Thursday, December 9, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Week 16 Question 2: Learned, Favorite, Least Favorite, Improvements
In this class I learned exactly what the name of this course is New/You media. We read about and discussed new media (as well as getting a background history of old) and were always able to use and relate the information to our everyday lives in one way or another. This class truly held up to its name.
My favorite part of this class was Professor Perez's involvement. I have taken other online classes before where the instructor just assigns readings, quizzes, and tests and never gives feedback. But she went above and beyond with her reading summaries, and blogging to make sure we understand and are clear on things. I appreciated that part the most.
I think my least favorite part was vlogging. Probably because I am not that good at it and I see a lot of people using cool effects while mine is just plain and boring lol.
The one thing I didn't like is when sometimes papers and weekly posts were due in the same week. I like to focus solely on major assignment, so adding on the weekly posts was kind of stressful. Other than that I really enjoyed the class!
My favorite part of this class was Professor Perez's involvement. I have taken other online classes before where the instructor just assigns readings, quizzes, and tests and never gives feedback. But she went above and beyond with her reading summaries, and blogging to make sure we understand and are clear on things. I appreciated that part the most.
I think my least favorite part was vlogging. Probably because I am not that good at it and I see a lot of people using cool effects while mine is just plain and boring lol.
The one thing I didn't like is when sometimes papers and weekly posts were due in the same week. I like to focus solely on major assignment, so adding on the weekly posts was kind of stressful. Other than that I really enjoyed the class!
Week 16 Queston 1: Interesting/Fascinating Concepts
There were so many different interesting concepts in this class but for the conservation of space, I will narrow it down to the most fascinating one to me: the history of computers. We learned about very basic forms of the computer and how big they were. We also learned that they were first used for children to help them learn to read. Then we learned about the program Eliza which was like a computer program to serve as a pyschotherapist.
Anyway, I am very interested to see the growth in the use of computers (or similar items: phones, ipads, etc) from beginning until now. It is fascinating to me that computers were not widely used and needed at one point of time because nowadays the majority of the world is dependent on them. They are becoming more and more accessible and convenient in their many different forms, which makes me wonder how they are going to look in like 20 years from now.
Anyway, I am very interested to see the growth in the use of computers (or similar items: phones, ipads, etc) from beginning until now. It is fascinating to me that computers were not widely used and needed at one point of time because nowadays the majority of the world is dependent on them. They are becoming more and more accessible and convenient in their many different forms, which makes me wonder how they are going to look in like 20 years from now.
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