This is Kyle Jackson here for the last assignment and I am going to go into what my thoughts are about the collaborative social media. First and foremost, it felt odd. I say this because at the start of the class I found it just plain awkward to start into the webcam hole and talk as if there were someone staring back at me who needed to know about patents. The YouTube videos were quite terrible at the start and I dreaded them each week. After some time, I became more comfortable in front of the camera and actually enjoyed posting a little about patents here and there. The collaborative aspect of the class was most interesting for me in terms of the YouTube comments. These comments on my posts were the most informative in giving me feedback on how I could improve my blog and try harder in the future. I liked learning from others in general because it was something I had never really done here before.
Monday, May 4, 2015
Collaborative Social Media: Installment 1
Hello Everyone!
This is Kyle Jackson here for the last assignment and I am going to go into what my thoughts are about the collaborative social media. First and foremost, it felt odd. I say this because at the start of the class I found it just plain awkward to start into the webcam hole and talk as if there were someone staring back at me who needed to know about patents. The YouTube videos were quite terrible at the start and I dreaded them each week. After some time, I became more comfortable in front of the camera and actually enjoyed posting a little about patents here and there. The collaborative aspect of the class was most interesting for me in terms of the YouTube comments. These comments on my posts were the most informative in giving me feedback on how I could improve my blog and try harder in the future. I liked learning from others in general because it was something I had never really done here before.
Typically in Berkeley, classes of 3 units are two lectures and a discussion but here it was just one long Monday night lecture and no discussion. Instead, the discussion actually happened online where we were all commenting on each others videos and blogs as well as making some of our own. I really enjoyed watching other people's work because each has their own sense of style and artisanship that is unparalleed. I like how this class went above and beyond to integrate ourselves through collaboration. For most classes, there are midterms which you have to cram for. Dr. Lavian was good about emphasizing that he wants us to "cheat" and "take the best" of each other's work so that we can learn from the best.
This is Kyle Jackson here for the last assignment and I am going to go into what my thoughts are about the collaborative social media. First and foremost, it felt odd. I say this because at the start of the class I found it just plain awkward to start into the webcam hole and talk as if there were someone staring back at me who needed to know about patents. The YouTube videos were quite terrible at the start and I dreaded them each week. After some time, I became more comfortable in front of the camera and actually enjoyed posting a little about patents here and there. The collaborative aspect of the class was most interesting for me in terms of the YouTube comments. These comments on my posts were the most informative in giving me feedback on how I could improve my blog and try harder in the future. I liked learning from others in general because it was something I had never really done here before.
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Hey Kyle!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the great post. I really liked how you mentioned that this class wnt above and beyond to integrate ourselves through collaboration. I am glad that you saw positive aspect of collaborative social media and I just want to agree with you that I had hard time posting videos, but later on got used to it. Really love how you end your post by Dr. Lavin's quote! haha to "cheat" and "take the best" of each other's work!
Hi Kyle,
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate the honesty you put into this blog. Acknowledging you felt uncomfortable in front of a camera is a feeling I think we all shared in the beginning, but you are the only blog I have seen to yet admit it. I'm glad you were able to overcome your fear.