Self Improvements and Challenges

I have made tremendous growth over the term, in terms of my technological skills, because of this class. The first week I thought, "oh no- Word documents- easy! I've done this a million times before!" But a week or two later I was stumped and had to pretty much self-teach myself how to do the assignments given. One big thing that I personally accomplished was to not instantly panic. I learned to calm down, take deep breaths, not future trip, read all the directions carefully, and do one thing at a time. That was something that I had to learn quickly, or I knew I wouldn't survive the rest of the class. In terms of technology skills, I know I have made self-improvements when I learned how to navigate the Storybird assignment. I felt like I did that with confidence and I also feel pretty fluent in Google Docs now. Google Docs was something I had never heard of before, and it is a pretty awesome program and I appreciate its usefulness now. My biggest challenge in terms of assignments in this course was the digital storytelling project. That was so hard! It took me a long time and an all-nighter to figure that one out! I overcame this challenge by asking for help and realizing I can't do everything by myself. My friend Fran came over and helped me and together we finally figured it out! The non-technological skills I employed were to not panic and ask for help. The technological skills I employed was the Windows Movie Maker. Now that I know how to do it, it seems fairly simple. I was aware of my learning style. I've always been aware of it. I am a hands on learner. I can't be told how to do something. I have to do it. Trial and error. It's how I learn the best!