Week Four Blog: Wrapping Things Up

Wrapping up week four has been a tough one. I believe researching for my project has been the most difficult task of the class so far. I was so stressed out throughout the beginning of the class wondering “am I even doing this right?” but I learned so much from this class that I wouldn’t trade this class for any other this summer. I found it helpful this week to read all of the extremely insightful posts that classmates have written in the discussion forum part two on my research topic. This made the process of figuring out what specific technologies I should be covering in my paper a lot easier.
This has been a very interesting class. It has increased my confidence in my writing and discussion writing skills as well as my ability to share what I really want to share with the class. Although this was a four week course I feel as though I have learned more than I have learned in some of my complete semester courses throughout the years. Making a class interesting makes all the difference I believe because people are going to be more inclined to learn if they are interested and intrigued by the topic at hand, and this topic of the class definitely interested me.
One of the most interesting things I found this week was how much people responded to our research posts. Although my post in the project discussion forum did not get much feedback, the one in the discussion forum two got a ton of feedback which was extremely helpful. I honestly thought that I would only have one to two comments on my posts but was pleasantly surprised to find that almost everyone commented on my project post. This made me feel even more confident that I was choosing an interesting topic to discuss for my project. One of the most beneficial posts that boosted my confidence was one from Michael when he said “I think that this point can connect back to the first week videos and the discussion about the advancement in technology in robots. Some people may be worried about what could happen (much of this is a Hollywood depiction of robots) in the coming years if technology like Watson continues to advance”. It is so great to see that other people are thinking about what I am thinking about when looking at the focus of this topic. My most beneficial aspect coming out of this class will be the confidence I have gained in my writing. I never thought I would say that I learned to become more confident in my writing from a four week summer course, but I have.