What I learned this semester

    I learned a lot about technology in the classroom this semester and I learned how to enhance my life through technology. Coming into this class, I thought I was tech-savvy, but in actuality I wasn't as well informed as I thought I was. The biggest surprise to me came when we were discussing mobile technology and the research that I did for the mobile technology usage and knowledge as well as the study that I read "Addicted to Cellphones". I didn't know the extent of the reliance on technology that people have these days. After taking this class, I feel that I have such a greater grasp of technology and how to use technology to my advantage. For example, I have created a blog for myself as an artist as well as a website which has twitter updates. Utilizing these tools will help my career as an artist because networking is an increasingly popular way to be "discovered".  Click here for a link to my website.

  The most important thing I learned was the importance of quality photos on my blog or website. I will show you with two examples.

This photo set right here is my painting called "Shadow Puppets". My family members all loved my paintings before, but I did not realize that the picture looked like Photo A. You definitely cannot see the detail and the richness of the color in the photo sent from my Blackberry. I realized this and on my website of course I put professional photos.

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These set of paintings is entitled "Underwater Lilies"

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   What I learned in this class is how to effectively use tools such as twitter, blogs and mobile applications as well, to advance my career. I also learned that there is an extremely fast growing dependency on technology (see my research) and it worries me about what might happen in the future. I also learned a lot about privacy and I definitely am aware of privacy settings on phones and how hackers can access your information.