digital divide is one of the many problems that citizens of the world need to be aware of and if we don’t it is going to continue to cause a bigger gap between the haves and the have nots.

Out of all of the topics and technologies that we have discussed in class I think I would be most interested in learning more about html and website design. I had a lot of fun using simple site even if it was just briefly. I have always wished that I was better at using programs on the computer and being able to create stuff online, like a lot of people my age know how to do. I think it would be useful and fun to be able to design a website. I do not see myself using this knowledge for anything work related, but I still think that it knowledge that I would like to have.

I think the topics that I was least interested in was the news online. I just did not find it very interesting to talk about, because for one I do not really like indymedia and also I just think it is kind of a boring topic. I feel like in so many different comm classes I have had we talk about the objectivity of the news. I guess it seemed kind of redundant, but I would not have even thought about it unless I had to answer the question, so what I am saying is it was not that bad.