OK...I'm starting to get the picture. Maybe I'll get to that relaxed point...clicking through all those tools so efficiently. Meanwhile, I'll just plod along, very slowly!
One last concern, beyond the Web tools, which are the focus of this book, is the hardware. I'm very concerned about the relatively short life of electronic devices and about the raw materials used to make them. About 10 years ago I saw a big pile of old Apple computers piled up in a school basement, and thought about that multiplied many times around the world. I think about the constant innovation and marketing of new devices, rendering previous models obsolete. What happens to the old ones. Are all the components really recyclable? And the manufacturing of devices can be problematic. For example, conflict minerals are still problematic, though I haven't been keeping up with the latest developments. Well, maybe the current crop of brilliant, Web-savvy, motivated, critically-thinking students will come up with solutions to these manufacturing and disposal issues!
OVER AND OUT :)
Karen
ReplyDeleteI feel your overwhelms. I have struggle through these book also. I agree way to much information to follow in each Chapter.