It’s is now the end of the semester, and I will be finishing up Info 3.0 through the Journalism school here at the University of Maryland. It’s a very sad thought that this is the “end,” but it’s one that comes with a lot of reflection about where I’ve come since the beginning of the semester.
At the start of the class, we posted an introductory post on a discussion board to our classmates, and something I said was that “I think that technology is definitely something that can help us greatly, however I think it's often abused and is changing our culture to be more fast paced, which can be good, but can also be bad.” I definitely still believe this to be true. I think that more and more people will start to use technology in a more productive manner, but I definitely think that a lot of people will use it in unproductive and possibly destructive ways as well. There are so many possibilities for people to use mobile applications, and various online tools, that I think that with the right motivation and mindset, that people have extreme potentials to do great things with their lives in many different aspects. From organization, to marketing, to planning, to communicating, people have a plethora of options.
However with these options come distractions as well. There are so many fun websites and applications with games and things of that nature that people who are all ready unproductive with their time, have the potential to get even worse. Another thing that I said in my introductory discussion post is that “I think that the amount of technology used in classes is currently very appropriate, as well as the amount of technology I use at my different work places.” Again I still agree. I was able to see a broad difference between amounts of technology included in the classroom and at work, and I definitely think what’s going on right now is working the best for me. To be able to use your laptop when you want it seems to work for me. As we learned in class, you seem to work better when you’re multitasking and you’re focusing on either verbatim topics, or completely unrelated topics, and those are usually the two things I do. So from now on, I’ll be sure to either surf the web for random things, or find identical information to what we’re talking about in class (more likely the second, because the first is pretty unprofessional).
For those that didn’t get to experience this class, I want to emphasize the importance of privacy. There are a lot of people out there, who are more interested in their own lives, but there are others who definitely a lot more interested in committing cyber crimes, and they do so by stealing our information. Sometimes people don’t know better in the area of giving out information online, but that’s something that I think people should learn more about. People need to know that they shouldn’t put their entire lives online. They should definitely figure out a balance between sharing and privacy, because a lot of seemingly meaningless information could put both you and your loved ones in danger.
At the beginning of this post I said that this is the “end,” and yes the quotations are necessary. Though I’m finishing this class now, I would like to continue writing on this blog even after the semester ends. As I’ve learned with this class, technology holds so much potential. And with that spirit, I’d like to show my potential through technology and show to my future employers, or volunteer organizations, or anything else I do in my life, that I’ve had a lot going for me in my field. I’ve thought about it in many different lights, including technology, and that gives me a one up on some of the fellow applicants to a job, or a volunteer position, or wherever else life takes me.
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