Assessment 02 - What have I learnt?

My online learning experience has continued to grow throughout this semester as i have become confident in using blogger and various internet programs explored throughout this course. I like the fact that i can easily link sites to my blog and i-web page because of the knowledge i have gained. I have also discovered things within the online community that i never thought existed, I have learnt the basics such as what an internet server is- (It is a computer that holds your website and other files. When you 'publish' you tranfer your files and webpages to the internet server), I also have learnt about FTP- a file transfer protocol tool. (FTP means the sending of data between two points using the internet. This promotes sharing of files and the transfer of data reliably and efficiently.)

We then moved on to look at Counters and RSS feeds which were very confusing when i was first trying to use them but now i am confident in creating a blog or web-page and including a counter and adding RSS feeds, although I did experience a problem trying to create an RSS feed from my Google Reader to my blog, it just wouldn't work. Counters have been interesting to look at, i like the fact that i can just explore the web and find a counter i like and easily copy its code onto my site and there it is! I also like knowing how many people have viewed my blog and my i-web site and i can see how this would come in handy for many people who have online businesses etc that need to see how popular their site is. Technorati also comes into this, it is defined as a blog digest that specialises in searching all blogspots with RSS feeds! It ranks blogs and gives them a number called Authority. So i have also added one of these to my blog!

My i-web site has developed into a website that i am proud of. I enjoyed creating it as it was a simple program to use but it did get confusing when publishing at times. I added my own text and photos, links to my flickr account, blog and delicious account, i set up an RSS feed from my blog so i can see all my blogs information on my i-web page and i added various pages that contributed to the overall theme and design of the site. I spent time changing my theme and creating a look that i really liked, so i am happy with the outcome.

Overall this semester has given me a deeper understanding of how the online community functions as well as how to create a website and add elements such as RSS feeds, Counters and Technorati. So i think it has been very successful, i know more about the web then i ever have!