Week 10 - Overall Comments out New Com. Tech.

So this week we were asked to evaluate the course so far.

I found this course particularly fun, interesting and CONFUSING!

I really liked the way the teachers tried to come up with new, different and interesting ways of getting us to use different kinds of technology - for example using cameras on phones to take pictures which produced a story to a random film title OR making us use alternative search engines and for some.... learning to use apple macs.

I was intruiged by the quirky personalities of the teachers but abit puzzled by their teaching methods - especially since one teacher would tell their tute group this and the other that and then the students who are in different tute groups start arguing about what's due when, and whether or not we were supposed to write a lecture summary.

It was really refreshing to walk into Kaya's tute (after Jules decided to bail for whatever reason - his loss) and have the tutor sit down and discuss everything that needed to be done, when it was due and how to answer what essay question. I like my assessments to be clear! it's easier to get a good mark that way - so thank you Kaya.

On the otherhand, although I have to admire Daniel's passion the internet and cyberpunking, but I had no idea what he was talking about 90% of the time. I particularly remember when he said "so what is cyberpunking?" at the start of the lecture and then I waited for the answer for the rest of the lecture, however most of his lecture content remains unclear to me. I DID however, enjoy changing the "real" news story into a cyberpunk one. I found that activity quite fun.

All in all I would have to say that I enjoyed most of the course but feel like I still don't fully understand some of the concepts that were discussed - and I'm not sure if that's due to the way that they were explained or the fact that I was unfamiliar with alot of the jargon used throughout the lectures.