Felicia and the Internet! =D

Thursday, January 15, 2009

The First

This week marks the first week of school.

What did we learn? hmm.

Let's see.

I remember learning that the internet was originally created not for the purpose it holds today but more for security issues. It was not ONE genius that gave birth to the internet, but an organization called ARPA.

Click on the link to view a website that provides all the details about the histroy of the internet.

It really amazes me how the internet and computers have evolved to what it is today. We now can have excess to almost everything with just a click of a button, we can make friends and meet new people from every corner of the world.

In the past, computers were so huge that they took up an entire room or two. They were also so expensive that not everyone could afford it. '

Today, computers have become so compact and easy to use ( because of user friendly GUI), almost everyone owns a computer or a laptop; Even handphones today allow access to the internet! Computers also dont look so tacky like the one above. Just look at my laptop! ( or lappie as I like to call it)

The internet has become such an integral part of society today that that it has even been incorporated into education, just like how we are now using blogs to document and share our classroom learning experience!

Youths generally use the computer and the internet for many reasons:

1. Keeping in contact with friends (through social media, email, MSN and so on, which will be taught in class next week. It's really interestng and i cant wait!)

2. Play games ( I am not much of an online game person but I do know of many friends who are hooked on to online RPG games and so on.)

3. Watch shows and video clips ( like Youtube )

4. Blog (like this one!)

5. And many other reasons.

So yes, the inetenet really is like a virtual playground where one can really explore and enjoy.

Till next week!

I'll leave you with a Video from "Avenue Q", a musical which was recently running in Singapore.

I trust that everyone's of age to listen to this. This scene is basically about this girl who's singing about the usefulness of the intenet, while her guy friend interupting her saying that all the internet is for is for pornography. It's really quite a cute song.

Title : " The internet is for P*rn"


COM 125 Introduction to the internet Name: Felicia Goh Class: B Instructor: Abel Choy A weekly blog about our journey with the internet Mark Chui Gilian Loo Jonathan Yang Kerri Tan Jamie Chow Jilyn Tee Diana Iskandar January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 Bituwin - template Dementee - image Words from Before It's Too Late by Goo Goo Dolls. Hit counter code here	Thursday, January 15, 2009 The First This week marks the first week of school. What did we learn? hmm. Let's see. I remember learning that the internet was originally created not for the purpose it holds today but more for security issues. It was not ONE genius that gave birth to the internet, but an organization called ARPA. Click on the link to view a website that provides all the details about the histroy of the internet. It really amazes me how the internet and computers have evolved to what it is today. We now can have excess to almost everything with just a click of a button, we can make friends and meet new people from every corner of the world. In the past, computers were so huge that they took up an entire room or two. They were also so expensive that not everyone could afford it. ' Today, computers have become so compact and easy to use ( because of user friendly GUI), almost everyone owns a computer or a laptop; Even handphones today allow access to the internet! Computers also dont look so tacky like the one above. Just look at my laptop! ( or lappie as I like to call it) The internet has become such an integral part of society today that that it has even been incorporated into education, just like how we are now using blogs to document and share our classroom learning experience! Youths generally use the computer and the internet for many reasons: 1. Keeping in contact with friends (through social media, email, MSN and so on, which will be taught in class next week. It's really interestng and i cant wait!) 2. Play games ( I am not much of an online game person but I do know of many friends who are hooked on to online RPG games and so on.) 3. Watch shows and video clips ( like Youtube ) 4. Blog (like this one!) 5. And many other reasons. So yes, the inetenet really is like a virtual playground where one can really explore and enjoy. Till next week! I'll leave you with a Video from "Avenue Q", a musical which was recently running in Singapore. I trust that everyone's of age to listen to this. This scene is basically about this girl who's singing about the usefulness of the intenet, while her guy friend interupting her saying that all the internet is for is for pornography. It's really quite a cute song. Title : " The internet is for P*rn"