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Through this chapter this week, I learned a lot about Internet services and a lot about the web. A lot of this material wasn't new to me, but there a couple things that stood out. For instance, I learned the difference between LAN and Wan, which I have always wondered what they were. WAN covers large areas such as school districts, while LAN covers small areas like a house or a school. There are so many ways to get information and technology through the World Wide Web. There are also vast numbers of search engines through websites and customized on your computer. Things that I already new while reading this chapter was what URLs are and how to use search engines. Another new thing that stood out to me was File Transfer Protocol, which allows you to exchange files with other computers on the Internet. Obviously it is possible to exchange files online but i didn't know how it happened. I will probably keep a lot of this information close to me when I become a teacher because they will help me when I need to know anything about websites.
Since our last class, I learned that google has probably about five million different ways of searching for information. There is Google Scholar, Google Image, Google Reader, Google News, and so on. This helps searching for information so much easier because you can get strait to what you are looking for. For Instance if i wanted to look for a certain article published in 1986, I could find that through Google Scholar. Google is an amazing invention and we should thank who ever made it!
Since coming to Florida State, I decided that i wanted to get really involved really fast because I am one of those people who have to be busy all of the time. So I decided to rush a sorority. At first I was really hesitant towards it because its a lot of money and I wasn't sure how I would get along with a bunch of new random girls. It was a great decision, I am now a part of the Kappa Delta Sorority and I am loving every minute of it. It keeps me very busy, but it's worth it.