Module 13

Brandi Barnett
IST 1100
4/13/13

Hey all, the time has come where we say goodbye to this semester and start our summer vacation or for some people to shake their head in disgust and asking why am I doing summer classes agian? You will get through it I promise (eh probably not). This paper is to reflect on past assignments and getting to pick the good, bad, and the ugly of the course. Lets begin shall we:

     For the first few blog entries we were to have read The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman. I generally skip the big and thick books like this and obviously the title is not interesting to me. I am more of you know vampires sucking blood and zombies eating brains kind of person. So getting this book was defiantly a ball buster for me. However, I as it pains me to say it really liked this book. Now, don’t get me wrong there was boring parts I really wish I did not have to read. I did enjoy is opinion on the ten major reasons why the world is flat. While, reading further into the ten flatteners I finally began to get into the book. The Berlin Wall I was like just born when that happened while it was a great piece of history that happened I was just not in to it simply because I have no idea it even happened till middle school or high school. So, when it came to talking about computers and the business aspect of why the world was flat I was all ears. Computers are essentially the worlds greatest influence on mankind. Without it we would be lost since we became so dependent on it and we would of course go back to writing with pencil and paper if something were to ever happen a la revolution and computers were not existent. Overall, it was a very good read and I would truly recommended it. And, the book is available online for free. So, tell future students.

      Other blog assignments was to read articles and get to watch a movie. I really enjoyed reading “Why The Future Doesn't Needs Us” by Bill Joy. It was quite a read. I like to hear peoples arguments on certain subjects and his was one of them. He had some good arguments on the matter of GNR, but there is always a risk to everything and you can’t let that stop anyone from creating something that could be life saving. It is a chance us millions of people are willing to take.

       I am always hesitant on taking online classes since I am a forgetful person and frankly it is hard to remember you have another class. But, this one was very easy to remember since the due dates were always the same for each assignment. I did not know what to expect logging on for this class and it is definitely still not what I was expecting. I really like the class setup and what not. I was already in the blog universe since I had to do it for another class so that was not new to me and actually like that teachers are becoming more found of it. I have found new fond interests thanks to this class. Thank you.