Sunday, May 1, 2011

Our WS 445 Class

This class overall has been helpful in my learning about feminism and the kind of contributions and work women have made to the web. I liked learning about the Digital Divide, along with other barriers women around the world face that make it harder for them to access the web. I think having a range of computer skills is important and necessary for feminist work on the web because social networking is so widely used today to communicate and connect with other people. Blogging is a tool I personally find fun and interesting to feminist work, because it helps feminists express their feelings and knowledge about current events, contributions, and other women's issues around the world, such as issues dealing with racism, disability, sexual orientation, age, class, etc. Knowing how to use hyperlinks and screen shots, along with other tools are a necessary knowledge to have as well, because it helps enhance and capture the reader's attention when reading a post or a website. I also found it important to know about other famous female contributors to the web. This, I believe, will help break the worldwide stereotype that women do not have computer and web skills, along with the idea that women cannot make useful contributions the web. My final project will be a re-cap off of what we have learned in this course, including my thoughts on women's work on the web, and the importance of recognizing them and their work.
By having basic computer and web skills, this will help women and other feminists create insightful and professional blogs, websites, reports, and organizations that will help us move forward in the fight for gender equality.

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