Thursday, December 17, 2009

Reflection of MEDP 150

There was a lot of material to learn in this class and I just feel as though time just flew by and I didn't really grasp it all as I wanted to. It was really frustrating to memorize terminologies and knowing how to articulate them on paper during examinations. From the beginning I knew that we were going to touch upon various aspects of media and I was excited because it just gave me more areas to be interested in. I suppose it may have been a bit difficult for me due to my lack of experience and feeling inadequate compared to my classmates and even though it was an introductory course, it was a bit intense. I wish that we did more hands on learning and I believe that would have made it easier for me to understand some the material. For an example, I still do not know how to identify cables even though Dylan brought them to the lab and showed them to the class. Maybe if we had more time to play with them to know which cable goes where and is for "what" as opposed to memorizing images on a sheet of paper. When we began to use Photoshop, I was excited because I always wanted to learn the program and even that I felt was rushed because I remember using it only three times during lab which was when it was introduced, starting my stamp, and finishing it by a deadline. I just wish that we had a little more time to become comfortable using the program, but it did not permit.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009