My Final Post....For now atleast

So its been a long 15 weeks and this semester has not been easy in any way...Taking 5 business classes might have been a bad decision but in the end i think it was worth i learned so much...This class six degrees of social networking has taught me so much...

The one thing that I really got out of this class was that the Internet was more then just a place for fun and joking around...There are so many sights out there that can help make a business more successful...Lets look back at some of the things that have taught me in this class..

The guest speakers also helped this class...Tom Kyte and his famous ASK TOM blog was amazing...it was such a honor to hear him and all the speakers speak...

The snow day..a day where no one wanted to walk to class cause it was cold and snowing so professor melander sent us an email saying we will have an online class..She should us technology where we can view her slides and hear her lectures while we were able to ask questions in real time...This helps for when we need to have meetings with people all over the world...

LinkedIN....A facebook for business people...ENOUGH SAID

The murder mystery...a way to use online tools to complete a task showing me that these online meetings might not be easy..trying to find for all people to meet and keeping attention when we do meet....

Lateral Thinking Puzzles...Every morning professor melander tired to get us starting to think with a puzzle...these puzzles gave us something to think about and get our minds ready while letting us have a little fun...

The in class discussions...thanks to the class and professor melander these discussions went really well...Through other kids in the class i was able to learn about technology and how its used on a personal level...Thank you everyone

The purpose of blogs...This class let us get an inside look on companies are using blogs putting ideas into our heads for when we go into the business world...

This class was amazing and i enjoyed every minute of it...So whats next?...This summer I plan to get an internship with NASCAR which should be fun...And next semester Ill be back learning about business at American..What's next for you?

A Special Post~~Remembering those at Virgina Tech~~

This weeks blog post wont be giving an insight on new social networking sights but something more important...The way social networking sights let people come together in the time of need....

Monday morning April 16th started out as an ordinary day just as every day did I got up for my 830 class went there came back and took a nap before my 1245 class..When I woke up and turned my computer on i sat there in shock reading "Massacre at Virgina Tech" in the matter of minutes it went from one confirmed dead to 20 confirmed dead to over 3o confirmed dead....30+ students who lost there life on Monday April 16th..Tying this post somewhat into a social networking blog post just look at facebook...Within minutes these people who lost there life walls filled up with messages remembering them...Within hours groups mourning the loss of all people that lost there life..The rest of time the memories these people have given them...While personally I did not know any of these people something like this hit home for me just a few months ago when two of my personal friends were shot and killed at school in Arizona...Within hours on facebook there profiles filled with memories that will last forever...Facebook allowed all people that knew these people in both schools to come and join and mourn together....Social Networking sites have given a new way for peoples life who was unfortunately cut short and let there memories live on for ever....Please look at these and keep these people in your minds its a terrible tragedy..And its even harder when it hits home....When looking at your friends list on facebook just go down and look and the amount of people who have changed their picture to mourn this great loss...Facebook has given one more way for people to mourn a loss at a time of great loss

Now on a personal note as i refereed to earlier in my post...As i sat in my room about to turn on the Daytona 500 i got the worst news ever...My 2 friends shot and killed in school in Arizona was a message i recivied from one of my friends....You watch it on the news you read the posts on facebook it just never hits you as hard until you know people involved...Thanks to facebook i was able to communicate quickly with all of my friends to organize rides to make it home service arrangements etc...These are just other ways new social networking sights have given people today a way to communicate...

Remembering my personal friends and those who lost there lives at Virgina Tech forever