Newfound Knowledge
Describe some of the ways in which you intend to make use of your newfound knowledge from this course.
The tree of knowledge of good and evil.
That sounds ominous, but what I'm trying to say is that all these tools can be incredibly useful, or can turn and drive the user. One could become obsessed with checking RSS feeds, or keeping that blog up to date. Over the course of my married life, my husband has given me three truely great, inspired presents. One was a chainsaw. These tools are like chainsaws - powerful, useful and fun, but watch the kick-back.
More than the knowledge of any one or several tools, is the knowledge that I can now explore other tools, with greater freedom and discretion. When the internet was first available, it was slow and cumbersome, and had limited utility. As it became more valuable and easier to use, it also became more dangerous; worms, viruses and phishing appeared. Now we know better how to protect ourselves while using the net, but I think some of the trepidation remains in trying new tools. But a safeguard is that many of these new tools keep information on the user computer to a minimum, and are much safer than the old ways.
Vroom, vroom.
The tree of knowledge of good and evil.
That sounds ominous, but what I'm trying to say is that all these tools can be incredibly useful, or can turn and drive the user. One could become obsessed with checking RSS feeds, or keeping that blog up to date. Over the course of my married life, my husband has given me three truely great, inspired presents. One was a chainsaw. These tools are like chainsaws - powerful, useful and fun, but watch the kick-back.
More than the knowledge of any one or several tools, is the knowledge that I can now explore other tools, with greater freedom and discretion. When the internet was first available, it was slow and cumbersome, and had limited utility. As it became more valuable and easier to use, it also became more dangerous; worms, viruses and phishing appeared. Now we know better how to protect ourselves while using the net, but I think some of the trepidation remains in trying new tools. But a safeguard is that many of these new tools keep information on the user computer to a minimum, and are much safer than the old ways.
Vroom, vroom.
posted by Mark & Alice Herrick at
10:04 PM
1 Comments:
These tools are like chainsaws - powerful, useful and fun, but watch the kick-back.
Alice, I find your description most apt. Thank you -- I may have to use it next year ;-)
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Elaine, at 4:39 PM
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