Week 2 Presence in the cloud!

My presence in the cloud is part of my everyday life. Without the web I have no idea what I would do with the spare time I would have collected because I wouldn’t be spending it surfing the web and enjoying social networking sites. Currently I’m apart of Facebook because I feel that it is a great source to be able to keep in contact with people from all over the world; a source I can upload photos; a way to express yourself and another great source to be able to advertise.  The web is also important because it gives me the resources to be successful in education. My email is through gmail and feel that it’s a reliable email application. Google is also where I save most of my documents because It’s a great free resource I used to create all my documents for school and plus I can retrieve them from any device that allows me to get on the web.  I am also a Youtube user because it’s great for entertainment and also a fantastic learning tool.  If you're wondering what I use for a music application it would be Spotify it’s an awesome free music source where I can pretty much find any song and listen to it as much as want to.  I also enjoy Pandora because it is also a great source when I don't feel like searching for music, I just search for a genre or artist’s and it will play me non stop similar music. Shopping online has definitely became more popular the past few years because of the convenience. I personally don’t do much shopping online because I still like going in the store and actually see or try on what I am purchasing.  Online shopper’s has definitely made the shipping services more business and allowing them to expand.  Finding out local or world wide news certainly has became easier because of the world wide web.  WCAX is where I usually go to check out local news and our weather forecast.

Five years ago I didn’t use the web for much more than social networking such as the use of Myspace and Instant Messenger. I thought it was cool that I could design my own page and add music, pictures, own layout, and an awesome background. Being young and liking the Idea of being able to talk to friends online and being somewhat shy but having more confidence to talk to boys because I was able to talk to them without having to be face to face. Personally I see myself in the future using the web as much as I do now because I am not a huge fan of the computer, something is always updating or changing and it’s hard me to keep up.  So I’ll just keep the use of the computer to the minimum: Facebook, photos, documents, music, email, education, work, local news, shopping, and weather,  That sounds like a lot but in reality it isn't because the computer is such advance technology that you are able to do so much with it.  Personally I would rather be out and about then inside on the computer.   But I never know things could change on how I feel because of how much technology is the future and most. . all career’s have the use of the web.  

Week 1

Hello,
My name is Samantha Ashline and I'm a little unfamiliar with using blogger because I have never blogged before and I haven't read many blogs unless it's results from something I was searching for on google. I'm hoping by the end of this semester I'll be pro at using blogger and maybe this will build my interest in reading others blogs more often.  This is my first online course and I was a little nervous to take this course online because I was thinking it might be more difficult to learn things related to using a computer without the in class guidance.  I thought to myself this is a great opportunity to work on other learning stragies because as much as technology is growing this learning strategy could possibly be the future.  This is also a more convenient way to take a class for one's busy schedule.  My other concern is concentrating and staying dedicated to staying on task to get the assignments done with out surfing the web.  I don't have much multimedia knowledge because I use the computer for very simple things either to surf the web, Facebook  or Youtube. My goals for this course is to get a better understanding and knowledge to "What is Multimedia?",  "How to use?", "Where and when do I apply it?".  I can't wait to learn how to do my first Multimedia assignment and present it and get feed back on how I can make it better.  I'm also looking forward to getting new ideas and suggestions from others to make my own work stronger.  Overall I'm excited to get this course started and to learn something brand new.