Final Tutorial...
This week is the final week of subjects, and the final week of Communications and Digital Technologies. We had our exam on the Monday that has just passed, and I feel that I did ok. I studied as much as I could, on all the topics and theories/personalities that we were advised to (as a group in the lecture) but I feel as though we weren't told enough of which areas to actually look at. This is because within the exam, I came across a few subject areas that I had not heard about at all...I am assuming these topics were explored in the further readings that were given to us throughout the semester.
I wasn't aware that these topics were actually necessary for us to study as I was under the impression that if we would have 'liked' to have read anything further on those specific areas we could have. So, I am a little disappointed that I will be missing out on some of those marks on the questions in the exam, when I would have studied them had I known we were to.
Apart from this, I did reasonably well in the Essay, which I wrote on the Study of Videogames, in which i recieved 17.5 out of 20 marks. I learnt alot from my research for the essay, and am please with my being rewarded a great mark(to me).
Some of the exercises we completed throughout the course such as microsoft word and Excel seemed to be very easy at first, and I was little laid back about actually doing them. However, as I learnt each week, we were shown a variety of little tips and techniques that could in future allow us to use these programs both better, and for more purposes than what we have previously been using them for.
I have learnt so much about how the world is expanding technology-wise, and now that I have learnt all the basics about how it was invented and who invented it, I don't feel as left behind as I did prior to taking this course. I find it difficult to keep up with all the latest gadgets, such as MP3 players, technical phones, blue-tooth technology, etc etc, so I feel a little more confident that I am not so far behind anymore.
Some of the lectures were quite boring, however i do appreciate that this is what happens with the majority of subjects because there is a theoretical side to almost everything. I found the short snippets that Adam showed us a few times really funny, and they seemed to break up the 'boringness' of theses lectures. The movies we watched also helped to tame the boringness...even though they weren't all that flash. :)
I found the themes of the movies really quite fascinating, and if it wasn't for this subject I would've never taken the time to see and appreciate these movies. I found the whole concept of what people (such as Godard) saw happening in the future due to the developmenting world of technology, and I can see where they were coming from. It is interesting to think about whether it is still possible for the citizens of a town to become fully controlled by machines...there are scientist who are trying to clone humans as robots now so I think we can think about these sorts of things without feeling stupid!
Altogether, the subject has taught me alot about technology, how rapidly it is expanding, and all the basics of how it came about, and I feel I am alot more confident in this field of knowledge.
I wasn't aware that these topics were actually necessary for us to study as I was under the impression that if we would have 'liked' to have read anything further on those specific areas we could have. So, I am a little disappointed that I will be missing out on some of those marks on the questions in the exam, when I would have studied them had I known we were to.
Apart from this, I did reasonably well in the Essay, which I wrote on the Study of Videogames, in which i recieved 17.5 out of 20 marks. I learnt alot from my research for the essay, and am please with my being rewarded a great mark(to me).
Some of the exercises we completed throughout the course such as microsoft word and Excel seemed to be very easy at first, and I was little laid back about actually doing them. However, as I learnt each week, we were shown a variety of little tips and techniques that could in future allow us to use these programs both better, and for more purposes than what we have previously been using them for.
I have learnt so much about how the world is expanding technology-wise, and now that I have learnt all the basics about how it was invented and who invented it, I don't feel as left behind as I did prior to taking this course. I find it difficult to keep up with all the latest gadgets, such as MP3 players, technical phones, blue-tooth technology, etc etc, so I feel a little more confident that I am not so far behind anymore.
Some of the lectures were quite boring, however i do appreciate that this is what happens with the majority of subjects because there is a theoretical side to almost everything. I found the short snippets that Adam showed us a few times really funny, and they seemed to break up the 'boringness' of theses lectures. The movies we watched also helped to tame the boringness...even though they weren't all that flash. :)
I found the themes of the movies really quite fascinating, and if it wasn't for this subject I would've never taken the time to see and appreciate these movies. I found the whole concept of what people (such as Godard) saw happening in the future due to the developmenting world of technology, and I can see where they were coming from. It is interesting to think about whether it is still possible for the citizens of a town to become fully controlled by machines...there are scientist who are trying to clone humans as robots now so I think we can think about these sorts of things without feeling stupid!
Altogether, the subject has taught me alot about technology, how rapidly it is expanding, and all the basics of how it came about, and I feel I am alot more confident in this field of knowledge.
posted by nooky @ 5/31/2006 12:13:00 PM
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