The blog is something I thought I would never make unless people really encouraged me to make a travel blog. However, that day has not come but instead I have made one about patents! The blog was very interesting because you could create your own backdrop and get your own feel to it and see how the other people in the class decided to make theirs look. The comments on the blogs were useful because they helped me decide how to structure the rest of my blogs and videos. Many people commented that the black was hard to read with my backdrop so now I type in red. Small changes can go a long way. Being collaborative is new but it was instrumental in getting a better grasp on patent engineering because as a 3 unit student, you learn a lot from watching so many videos of classmates and posting so many comments it was actually quite helpful.
Monday, May 4, 2015
Collaborative Social Media: Final Installment
Continuing off what I was talking about earlier, this class didn't have any midterms which made it less stressful and actually allowed the students to learn in a stress free environment and focus on what they found to be most important to the class. Before this class, I had never had a Twitter, a blog, a Youtube channel, nor a Google+ yet somehow I ended the class with all of those. The Twitter was instrumental in getting instant feedback from peers in the class and getting a sense of what everyone thought about each video. I liked it most when we were all live tweeting in class about the TED talk videos because it allowed me to get a feel for what the fellow students were thinking about when watching the videos and also what stuck with them the most. Posting tweets felt unfamiliar at the start but I came to enjoy putting my thoughts out there especially when it came to patents. A lot of random people started following my Twitter account because of this talk about patents and the hashtag we were using.
The blog is something I thought I would never make unless people really encouraged me to make a travel blog. However, that day has not come but instead I have made one about patents! The blog was very interesting because you could create your own backdrop and get your own feel to it and see how the other people in the class decided to make theirs look. The comments on the blogs were useful because they helped me decide how to structure the rest of my blogs and videos. Many people commented that the black was hard to read with my backdrop so now I type in red. Small changes can go a long way. Being collaborative is new but it was instrumental in getting a better grasp on patent engineering because as a 3 unit student, you learn a lot from watching so many videos of classmates and posting so many comments it was actually quite helpful.
The YouTube was helpful in creative confidence and seeing how you look to future employers.
The blog is something I thought I would never make unless people really encouraged me to make a travel blog. However, that day has not come but instead I have made one about patents! The blog was very interesting because you could create your own backdrop and get your own feel to it and see how the other people in the class decided to make theirs look. The comments on the blogs were useful because they helped me decide how to structure the rest of my blogs and videos. Many people commented that the black was hard to read with my backdrop so now I type in red. Small changes can go a long way. Being collaborative is new but it was instrumental in getting a better grasp on patent engineering because as a 3 unit student, you learn a lot from watching so many videos of classmates and posting so many comments it was actually quite helpful.
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Another great post Kyle, loved the continuation. Glad to see I wasn't the only one without a Youtube account and a Twitter before this class began. I agree that the comments were some of the most useful parts of the blog, and I would be lying to say if this blog didn't inspire me to do my own personal one as well.
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ReplyDeleteGreat post! I really like how you incorporated a lot of personal examples for this blog post. It adds a personalized feel to it rather than a statement of facts from the website. I agree with you on a lot of the points that you make. Tweeting in class about the TedX videos was very unique. It really allowed to see what points others took away from the video. I too found that other individuals outside of the class were following me on Twitter and reading the tweets I was sending out. And some of them retweeted or commented on what I said! Similarly, I found the blog posts to be really helpful as well. I learned a lot from reading other people's blogs and seeing what they wrote about. I also found it very fun to write blogs, so I might start blogging in the future.