Module 7 – Final Blog Post

I can’t believe that this is already our last week of class! This class has been very beneficial to me and I have learned a lot about technology and online resources. Learning about the numerous study websites that are out there was very helpful because there are so many different kinds, all which could be helpful depending on the study material. I think the most important thing that I will take away from this class and the most meaningful experience was learning about how important scheduling your day can be. Learning about google calendar/tasks was very beneficial to me and I think that by keeping track of how I am spending my day really helps me to realize when I am wasting time so that I can hopefully change those habits. I have also learned how it is important to analyze potential online sources based on reliability, quality, and usefulness. There are a lot of online tools out there that could be very useful but there are also some that may seem useful but are actually not reliable, for example. It is important to know exactly what research you are looking for because some sources may be reliable and have good quality but they don’t relate and are not useful for your research. I have learned a lot about myself by taking this class. For example, the self test that we took this week helped me to realize what kind of a learner I am in ways that I have not thought about before. I have also learned that I am a bigger procrastinator than I thought but I think I have improved some of my habits by learning how to better manage my time as well as by setting short term and long term goals. This class has also made me realize that I already knew a good amount of online etiquette. Whenever I am writing an email I always include a subject, I address the reader(s) of the email in the beginning, and I include a signature. Many things that I have learned in this class I will continue to apply for the rest of my college career, as well as after. Goal setting and creating a calendar of my schedule is something that could be useful for the rest of my life. It is important that I continue these strategies so that I don’t go back to my old ways of procrastinating a lot and forgetting things that I was supposed to do. I have also learned the correct way to use citations and this will be very useful to me in the future, especially when I  am in grad school and have to write a lot of papers. Before using the correct formats of citations, I will use what I learned about the reliability, quality, and usefulness in order to find the right sources to incorporate in my writing as well as cite. Although this was a summer class and it is sometimes hard to find motivation in the summer, I am very glad I took this class and have definitely learned a lot about technology as well as myself!

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