More Digital Advances

The semester ended in a frenzy of grading and being graded. I had to catch up with all my past-due journalism homework and grade a bunch of classes. Everything had to be finished just before the Winter Break. Now everybody in education gets two weeks off for Winter Break to celebrate Winter. We also spent time buying Winter presents for our grandchildren and their parents. We were in the retail capital of the world, so we also shopped for bargains during the Winter and post-Winter sales.

We are trying to keep the Winter spirit alive the rest of the year.*

The spring semester brought a surprise. I am taking a required course to increase my knowledge of all the digital media. That is why you will be seeing more PhotoShopped work on this blog and many more additions to my domain. I will be learning more about social networking (FaceBook, Twitter) and podcasting, and video on the website. I also have to refresh my knowledge of Flash, which is great software for web design. Regent has quite a program in digital media, movie and TV production, and screen-writing.

*I make a point of always saying Merry Christmas to anyone to tries to dodge the name of the season. I enjoyed a little moment of fun when I said "Merry Christmas" to two atheists who spent a lot of class-time making their dubious points. They were pained to hear those odious words. The demons believe, but their hides bristle.