Throughout this module I learned a lot about myself and it gave me the opportunity to explore different topics that are of interest of me. I really enjoyed this module it was very different towards my other modules but it was similar to the Active Citizenship module in terms of community engagement. I think the more you put into the module the more beneficial it is in developing you as a person. In the following paragraphs I will discuss 1/ what I’ve learned about the module and about myself 2/ what I would do differently and 3/ how this module prepares me for my future career.
Reflecting on the following past few months of Practical Media Skills, I have learned a lot about the module itself and about who I am as a person. In terms of how I carried myself throughout the module I know I can defiantly improve certain aspects about myself so I can get more benefit from this opportunity for example, when working in groups I realised I usually let other people take the lead in situations such as organising or choosing certain things to do. I think my confidence effects my ability to take the lead in these situations, I don’t want the pressure of it on me as I would want things to be perfect. It is an area I would defiantly like to improve as it’s an important aspect for my future career to be able to take the lead and make a change in the area of health promotion and I should be able to work independently.
This module gives students a great opportunity to dive into areas of interest and it gives you the opportunity to push yourself. For me, doing the radio ad is one thing that I would not of done if it wasn’t for this module, at first I was cringing hearing my own voice and doing the radio ad but it is a great opportunity to just bite the bullet and just do it. Doing the fundraising stands was so much fun and it highlighted that I can be confident in terms of approaching people to sign up for Marchathon. I haven’t been in that position since I last done a charity stand a few years ago. This was one thing that I know would benefit me in my future career as a health promoter.
We worked with Bothell students on different tasks on Padlet throughout the module, I really enjoyed the ‘Who Am I’ task we got assigned to do. Both our class and the Bothell students got to make a video including pictures best describing us and do a voice-over. I thought it was a brilliant way to make the connection between us and the Bothell students and put together a small video that sums us up as a person. It gave me the opportunity to explore my creative side by using videos. I enjoyed these aspects of this module like this task as it breaks up the semester from academic writing which I find tough!
If I had the opportunity to go back and do this module again having the experience of what it entails the one thing I would focus on is my organisation skills. I would defiantly focus on being more organised in other modules throughout the semester so I can put in equal amounts of effort into each module. Work overload was defiantly a factor that limited me in giving this module my all. Every module throughout the semester seemed to have everything due at the same time, in the future I would be more organised with my assignments so I could really benefit and participate to my best ability in this module.
Practical Media Skills gives me as a Health Promotion student the opportunity to expand my knowledge on using media skills to get the word out there. I think this module defiantly prepares me for my career as a health promoter, the use of media to promote health information is massive today in society and by the time I graduate 100% it is one area that I would need to be able to use efficiently. Creating radio ads and being on the fundraising stands/ organising events will be useful in the future, it gave me an insight into how much organisation and work goes into hosting an event. Now that I have that insight it will benefit me in future planning for hosting events etc as a Health Promoter.
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Saoirse,
Well done on completing your final blog post!
In terms of the post itself, try to imagine its visual appeal. Remember that paragraphs of text should be short and should be broken up with images, memes and gifs. Also, watch your spelling in places, e.g. you use “defiantly” instead of “definitely” throughout.
However, your post is really interesting in terms of what you took from the module. I think your point about confidence is one that could be applied to many people in the group. I hope that now that you have been thrown in at the deep end a bit (!), you will perhaps find it easier next year to take the lead. Thinking about organisational skills is also a really valuable take-away. Because I regularly threw unexpected tasks at you, I think the reaction was often one of dread but in fact, much of the work could have been done during class time (certainly within the college day) with a bit more organisation. It’s easier to put things off until later at the time, but knuckling down to the task from the start is often the best habit you can develop in college. Hopefully, far more than the mark or anything like that, these are the things that people will learn from doing this module.
Thanks for all your participation during the semester and best of luck next year!
Jenny
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