JOUR1111 Week 1

Well, this week's lecture was exciting!! Perhaps it was the thought of starting my university conquest, the energy resonating from the rest of the first year flock, or simply the sense of triumph aroused by my ability to find the class! Whatever the cause may be, I enjoyed my first lecture for this course and am eager to sink my teeth into what it has to offer.

Blogging is a new practice for me, however it is an activity that I've often thought of adopting. I've always been put off by my self-proclaimed lack of ability to express what I'm thinking. The fact that this is an assessment piece has helped encourage me a little, as it has given me substance and material to ponder and write about, rather than just leaving it to my imagination - scary!

I began studying a degree in Social Science in Cairns, majoring in Social and Criminal Justice, but the confronting ideas that course materials produced just weren't for me. I've come in to this program with the dream of being able to express myself through the written word. In saying that, all of the talk in this lecture about stepping into a web-based future is quite overwhelming for me - a member of Technology Illiterates 'R' Us. Perhaps it's the Nanna within me that begs for a hard copy of the world and its information, but with life comes change and I shall endeavour to embrace it with my old-school arms. If my Mother can keep up with technology, surely there's hope for me too.

Bring it on I say!