Well first off I would like to say a big Thank YOU to all my teachers, as they have all been fabulous. My first semester of University is almost over, but I have had a great time learning what I love.
Throughout the semester I feel the Digital Media Lab was beneficial in the sense that I learned how to work certain programs, (ie Flash, Dreamweaver) that I will be dealing with in the near future. I was reading over my posts from day one where it asks, "what is your impression of the term digital media?" and I was not able to answer. After reflecting on what I have learned throughout the last 12 weeks, I would now have something to say.
I came into Radio and Television Arts, strictly wanting to pursue a career in television production. However, after learning of all the different career options and all of the different fields within Media, made me definitely consider some different routes. Although, I may not enter into the digital media field, it has been truly great to learn how to use certain programs that are going to be beneficial. I am still undecided of what aspect of media I want to get into, as I am still keeping an open mind for the television portion of this year. It is difficult to say if I want to follow this path when there is still so much more I get to learn.
For the overall course evaluation, I think much of the time we strayed away from course material. The only problem was that we did not really get into doing assignments during the class. We spent much time talking of the programs and what they "can do" rather than getting on a computer and doing it together. I believe that room for improvement would be to spend more time working on the computer, with the teacher assisting students with questions. I just found I was ususally rushed for time to try and get tutorials done, without actually remembering and soaking in all the steps and material.
I hope in the future that I will be able to use some of these programs again to create other projects. My creative ability was not to it's full potential this semester as I was new at all of the programs, therefore had to work with what I could do on the program. With more practise, I hope to use my creative ability to push my limits at creating new media projects. I am much more confident with digital software than I have been before because I actually was involved with "hands on" work in the lab. As for the overall course, I am taking away more knowledge of these programs as to using them, and of course what digital media is.
No comments:
Post a Comment