I have learned so much through this course!! There were a lot of new things, some things that needed practice, and some things that I had always been aware of but never utilized it enough to perfect the skill.
New Technical Skills
- Creating an email Signature
- Embedding links
- Creating, maintaining, and designing a blog
- Creating a budget through a program
- HTML codes
- Image captioning
Theories
One of the most interesting new theories that I learned was through the gender lens project! I had always been aware that gender plays a large role in out society, but I had never dove that deep into the various factors… Many of which I had not even considered could be related to gender (economics, education, etc.).
Furthermore, I was also aware of the gender pay gap and the class ceiling, but I was unaware of current statistics and reasoning as to why there is still such a great inequality. Doing the research each week really opened up my eyes and gave me evidence to back up my position.
In the Future
I think that the most useful skill I have learned through this course is the skills surrounding the blogs! With our world (especially the professional one) getting more and more technological all the time, I think that blog knowledge could be very helpful in not only securing me a a job, but promoting whatever or whomever I work for/with later on.
I don’t know if I will continue to use my blog site after this class…considering I wouldn’t know what to write about! However, I have enjoyed putting my thoughts into something concrete, and perhaps a blog is in my future!
I think that I will most definitely use screen shots, PDF’s, and spreadsheets in the future! As I said above, technology is a huge part of our world. I think that learning through this class even more mediums which I can use to communicate with others (professionally or privately), instead of just usually email, will greatly benefit me for years to come!
