The first day of class, whether it was in high school, undergrad or at Pitt, I always have that freak out moment. You know the one where you are hearing about everything you need to complete and what is required of you to do during that semester and suddenly you feel like “Oh crap, I so cannot complete everything you are asking me to do.” Yeah, that moment is one of the worst. But by the end of the semester you have finished everything and have passed. Well, for this class, I feel like that moment has been stretching on and on for the past two or three weeks.
I’ll be honest, I’m totally freaking out over these assignments. I start out being confident that I will be able to complete them fairly quickly, but then comes the moment of dread and anger when I hit a brick wall and have no clue what I’m doing. The chat sessions are a great way for us to get answers to our questions, as are the discussion boards, but I feel like I need a flashing neon sign telling me when I am on the right track and when I’m headed for a dead end.
When I was in high school or at Seton Hill I always based my assignments on the first assignment or test. This first test/assignment always gave me an idea on how to approach the remaining ones. Did I need to make more flashcards, read deeper into the questions, etc. However, we have yet to get feedback or grades on our first two assignments, so I feel completely lost in the next one. Grades are extremely important to me and I do not want to lose points because I have absolutely no clue what I am doing.
So with that in mind let’s explore the next assignment. I had never heard of Jing prior to this class. I am realizing that I am not as tech savvy as I originally thought I was. This is actually quite disappointing. But anyway back to Jing. I am going out tomorrow to purchase a microphone for my computer (which I will probably never use again). I really have no idea what I am looking for and again wish for the neon sign that points directly to the item I need to purchase. Then after I do that I must create a demonstration and save it to screencast. Now I really shouldn’t comment on whether or not I think this will be easy, because with my luck it will just be really really hard. Then I get to embed the presentation into my blog. This is so not a good idea for me, but I will try it. Hopefully, it will work but I am not holding high hopes. Tune in soon to see how well this goes over, but expect complaining and tears. Good luck everyone else!
So after I cringed over Assignment four, I turned to assignment five. My thinking was that I would be able to complete it before I went in search of the perfect microphone. Boy was I wrong again. The hyperlink to local instance was broken (Does anyone know where the hyperlink was supposed to take us?) and I’m actually not quite sure what this assignment is about. Nevermind, I just re-read the assignment and now get what I am doing, this could all change very very quickly. Until next time!
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