Today I realized just how much of an influence my Goddaughter, Caitlin, has been on my journey into technology in this class. As you already know, she introduced me to Skype. She also got the moo set up on her computer in Ecuador so I could attend class from there. But today I learned something new about how she is inspiring me.
Back in November, she sent me an e-card for my birthday from a site called www.care2.com. It was a nice card and although I usually use other gretting card sites like bluemountain, yahoo, american, etc., I signed up and sent her a thank you. When I signed up I unchecked the boxes that asked if I wanted to receive newsletters and information from them. There was a pop-up that came along with the card asking me to sign a petition to save the seals in the arctic. I like the little seals and don't like to see them slaughtered, so I signed the petition. Still, unchecking the box asking me to allow them to send me more information.
Since it was a nice card, I started using it to send cards to my friends and wouldn't you know, somewhere along the line I forgot to uncheck the box so I started getting mailings. I was annoyed at first but then I started looking at them. I signed more petitions and began to see some interesting articles about various environmental causes I believe in. I didn't have a lot of time so I kept deleting. But finally this week, I have had some extra time and I started reading some of the articles. I'll post about one of them later because it has some interesting info on technology.
The interesting thing about this, that makes it worthy of a class blog, is today I discovered that the articles I'm reading are part of a blog. I didn't realize that. So, I've started following a blog and I didn't even know it. It's full of interesting things so I imagine I'll be reading more blogs.
Thanks, Caitlin, for introducing me to Skype and www.care2.com. I wonder what other technology you might have up your sleeve that I can learn about.
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Effie,
ReplyDeleteI also have signed many petitions with Care2.com and really like following up with what is going on. However, the amount of emails from them is quite ridiculous at times... Especially when midterms and finals times come around.. But it is a very nice site, and it was very thoguhtful of her to send you a card from them! :)
Jojo,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that Care2.com sends too many e-mails. I get at least 2 each day, sometimes 3. And I was signed up on two different e-mail addresses, so double that. I finally unsubscribed from one address, but still too many.
You're welcome, Granghie! I love you, and I really enjoy reading your blog (though I hope that next time I come here I won't have to look at that awful picture of me in your profile -- you look great; I look like I've been sleeping in a hammock for the better part of an afternoon. Oh wait, I had been!). Did you know you could set up a site meter to see how many people are reading your blog, how much time they spend on it, and where they're connecting from? In a classroom setting, the meter could be useful as a gross estimator of how many people are keeping up with course materials or how many people are benefiting from the blog as a medium of communication. I've used http://www.sitemeter.com/. Their basic service is free and includes short monthly reports on statistics for your site. Let me know if you'd like help setting it up. Love you!
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