- For Major Project 2, I learned how to use rhetorical strategies to analyze a company's social media performances. It led me to think about social media in a critical way. That was to say, I knew how to apply these rhetorical strategies to persuade my own audience.
- For MP3, I learned how to use CRAP principles to give a visual and persuasive presentation by using Google slides. Also, I used Jing to demonstrate it. These were very effective tools that helped me to illustrate my report.
- For MP4, I cooperated with my teammates on making an intercultural communication report. It made me to realize that a business world was without boundaries. So, I should pay close attentions to cultural differences when communicating with people from other countries or cultures. During this assignment, I also noticed that teamwork could be effective and fun once a positive environment was established. To reach this goal, one should respect the other team buddies and make it clear what was his role in a team.
- For MP5, I applied what I learned to make a well-designed resume and a resume video, which were included in my revised blog. This assignment pushed me forward to reach the audience out of the class.
Before taking this class, I spent most of my time improving my academic backgrounds. However, I ignored the importance on how to make my employers believe that I have the proficiency to take the job as an English teacher. Thus, I believe that these skills and practices I has learned from the class do benefit me to present myself effectively, and then attract my potential employers. For example, I learned to design my resume by Google Doc and used CRAP principles to make it look nice. Besides it, I knew what I should conclude in my resume video to show my relative abilities and high motivation.
Beyond presenting myself, these practices also benefit me in my further teaching career. With the development of science and technology, teachers had better update their technic skills to face challenges. To give a specific example, I can make fully use of Google slides to demonstrate my teaching materials, which can be more attractive to my students with the benefit of CRAP design and animation effects. Considering that students are likely to use Internet, I can make a shorting teaching video by using Jing. In addition, I can make full use of my blog to post important knowledge about English so that students can review after class. Without doubt, a teacher who is good at using social media is welcomed either by employers or students.
Overall, I enjoy this online business class. Though we seldom see each other via face-to-face, we share our ideas and processes in Google community. Personally, I think the interactions among the students are more effective than what we do in a traditional class. And most importantly, this class seems to intimate a real business world, in which people are likely to know each other through their internet appearances. At the end, I'd like to show great thankfulness to Dr. Cummings and my classmates who give me a lot of inspiring ideas and push me forward to be better.
Beyond presenting myself, these practices also benefit me in my further teaching career. With the development of science and technology, teachers had better update their technic skills to face challenges. To give a specific example, I can make fully use of Google slides to demonstrate my teaching materials, which can be more attractive to my students with the benefit of CRAP design and animation effects. Considering that students are likely to use Internet, I can make a shorting teaching video by using Jing. In addition, I can make full use of my blog to post important knowledge about English so that students can review after class. Without doubt, a teacher who is good at using social media is welcomed either by employers or students.
Overall, I enjoy this online business class. Though we seldom see each other via face-to-face, we share our ideas and processes in Google community. Personally, I think the interactions among the students are more effective than what we do in a traditional class. And most importantly, this class seems to intimate a real business world, in which people are likely to know each other through their internet appearances. At the end, I'd like to show great thankfulness to Dr. Cummings and my classmates who give me a lot of inspiring ideas and push me forward to be better.
