Wow, who knew you had to have so many different accounts in order to be wired in. Day two, and I am now set up on i-Google, Blogger, Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo, and Flickr, not to mention my own school division server and e-mail account. Yikes, talk about information overload.
I have to admit, it is not as difficult to get started with this blogging as I thought it would be. Time consuming, yes, difficult, no. I chose to go with blogger as my blog post as I have a little experience with reading the blogs of one of school division tech guys, who blogs quite frequently. It really is very intuitive and quite easy to do, really the only challenge in the process is figuring out what to write and how to set up your page (I have left that little element for a little later). What I have found a bit more difficult to reconcile is the amount of identifying information that one needs to put out there in order to get wired in. For example, to get a Flickr account, I had to get a Yahoo account (unless I messed up). To get a Yahoo account, I had to give my first and last name, birthdate, postal code, and e-mail address. Thank God I don't have anyone chasing after me right now, or my goose would be cooked.
Now of course, I could have lied and given false information, but then I would have to remember it (I have a hard enough time remembering my real postal code). As a consenting adult, I can make these decisions to share this information and am intelligent enough to be mindful of predators on the internet. However, my concern is for the children who are out there who do not know any better and do share information that could lead them into danger. The possibilities and potential of these web tools is enormous, but I find myself wondering what measures are being put into place to protect the kids out there whose parents don't know enough to be able to to watch over them adequately.
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