Final Week Feelings

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It is hard to believe that this is the last week of EME6414. I have enjoyed our journey together and have loved being able to connect through blogs, Twitter, Instagram, Slack (and so many more) and explore new tools together. I have learned so much from each of you in the backchannels of our learning through your blogs and posts, it has been so nice and comforting to be able to learn in that informal online space with all of you. 

I have all the final week feels, excited to finish off the course, sad to leave the little community we built over the last 12 weeks. I feel as if I am standing in the middle of a pathway, with an adventure to look back on and new perspectives, learning and tools for my journey ahead. 


I remember my thoughts about social media during the first week of the course, I was unsure, timid and perhaps a bit pessimistic towards social media and using web 2.0 tools to learn, connect and discover. I've been doing a lot of reflecting this week and realized that my thoughts and feelings towards social media have defiantly changed. I think I tried almost every tool we were introduced to this term at least once and many tools that I continue to use (to my surprise). 

We have learned so many ways to share and communicate in the Web 2.0 world, I thought I would share through one of my favourite ways-GIPHYs & Memes:

How I feel about the last week of EME6414:

via GIPHY

 

How I feel about what I learned:

via GIPHY

 

How I feel about my journey ahead:

via GIPHY


This is my first semester in the ISLT Masters program, so my journey is just beginning. I hope that I will be able to connect with all of you virtually in the future. EME6414 group, Let's stay connected!

My LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-kustra-2b3b3b201 

My Twitter: @melissakustra


Comments

  1. KelvynJuly 27, 2021 at 1:25 PM

    Hey Melissa!

    It was definitely great learning with and from you! You often contributed very insightful and constructive feedback, discussions posts and assignment products! Hope you enjoyed your first semester in the ISLT program and I wish you all the best!

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    1. LissaJuly 28, 2021 at 8:11 AM

      Thank you Kelvyn, I enjoyed your blog posts a lot during this course! I wish you all the best too!

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