Communication Theory in Reflection

I cannot believe how fast the time has flew by this semester. It seems just a few weeks ago I was sitting in my first classes of the semester, wondering what was in store for me. I am pleased to report that I have learned a lot of useful information this semester that will give me an advantage in my future career search.What I value most from my classes in Ales 204, is the skills I learned from using Google Docs. Previously, when I had been working in a group on a single assignment, I as well as the rest of the group, would simultaneously work on the same word document. Of course this meant that every time new material was added to the document, the revised version had to emailed to the whole group. This wasted a lot of time that could have been used to add new input. Now anytime I am working on a project, and would like input from other people, I simply make a Google Document and share the link with the workers. Then we can add and share in real time, and even chat about the new revisions.

Lastly I am very glad I jumped into the Twittersphere. Previously to taking Ales204, I had never used Twitter. I assumed that Twitter was basically a clone of Facebook with a 140 character limit. Soon I realized that it was so much more than that. Now I'm constantly searching for people, groups, and businesses that interest me, so I can keep up to date with their activities. I am glad that I don't have to go through the awkward process of friend requests to follow them. Currently I follow many newspapers, health journals, motivational groups, and comedians on Twitter. As well, when I am participating in an event that other social media users are viewing, I check the hash tag for that event to see what they have to say about the event. I found that Twitter was very valuable for in-classroom use, checking the hashtag #ales204 gave me a summary of all the points Dr. Laccetti had made during lecture, many of the those points I would not have retained from just sitting and listening in lecture.

I posted on some classmates blog in Ales204, they had lots of interesting things to say about the class and their programs. Links to my comments are as follows, and from the links you can easily navigate to their blogs.

Julianna Damer, Cassandra McKenzie, Jamie Desautels,
Kylie Mclean, Mareli Kemp

Because I was so excited about being versed in using Twitter, I added a Twitter tool to this blog. The tool will keep you viewers up to date with my Twitter activity. Feel free to follow me: @Greggins. I will be posting a lot of interesting new findings that I've come across in regards to social media and communications. I encourage you to comment on your thoughts on Social Media's place in the business world, and to share your favorite users to follow on Twitter. Below, Hans Vestberg shares his thoughts on a completely networked society. I'm very interested in his vision.