Class Technology First Impressions

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Network (Wikimedia)

            Blogging and Web publishing are definitely new to me. I have some experience with image editing and graphics creation, but mostly limited experience there. I really like having different web resources as the home of the class as opposed to a textbook with an awkward class portal attached. My wallet appreciates the UnTextbook and Freebookapalooza resources particularly. I have had similar classes that used online resource networks like the ones described here, but never this extensively. One web skill I want to improve on is not bookmarking itself, but going back to read the bookmarked pieces later when I have time.

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