Thursday, May 2, 2013

Ten Things I Hate About 303 (Not Really)

1. First, I was nervous about the transmedia narratives. I didn't exactly know what I was getting myself into by taking this class. It was hard for me to get into at first, but I'm glad now that I took it.
2. I love the flexibility of the course.
3. I enjoyed being able to control what our projects were about.
4. I'm not generally a people-person, so when it comes to group work I don't typically enjoy it. The other members are either overly-passionate or just passionless. However, getting the chance to work with the other members and bouncing my ideas off of the others was ultimately refreshing. It was nice to discuss homework and actually enjoy it.
5. The information given about the Story Bibles was extremely helpful. While the idea itself is sort of a duh moment, the suggest to make it more professional and extremely detailed will be something put to great use in the future.
6. I enjoyed working with a blog. It was a break from the usual turn-in-your-essay-by-the-due-date I had anticipated. It was also interesting getting to work with all of the pieces.
7. inDesign was very detailed, and I'm confident that I will be using this in the future. I wasn't aware that you could do that much with the program. This class was more helpful in teaching inDesign than my journalism classes have been thus far.
8. While the idea of collaborating with the CAC members seemed interesting, it was ultimately disappointing. They didn't seem as enthusiastic as I was and it was difficult to get in contact with them.
9. I enjoyed the feedback given in this class. Whether it was by my fellow classmates or the professor, it was helpful to hear what I could do to improve without it sounding like an attack.
10. The relaxed nature of the presentations made it easier to present. I has, perhaps, made me more confident for future presentations.