Digital Media Blog

In the late 1960s, Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf started the design of the internet. The internet is distributed packet-switched network which connects computers around the world. The internet was a result of a project called ARPANET which was supposed to be a defence project for the government. Today the internet is used to connect people no matter their location.  The World Wide Web is a service on the internet to search and share data. Tim Berners-Lee created the world wide web in 1989. This service was created to meet the demand for sharing information between institutions, professors and scientists. Now the www is used for searching for any information you need. We use the internet by building on top of the services such as www and emailing.  The web and the internet are two different things that are usually said interchangeably but in reality, they are different. The internet is a network of machinery that grants you access to the web. The internet contains the web while the web is not

     Starting classes again is a little scary because you don't really know who your teacher is nor if the students are nice and cool. The first Tuesday, I could not find where the class was which made me miss it. However, in my first class of Digital Media, I actually learned a lot. In the first class, there were topics that I really never talked about or was ever taught. The videos and the explanations that were presented in class made it so much easier to understand which for me at least makes it more enjoyable to learn.      My name is Bexhet Shehu but I go by Jon. I am originally from a little country in eastern Europe called Albania. I was born there and basically grew up there. At age 10, I moved with my dad to America, specifically Clearwater. Clearwater and the Tampa Bay area have been my home ever since. I do visit Albania almost every summer which brings unbelievable joy to my heart. The memories that I made and make will be with me forever. It was in Albania where one o