Self Evaluation

Coming into J198, I was scared. I was horrible with technology and social media and avoided both like the plague. When I saw the work my friend Jackie was doing for the class last semester. I realized she was learning valuable skills that I needed to know. If I didn’t take the class, I would avoid them forever.

So I started the class. In the beginning I despised making videos. It took me forever to get myself to start filming, and then forever and a day to begin the editing process. I am not sure when the transition started, but as the semester went on I began to enjoy editing videos. I not only enjoyed filming, but also planning what to film at different locations. I found satisfaction in completing a video.

I feel that my work this semester was pretty well done. I think this was mostly due to the fact that I liked doing the work and therefore put a lot of time into the assignments. I put everything I had into the assignments and made sure they were the best I could make them. The one project I felt I could have done better on was the documentary. I found it an extreme challenge to make it long enough while making sure the quality was good enough. I am not as proud of it as I could be, although Allie and I spent a very long time working on it and tweaking it.

I found extreme satisfaction in completing the website. I absolutely loved making it, and found that I enjoy making sites. As soon as Allie and I completed Affordablebethlehemdining.net, I went to work making my own digital resume. I worked on it for hours and found it fun. I loved knowing how to do it, and began to experiment beyond weebly, using wordpress.

I know for a fact that I will be able to use the skills I learned in J198 in the future. When I went for an interview for a communications job at Prudential financial, they asked me questions like, “Where do you see social media going in the future?” “Where should social media go in our company?” “How do you use twitter?” If I was not enrolled in J198, I would have had absolutely no idea how to go about answering those questions. I definitely would have left the interview embarrassed and with the knowledge that I would not get the job. However, because I knew the answers I felt confident with my interview and with the skills I have attained.