Source: Public Domain Pictures.
As you can see in the caption above, I've already learned one small technology skill in this class that I didn't have before, which is linking text to a web page. It's simple, but I had never done it before. I find it really useful and a nice way to give background information on anything I want to talk about on this blog, without going off on a tangent. It would also be useful for a regular blogger to link between her own posts or blogs.
The list of technology tools I've used prior to this class is not very extensive. For most classes, I only need to use Word, Canvas, email, and maybe Excel. I used Wordpress to make a blog about what I ate during my semester abroad as a class assignment. This is my first online class, so it makes sense that I'll be using new tools I haven't tried before!
I use bookmarks a lot for personal and school purposes, but I didn't know that there were bookmark organizers like Diigo. I'll have to check that out because I really do like bookmarking and I have a lot of them!
I've used Mac Preview to do basic editing of pictures, but I've never made memes before. I've also never done an audio recording on a computer or published a website.
I like that there are quite a few different platforms and pages for the content of this class. There are many ways to connect, and it's fun to be exposed to different options for posting web content and to see how the different options can be connected. I think using the Internet comes naturally to people my age, but there are many platforms I've never even heard of before, so I'm looking forward to improving my knowledge of the various ways to publish content online.
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