Simply Midterm Questionss!!!

Here is my mystery assignment for my midterm!!!

1. After studying media for eight weeks in this class, what have you learned? Be specific?
I have learned a lot about media around me. I have also learned how difficult the writing process can be in regards to radio, television, and film. I learned how to script commericials and video news stories. I have also learned to accept all forms of media from blogs,to Google alerts, Tweet deck, to Twitter, and to Facebook. All are really important tools that we must learn to utilize effectively.

2. What is the most important thing you have learned about yourself as a 1. a critical reader; 2. a writer, and 3. a critical thinker in this class so far?
1. As a critical reader I have learned to look for key aspects and that I can actually stay on top of the readings.
2. As a writer I have learned that I FINALLY understand the four tool sets, and that I am not that awful at writing blogs.
3. As a critical thinker I have learned to take my media experiences, such as attending a sporting event, and open my eyes up more. I know see media messages all around me that I usually didn’t take much notice to before.

3. What's one thing YOU would do differently this first half of the semester if you were to take this class again?
I believe I would have made sure that I had my book right away. We really dove right into it!! I also think that I would have been able to contribute more to the class if I had my book, but luckily I got on top of the ball!

4. What's one thing you would like ME to do differently this first half of the semester if you were to take this class again?
I really enjoyed the first half of the semester but we really focused on the four tool sets. I know I previously learned them in Mass Media, but luckily I now understand them much better then I did last year. Another thing that would have been interesting to do the first half of the semester is comment on classmate’s meditations as part of an assignment. Like in class, read one meditation and respond for credit or something along those lines. I also would have liked to break down scripts of scenes from movies or television series. I hope we get a chance to do that! Maybe even getting to watch an interview of a writer in the industry would have been been an interesting way to start this class off.

5. Please comment on the usefulness of the course blog, your personal blog, our films, and our book(s) as learning tools.

The course blog was at times kind of confusing. I really liked that I could get all of my assignments simply by checking it. It was extremely useful in regards to reading and understanding each chapter. I LOVE MY PERSONAL BLOG!! I never thought I would say this, but blogging is really fun. I always thought it was kind of dorky and silly. My opinion has definitely changed, I wish that our blogs were more interactive with the class assignments. My personal blog has been extremely useful in regards to practicing and understanding the material being used in class. The use of meditations really help me learn how to apply the four sets of tools to the world surrounding me. I don’t believe we have watched many films in class, but our youtube videos have been helpful in regards to our learning process. Lastly, our book and tool sets have really helped me understand media and many applications of it. I never thought I would learn how to use twitter in a class before!