language

The language that is used today is complicated to people who are not of the net gen. Last weekend I tried to explain to my mother that I had to Post a Blog in this class. A two minute explanation of this class turned into a ten minute lesson on blogging and the purpose of it. I had heard the term many times before and knew what it was so it was not foreign to me. To the generation that came before mine, the language we speak today is confusing. My mother said that I might as well have been speaking greek. Flickr, podcasts, you tube is completely new to most of them. My mother was amazed when i pulled up the music video for one of her favorite songs on You tube. all I could do was laugh in amazement as she began to look up everything she could think of on you tube.
I to not think that the tech language we use today is a bad thing, it is just the evolution of the english language to fit the evolution of our world. It is easier to say I looked it up on wikipedia than to say I looked it up on a free online encylopedia that anyone can edit. it just saves so much time.
When it comes to R/W programs I knew what some of them were but i never that they were considered R/W programs. Social bookmarking is still new to me it is something that I am interested in learning. having a place to go that you can create and edit something, and then change on a whim. I have never used google docs, but it looks interesting enough to learn.