Module 5 - General

Well I have completed reading module 5, and my essay yipee!

When I came into this course, I was keen to get started, but did not see that a course covering basics like FTP or email communications, searching etc was going to be of much practical use to me, given that I have worked with these tools for years. However I am pleased to say that I was wrong, while I possibly found some of the more technical exercises a little easier than those with less practical experience, I found that they lead on very nicely into a more advanced exploration of the Net.

I think the most important lesson for me was that if I want a career based around the Internet, then I am going to have to change some of my practices. Using the same tried and trusted methods may be OK some times, but failing to constantly reevaluate these practices, taking 'another' look at whats out there and ignoring the vast untapped masses of hidden information on the Deep Web is not .

So just like to place my last post here for the Net11 Learning Log and say that I am looking forward to continuing studies in this field and eventually completing the BA Internet Studies. Thank you for the wake up call and for the interesting paths in which you have led me down

kind regards
Lisa Findlater

Module 3 - General

This is my first post using the Firefox Add-on ScribeFire. Looks pretty cool, it allows me to be browsing come across something interesting and publish it to my blog without opening up another browser window and logging into my blog first. I'm pretty sure it can do a lot more than that, and I'm sure I'll get more familiar with it over time.

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Have I been busy!!

In the spirit of online learning I have madly been trying to decide on a way of organising my notes and studying that takes me away from my traditional method of pen and paper.
It has been a hard grind not made easier by the amount of options out there.

I have added in Firefox add ons such as Scrapbook, which allows you to capture web pages and then edit them make notes and attach to various sections of the website and classify them by placing a folder structure designed to suit. I have personalised my Google homepage to include all sorts of productivity/time management tools (calenders, todo's, spell checker, dictionary etc). I have started using this nifty little utility called Google Notebooks, It allows you to take notes while reading the contents of a browser, you can then save and organise your notes into sections. I've also registered for Google Docs and Spreadsheet. (gees I always loved google for searching but I had no concept of all the other options out there!!)

I guess the added beauty of studying totally online is the transportability of it. I can login from work, from home, from an internet cafe, and all my study materials are accessible. I don't know exactly where this course (by course I mean the BA in Internet Studies) will lead me, but I do know that it has already made me into a more avid user of the Net. Before this, I was technically proficient(given my role as web admin, I had to be), but I really did not understand what it meant to be an 'Advanced Internet user'.