LIS 9763

1. Has your view of social software changed since starting this course? If so, how?

When I started this course, I initially thought that I knew nothing about social software. Later, I realized that I had either looked into or tried many of them early on, did not find them particularly useful, and forgot that I even knew about them. Web 2.0 stuff have become popular and more user friendly as time went on, so it was good to rediscover some of them and learn about the newer ones I’ve missed.

Late is better than never, I hope! My responses to the questions laid out last week are as follows:
 

Hard to believe this is my last class blog entry; has it really been a semester already? When I first started this course I was a casual user of the web 2.0, using some of the tools we’ve discussed on a personal and professional level. Some tools I liked, some I didn’t, and a few I even looked down upon. Since the course’s introduction however, I have gained much more insight into the possibilities social software can present, and a significant amount of respect for tools I didn’t use or care for, such as MySpace and Flickr.

I was initially anxious about taking this course because 1) I had very little exposure to social software and 2) I wasn't sure what the distance ed.