Goodbye!

I began my semester kind of scared. I was afraid of going back to school in general, but also afraid of taking online classes. At first I thought “omg how perfect i can rlly be invisible behind my computer screen” but when i realized how interactive moodle was I was terrified. I felt I had plenty of online experience otherwise, mastering the few things I do usually do on a daily basis, but also knew there were plenty of things i could learn.

I feel as though I opened up a lot this semester. The more weeks went on the more comfortable I felt “exposing” myself. I also really did learn a few things. Leaving this class I am taking away knowledge of a few applications that I’m sure I will use in the future. I finally got to mess around with garageband, making me feel more comfortable to play around with it to perhaps make some sort of music project I’ve always wanted to make. I am also now an active user of google drive, and have been doing all my homework on it. It makes me life a million times easier in terms of not having to save, but also being able to work on documents between home and work without having to email myself is so convenient. Another application I finally got to figure out was screencasting. I’ve always wondered how people did that kind of stuff.

Overall I feel better acclimated to going back to school. I took a break because I was overwhelmed and completely over working myself. This semester really helped getting me back in the groove (part time) but also taught me a few tools that I can hopefully use in the future assuming my professors will be as creatively flexible as Lisa. Next semester I will be returning to Champlain part time and after two part time years I should finally have my social work degree!

It was a pleasure working with you all. Thank you so much for helping me on this journey and being such positive reinforcements! Good luck in all your endeavors.