- What were some production skills/concepts that you expected to learn in the class?
-After reading my first blog post, some production skills that I expected to learn in this class was that I was expecting to learn and strengthen skills to create blogs each time. I was anticipating my content and how my blog looked was going to be better each time.
- To what extent did you gain the production skills/concepts that you expected to learn in the class?
-To an extent my productions skills got better based on my knowledge of WordPress now. Before WordPress was very difficult to understand for me and very difficult for me to do assignments on. Now WordPress is easier for me to understand and I can do assignments on it without much question on how to operate it.
- Now, brainstorm about what “soft skills” you have learned in this class. Examples of “soft skills” are interpersonal communication, listening well, empathy, perspective-taking, being a good critical thinker and problem solver, and being able to make connections across complex ideas. To what extent have you learned and practiced “soft skills” in this class? (Hint: Many of your assignments helped developed these skills in one way or another.)
-The “soft skills” that I have learned in this class has been a good critical thinker and problem solver. I have practiced these skills in this class because of some assignments I may have not known how to do them, it has allowed me to use critical thinking and problem solving to help get the assignments done I was struggling with. For prime example the Live Tweeting Practice and Instagram Story Promotion assignment. I had very little to no clue on both assignments on how to do them. So, they have helped me develop these “soft skills.” These “soft skills” could help me in my future career because it would allow me think of ways to solve problems and create ways to help me come up ideas to help situations.
d. Discuss how these production and soft skills/concepts could help you in your future career.
- What assignment did you find the most meaningful? Why?
-The most meaningful assignment to me was the Creative Devices assignment because it allowed me to open my eyes up to more detail and look for the little things when I was shooting pictures of all of the plants. It helped me look for new things and ideas.
- What assignment did you find the most challenging? Why?
-The assignment I found was the most challenging for me was the Live Tweeting Practice assignment. This assignment was so difficult for me because I don’t have twitter and I didn’t know the first thing about tweeting before doing research for me. So, it was a new experience for me and difficult to catch up on.
- If you could go back in time and give yourself advice about this course, what would you say to yourself?
-My advice to myself would to be to stay on top of my assignments and not to procrastinate so much. Also, to ask for help when the material was introduced. That in itself would have been so helpful for myself if I would of done those things because it was very difficult for me to catch up this semester once I fell behind.
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