It came as
no surprise to me when the Passenger Service Agent announced that there was a
forty five minutes delay. After all it was LIAT. But I was eager to arrive in the
land of flying fish, Barbados to see what was in store for me. I knew I would
be gaining a bit of what school life was like in Barbados since I would be
living at UWI Cavehill for seven whole days. However, I was excited since this
was my very first Agricultural workshop outside of St. Lucia. I really did not
know what to expect. But I still was excited, excited to meet new persons, learn
new cultures, get introduced to a different environments, and most importantly
learn about WEB 2.0.
We now live in a more
modernized world where persons use technology every day and for everything.
With the use of web 2.0 young people like myself have a much easier way of
disseminating information to a much larger audience. Not only does it allow to
send out information to persons but to hear what others have to say about your opinions.
So far at this workshop I have learned what web 2.0 tools I need to keep
persons aware and also the issues which persons and myself could come across. Although
all the tools could play a very vital part with sending out information, social
networking and blogging were the two tools I see as being most efficient. I say
this because these are the two mostly used tools by computer users. With
blogging, especially through wordpress persons would be able to reach an older
and more professional audience. With Tumblr and Blogger you are expected to
reach a much younger audience. With social networks you are able to transfer
information to everyone especially younger persons. These two tools also give
you the opportunity to work hand in hand with other tools such as: Feeds and
tagging.
Although it has only been
a day I have learned allot in this workshop. The experience in Barbados has
been great so far. I am still looking forward to learning much more about Web
2.0 and having more hands on practice with blogging. I hope to take everything
I have learned here in Barbados and put it to good use. Also, share it with my
other Agricultural Youth group members back at home. So far it has been all
work and no play but I know I won’t leave Barbados being a dull girl.
