Hello!
My name is Christie Okoye and welcome to my first blog post for this class! I will be giving a reflection for Module 2: Communication and Collaboration. There were many aspects I found useful in this week’s class. One aspect I found extremely useful was learning more about using the cloud to upload files and documents from various locations that are easily accessible with phones, Ipads and laptops and can be accessed at different locations (as long as there is an internet connection). I found Google docs to be very useful for collaboration (Slide 23). As distance learning students, we are sometimes put into group projects and it could be hard to communicate and collaborate with people who may not be as responsive through email or hesitant to share other modes of communication such as cell phone or they may not even have social media! With google docs, I am able to be collaborative, productive and professional. Using google docs allowed me to collaborate on study guides, work on group assignments without the hassle of reaching out to someone who may be working under a different time zone! I could see their own part and even send messages or insert comments. It was a very useful tool. A piece of advice I would give to college students and my fellow peers is to explore Trello (Slide 22). This is not only used for group projects. It can be personalized for your own tasks! One can customize the layout of your boards to be as creative as you want and it helps to keep you motivated. You can task assignments, create timelines and you can create various academic, career or other personal goals. It truly helps to subdivide tasks and to ultimately stay on track!
Thanks for reading.
Best,
Christie Okoye
