Exploring Digital Media (260) Reflection

     All in all, I am very glad that I took this course. Coming in, I was pretty confident on my grasp of social media and my skills with a computer. However, I learned so much over the four months I was enrolled in the class. Before this, I never viewed Twitter as a professional platform that could benefit an elementary education major. I had no idea how to build a website, and I thought that blogging was something that was fading into the past. I didn't know that young, aspiring students could benefit from joining LinkedIn, and I had no interest in posting a YouTube video, or in sending out surveys to gather information. Looking back at my naive self, I am so glad that I enrolled in this course, and I feel more prepared for my future as an elementary education teacher because of it.
     With social media and technology becoming such a large part of our society, everyone needs to have these skills if they want to be successful in their future careers. The world is shifting to a digital one, and I am so glad that I took the time to attend this course. I know that I still have a lot to learn when it comes to the interent, but I feel that this has been a great starting point.

Farewell!

     Well, everyone, our journey around the world wide web is complete! It's funny how in the process of exploring areas around the internet, I also managed to actually become more connected with people around the globe. This is the end of my blog, and I thank everyone for sticking with me until the end. It's been a great journey, and I have learned a lot along the way. Blogging has been quite the experience for me, and I am sure that I will find this skill useful in the future.
     When I get my own classroom, I am hoping to start a blog to keep both parents, students, and future self updated on what is going on. I know that parents love to see pictures of their kids at school, so hopefully that blog will be mostly photograph-based. Thanks everyone for sticking with me, and I hope you all learned as much as I did along the way!

I'm All LinkedIn!

     With the requirements of my LinkedIn project getting checked off, I realized that this will be a project that I am hopefully never done with. As my professional life takes off, my profile will be constantly changing and edited to reflect all that I have done in my career, and the steps it took for me to get there. The great thing about becoming familiar with LinkedIn at this stage of my life is that it will be a tool that I can and will use in the future.
     I am excited to see where my LinkedIn will take me, and how it will impact my future professional life. I have already told my friends about the benefits of the site, and they have began crafting their profiles as well. I will post my profile link at the bottom of this post, and please contact me if you have any questions!
Kelli's LinkedIn Profile