2020 has been quite a year. In the short (roughly) three months of what was supposed to be an exciting new decade, we’ve had world war 3 scares, wildfires and floods decimating Australia, and now a global pandemic. Human resiliency showed itself, however, and many people have been able to adjust their lives and continue on – this class included. You can’t move forward without some reflection on the past though.
Right out of the gate, this class has been beyond my expectations. Writing to me has always been about storytelling, and from even our very first section, I was learning new ways to tell stories. The visual story unit was such a new experience. The ideas of both writing with pictures and reading pictures were quite surprising but much more fun than I would have thought. The Explain Something project was a new experience too, and learning the video-making process was rather tricky. I also figured out pretty quickly that I’m not very good at it. Oh well. Everyone has their talents, and technology just isn’t one of mine.
This class has been full of experiences that have made me think about my writing in ways that I never had before. Even if it wasn’t a POE requirement, I think I still would have chosen to take this class and enjoyed it just as much. It’s a bit of a disappointment that the middle of the semester has been a hassle thanks to the virus outbreak, and online meetings aren’t quite the same as being in the classroom. But I don’t think it’s impacting my experiences with this class, or my opinion of it, too heavily. I’m going to keep moving forward, and I hope to learn as much from the sound unit as I did from the visual and video units.
Writing Is More Than Fiction 
For starters, I love your introduction, it caught my attention and was a great transition into the rest of your blog post. From this semester so far, I agree that reading and writing stories that were only images was very fun, but learning how to create and edit a video was proven very difficult for me. I now have much more appreciation for video editors! The changes to an online classroom for this course haven’t proven it to be too difficult, although nothing beats being there in person and building off of each other’s ideas.
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Oh dear, the world really fell apart didn’t it? As we all slowly suffer, there are many bright spots to enjoy. I’m glad to hear that you haven’t had too many problems keeping up to pace. The technological divide has shown to be troublesome for a lot of people so props to you for making it work.
The video-making process (writing, editing, etc.) was a giant hassle for me to learn – in fact, I’m still learning it. It probably would’ve been the most challenging part of this semester if I hadn’t already had experience with it. In what is primarily an “English” class, did this project catch you off guard? I’m curious what you had planned for your video project… Hope the rest of this class (and your others) goes well for you.
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