My first blog...ever

As the title says this is my first blog ever, and excited to give this a try! I should say I have been to blog places before but never written or had an account or anything.
I like the idea of a blog for this class. In a lecture class you rarely hear all the student’s thoughts and ideas on the topic. However, technology is something we grew up with use in our everyday lives each of us has our own experience and thoughts. This class is how technology and culture work together, using a blog to talk about ideas, is an example of merging the two ideas. The blogs provide a place for people to give and take ideas and collectively investigate our culture, online.
Loosely keeping track of my technology use was a very interesting experience. One topic which drew my interest was technology and school; the Internet is critical to attend Rutgers. While keeping track of my technology use, I discovered a great deal of my internet time was spent on school. I went to Sakai at least three times a day, every time I went to obtain vital information pertaining to a class. The Sakai site can be seen as a virtual classroom. Both students and professors must go to a single location where students are responsible for the information the professor provides. Professors post readings, announcements, the syllabus on this site and students check them.It would be very difficult to pass Rutgers without going to the class; it would be almost equally as difficult to pass without going to Sakai. This entire time I kept thinking what happens when you don’t have easy access to technology? Do you need technology to pass Rutgers and if so is that ok? I don't mean this so much in a social-economical way, although that could make an interesting argument, but what does it say about our lives that we need to be on a computer and on the internet to succeed?

Ok that was a bit of a tangent, (oh I’m going to like this if all I have to do is write my thoughts) I did use the internet for fun. I love to cook and I can spend hours looking up different baking ideas or just reading how other people put together flavors and spices. Then I need my computer to play music while I cook, there is nothing better than playing the blues while making food. Then I like to watch a movie once again on my computer while I eat, really my entire food process is around my computer. It is a wonderful way to pass time and be satisfied the entire time. Instant gratification is the best part of the Internet.