First Trip to Blogdom!!!!

Yes, That's correct. This is my first attempt at blogging. I have used the wiki before in a previous class and have to admit it was easy to work with, however I had some difficulty when it was time to edit someone else's post on the wiki. I did not mind adding to the other students posts, I just did not feel I had the right to remove their work, considering it was student to student. The wiki does make an excellent collaboration tool especially when working in groups on a particular subject. I have commented on this before but I still like to read the newspaper instead of getting the news on the Internet. For now, the same is true with communicating with others on the Internet: I just don't do it. This is not to say I am against the new technology. I am certainly open to any tool that aids in educating and finding alternative ways of reaching the new generation of working men and women.


To give you an idea on my lack of communication, this month my family had a total of 1,778 text messages. Of these I had 3. As has been the case, this class will prove to be a real learning experience for me. I read an interesting article today that reported that 28% of Americans it interviewed last year said they have been spending less time with members of their households. This number is almost triple what it was in 2006. The article also notes that this coincides with the booming social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, etc... along with the importance people place upon them.Does anyone see this in their own families? I can certainly see it in mine. Even when we are home together, it would seem we are texting or communicating on the computers but not amongst ourselves. http://http//www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/F65EA4DC6164AF10862575D700028BC3?OpenDocument Another tidbit in our book claims that the fastest growing demographic in Facebook is age 35+. At age 44, this figure surprises me. On a positive note, I can also see where this type of application could generate some good feedback on a topic of discussion or maybe even some bad feedback?