Week 2

This class is a first for me. First of all, I still am not quite prepared for 21st century technology. Learning how to use it and apply it to my advantage seems very prudent these days, however, so I am excited for the skills that this class has the potential to offer.

The readings that we have had for this class so far have already started to demonstrate the wide range of knowledge and skill that this class encourages. Not only that, but it is all extremely relevant not just to the class but to the outside world as well. This is more than I can say for many of my other classes. Also, it isn't just the material that we are learning but the mode by which we learn it.

Some of the "reading" for this week was actually just to watch a video tutorial. Not only were we learning about how to produce an audio file, we were learning about it through a video file. This is something that classes in previous decades would never have had the opportunity to experience. In this case, youtube was the portal for education and our "reading" assignment was a recording. This really is a new age of education.

This week were learning how to use a program called "audacity" through youtube tutorials. The tutorial approach of learning was definitely effective and very appropriate for this type of program. Audacity seems like an excellent tool for people like me who aren't incredibly tech savvy. Other than podcasts, however, I don't really know when/where I would require an audio file. I am interested to learn though in the interest of staying relevant.