Final Reflective Post

As I spent time thinking what to say in this final post for my digital civilization class (Yes, I do plan on making periodic posts about other topics), I realized that I have changed quite a bit this semester.  I now have the tools and am familiar with enough resources (or access to other resources) to make my journey of life long learning an enjoyable one.  In order to avoid re-stating a lot that I have already said, please refer back to my last reflective post which focus on self-directed learning and how that has really benefited me this semester. 

At the beginning of the semester, it was very obvious that I wasn't very comfortable with this class and really struggled meeting the course objectives of consume, create, connect.  I typically wrote of topics that were of interest but struggled making historical connections (see example on a post I made about the NBA). 

However, after a change in attitude and self-directed learning, I feel like I became much more involved as can be seen in my post about the atomic age.  I felt much more comfortable with this class when I started using the tools of consume, create, and connect more effectively. 

What I enjoyed most about this class was working and blogging about our final project.  Missionary work is something that I have always enjoyed participating in and I found it awesome that I could focus on a topic that I loved in an "academic" class.  I enjoyed helping put on a fireside (connecting with my ward and many friends) on how to be digital missionaries.  I also enjoyed making historical connections and posting links to my facebook about missionary work.  It was fun connecting with the referral center missionaries and I look forward to continuing to become a more effective and efficient digital missionary. 

Thanks for a great semester.  I look forward to continuing the journey of becoming more digitally literate through creating, consuming, and connecting. 

Digital Revolution

On Thursday, December 9 (tomorrow), my digital civilization class is hosting an event called Digital Revolution: Upgrading Education for Digital Civilization.  I am really excited to attend this event and to have played an active role in the group Sharing the Gospel in a Digital World.

 In preparation for the event, we met as a group on Saturday morning from 9-12 AM to discuss how and which direction we wanted to go in presenting digital missionary work.  It was a lot more complicated than I had anticipated because we only have 5 minutes to present on the topic.  Therefore, we basically created a short trailer with hopes to spark an interest in the audience to learn more about becoming digital missionaries.

Want to learn more about becoming a digital missionary???  Come and learn first hand tomorrow night in room 3108 JKB from 7-9PM or join our virtual audience at the same time at http://www.justin.tv/digiciv

Blog Post Nomination

In my digital civilization class, I have been asked to nominate a post(s) that I felt followed the learning objectives.  In my opinion, the following post by Andrew does just that:  

Adventures in the Galapagos.  Great example of incorporating historical content and self directed learning in the same post.  Andrew does a great job of getting the reader involved by sharing his personal experiences on the Galapagos islands.  I guess what I'm trying to say is that I really like how he ties his personal experience to relevant historical information we were studying at the time. 

Online missionary work...catch the fire

One of the coolest parts of being a part of Sharing the Gospel in a Digital World group for the final project is actually participating in online missionary work.  I have really enjoyed using tools such as facebook, missionary mingles, hosting a fireside (Andrew gives a great recap in a recent blog post).  It has also been fun to re-kindle some old friendships and begin talking with them about the gospel as well.