Week 1: Welcome one and all.

Hi there. My name is Kate and this is my first blog post for New Communication Technologies. I chose to do this subject this semester because whilst I am perfectly capable of using such technologies as my smart phone or laptop, I really only use them for the very basics like texting and online shopping, so I'd like to learn a little bit more about where they came from and how they came to be so very necessary. A little about myself now; I am a first year Bachelor of Arts student at Griffith University and at present I have no idea what I want to do after I've attained my degree (assuming I successfully do so). The two subjects I am most looking forward to this semester are Spanish, because it was easily my most enjoyable subject last semester, and Screen History and Research, because watching movies and television is the closest thing I have to a hobby.  So far the subjects I've chosen for this semester and the ones I did last semester have been a fairly random selection and though I'll have to choose a major at the end of the year I'm still rather unsure what that's going to be. That is all for now, so until next time I bid you farewell.