As I begin to write this post I examined my title and thought, "how dramatic!". It is though. This has been a long and rough semester. It has been filled with trials (both in my personal and academic world), but it has also been filled with joys and triumphs (once again, in my personal and academic world). One of the biggest triumphs was my multimedia class.
When I first began my journey into the Web I was fearful and had no real knowledge of the cyberworld and what it had to offer. I couldn't imagine that I could tweak pictures, create movies, blogs, vlogs, a website, and so much more! It all seemed too far out and unattainable. Week by week, however, I realized that this wasn't something unreachable. I had moments where I realized, "I can do this!".
Some of these "aha!" moments were any time I opened an account (blog, Twitter, weebly, delicious, etc.), anytime I understood how to embed something, or being able to tweak a photo or video. These were all things that I was aware of, but I always thought that I wasn't tech savvy enough to do them. I can though, and I did! I have learned that I am capable of so much especially as a tech-learner. I am no longer afraid of computers, the Internet (to a certain degree!), or experimenting and entering classes that I have no knowledge about.
I want to know further develop my skills in the multimedia world and begin to incorporate all that I've learned in this class to my personal life (making slide shows, animated gifs, vlogs, etc.), into my work (slide shows, screencasts, animotos), and into other classes that I may take. Multimedia can add so much to and for a project or to help others understand who I am, and what's my "cloud".
This class has really helped me expand as a learner by forcing me to try new things I never would have such as Twitter and animated movies. I don't think that there is anything I've learned in this class that I really want to stay away from except for creating podcasts (they weren't my favorite). Everything else was incredibly enjoyable. Once classes are over, and I'll have more time!!!, I want to go more in depth with the concepts, tools, and websites I've learned about in my multimedia class.
What a semester! I hope everyone else has had a great learning experience through this class, and I wish everyone the best in all their future endeavors!
Satisfyingly,
Stacy
