Thing # 2 ... Blogging it

Creating this blog was very frustrating for me.  Since I am fairly new to creating things using technology, I was certainly confused.  I sat down around 7 pm and finally finished at 10 pm!  I could not believe it took me 3 hours to generate one piece of creative technology.  Needless to say, I have quite a bit of practice to do in order for this to become more of a fluid and easy experience.  Thankfully, my children were not around while I was doing this since I did say 1 or 2 (or 3 …) words that young ears should not hear.  The things that were most confusing were the individual steps needed to make the blog.  I thought it would be ‘spelled out’ on Blogspot in very specific steps similar to a recipe.  I quickly found out that this is not the case.  After all was said and done though, I was pretty pleased with my accomplishment.  Since this was my first time doing it, I think I did well. 

The title of my Blog, TW’s 23 Technology Journey, and the domain name, twsfinalfrontier, really reflect what this class means to me.  This is truly a new experience for me.  It is a journey that I never thought I would take, as well as, a frontier that I never thought I would have to enter.  I am Captain Kirk, or Jean Luc Picard, on my own personal voyage into the unknown.  It is scary, and I do not know what I will encounter, but I am sure it will be a roller coaster of adventure.

Although creating an avatar (I have never heard of an avatar) was a bit of a struggle in the beginning, I was able to get into it and have fun.  At first, I thought I would make a simple version of me, but then I thought that this is the time to be a bit different … so I crafted a Japanese version of myself.  My husband is Japanese, so I thought it would be funny.  The final product looked quite strange and a bit frightening, so I scrapped that idea and started over.  I got to thinking about what I like and enjoy doing.  I love the outdoors, the warm weather, and being active.  After a click here and there, I produced, what I think, is an accurate visual representation of my favorite things.  I even dream about living in Hawaii (although it is hard to justify spending $600K on 1,000 sq. ft.) and spending all my time outdoors enjoying the tropical wonders of the island!