Reflection

When I first learned that we were going to run our own blogs, I had mixed feelings. My initial feeling was uncertainty, because I wasn’t exactly sure what a blog was. I’d had an idea, but luckily it wasn’t as bad as I had feared.

I liked knowing that at least a few people had to respond. I don’t believe that I’d run my own blog if no one ever cared to respond. It was a good exercise overall to practice participating in a current form of technical media.

The main thing is that it takes time to blog. Then it took even more time to go to other people’s blogs. Luckily, I had nice blogs to read. It was a good exercise to utilize one another as valuable resources. Overall, I learned a lot about the research topics.
I got to share in the benefit of other people’s research, and share my own.

Blogging was one of the things that made me feel as though no matter how much work I did, I was never, ever going to be done. I was/ am overloaded with school work (12 credits and summer school field work). It was one more pressure to deal with that I could not complete and have closure with. I suppose that my reflection there is stress.


I used to be afraid of hyperlinks. They’re easier to create (now) than I had realized. Now I don’t hesitate to insert them. I’m glad that I was forced to do them. In fact, I’m glad (now that it’s over) that I can say knowingly, that I created and ran a technology blog.

Overall, blogging was good practice. I would say that I got everything I was going to learn about the process of blogging in the first two months, though. Friends and family who are close to me always smile when I speak (fondly) of my tech blog. If I ever do venture to do a second blog, I hope to be more creative with pictures. I’d hope to have more time to devote to it.

Stacy

Cybersecurity

This week's class discussion has been on a relevant and current issue, Cybersecurity. Entailing everything from identity theft to cyber-predators, this is scary business. It's just amazing to learn of the great lengths that criminals go to to victimize people. I appreciate all of the useful websites and tips about staying safe and proactive.

I just wanted to say thank you for reading my blog this summer. I don't know that I'd keep blogging if no one were reading it. Your thoughtful comments were encouraging. Talk to you soon.

Stacy