Ever since I got my acceptance letter for RTA in March, I was eager to check out what courses I would be taking, and I was excited for digital media before I even got my high school diploma. It lived up to my expectations, and overall I enjoyed the course very much.
I found that the hands on yet relaxed approach to the labs allowed students to let their creativity flow. While at first it seemed a little unstructured, once I realized help was available when I needed it, I found the relaxed environment ideal for working in. The relaxed labs complimented the engaging lectures as well. I thoroughly enjoyed Laurie Petrou's approach to lecturing and felt it was extremely refreshing and innovative. Her use of YouTube gave the lecture material a sense of accessibility, and the fact that the content was so accessible made it easy to review for the course and gain a firmer grasp on what she was explaining.
There isn't much about the course I would want changed. I think the digital media course gives students a solid foundation to work with in their upper years and allows them to gain a feel for different programs and technology.
This course has changed me in the sense that I'm more receptive to having a presence on the internet. I am now more adamant about portraying myself in a more positive light online, and am even planning to buy the website sineadflood.com to have a place to host my portfolio in the future. I'm deleting less than desirable photos of myself on Facebook and changed my Twitter to my real name. This course has taught me the importance of self image and what an impact it can have on your life.
The most important thing I'm taking away from this course is one lesson: plan ahead! Projects that were planned resulted in positive feedback, grades, and a sense of self satisfaction with my work, whereas not planning ahead has resulted in the complete opposite. This course has taught me the importance of taking my time and trying my best with my projects.
Digital media has been a rewarding experience and one of my most self fulfilling classes. I'm glad it was a requirement.
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