This course has taught me a lot of information not only about different online tools/resources that I can use as a college student, but it also provided me with information to help solve my procrastination problem as well. I have learned quite a bit about using Interlibrary Loan when looking for resources that might not be directly available at my specific library. This course has also taught me a lot about determining reliable sources based on the quality of the article as well credential author information for example.
Because of the surveys that I had taken in this course, it helped me determine how much of a procrastinator I am and ways that I can help fix the solution. By doing my work ahead of time, it helped eliminate my procrastination somewhat. Making sure I turned in good quality work as well was very helpful. If I keep my assignments organized as well as prioritize them, this well help greatly in eliminating procrastination.
Another survey also helped me determine my best learning environments as well as well as providing online resources to help with my learning process. The survey helped me determine I have a moderate preference for visual learning compared to verbal learning. This meaning that I will learn and understand the material better if it is shown in charts or diagrams compared to an instructor verbally giving the information.
I believe the most meaningful experience that I learned in this course dealt with using Google Drive. I had a gmail account for a long time, but I was never aware about Google Drive. I thought it was very interesting to use especially Google Docs. With Google Drive, I was able to create calendars as well as documents that I could access from anywhere as long as I had an internet connection. Its very useful since I only have one laptop and it can become a hassle to take my laptop everywhere with me. With Google Drive, I could access and work on any of my documents from any computer. I found the calendar tool very useful as well. After I had set up a calendar that contained all of my college classes and the times I had those classes, my phone would receive alerts everyday about 20 mins before my class. This is very useful in case I were to forget about my class or something else were to come up. After I used Google Docs, I looked up alternatives to it, like I-Cloud for example. I have a lot of Apple products and with I-Cloud, I can pretty much do the exact same thing as Google Drive. The reason I like I-Cloud more though is because it is easier to access from my Ipad, Iphone, or Macbook than it is to access Google Drive from any of those products. If it wasn’t for Google Drive though, I never would have really looked at I-Cloud and seen the benefits of it.
There are many things that I learned in this class that I will apply in the future. I need to work on not procrastinating and use the tips I learned from this course to help avoid it. Another important thing I learned from this course is Google Docs although I will use I-Cloud more than Google Docs. It is very useful though because I take my I-pad everywhere with me and when I have access to internet, I can use my I-pad to work on any homework assignments that need to be completed. I learned a lot of information from this course and it will help me greatly in the future.