In hindsight, I realize my expectations for the digital media course were entirely too limited. I was expecting to only be learning video editing and learning about online enertainment media (mainly youtube videos and music online). What I missed in my prediction was the aspect of social media online. I wasn't anticipating writing a blog, nor was I anticipating being graded on my twitter feeds; and while I'm excited by the ideas and implications of those things it does make me slightly cautious of these social medias .
I think that coming into the course I was most looking forward to learning the tools of the editing trade.
In my initial understandings of the course I was expecting to be creating and editing videos. Photoshopping things that nature hadn't made quite pretty enough, and while I knew that there would be more; I hadn't considered the seemingly large role of social media in the course. I have never been one to use social medias to a great extent. Only using Facebook to show my support for things, organize with friends, and send less than heartfelt birthday wishes to the 500 people who are less than my friends.
There are many reasons that one would take up this course. A small reason is because its mandatory. But a much larger reason is for the knowledge that you will be getting. If youre like me and haven't the faintest ideahow to use photoshop or edit videos/music, it's a really important course to take. Its also a great course if you're a fan of social networks like twitter and facebook and blogger because I get the feeling from being in the course for a day that its a very focused on aspect of the couse.
So to sum it up: while i'm cautious of the social media aspect of the course, there also seems to be alot to look forward to. In class we discussed what tools we'd be using and I'm unfamilliar with all of them. And while that's kind of scary its also expanding my abilities.
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