- I thought that the presentations were very interesting in the sense that they all got to showcase their work, almost like presenting a resume of sorts to us. To be honest though, the one I was most focused on was the Interactive Games Studies presenter, because it is my major. One thing she said that really stuck with me was that you need to go above and beyond to really put yourself out there, that doing just the assigned work wasn’t enough to land you a job for sure. I took that to heart and enrolled in a C++ coding and Unreal engine how to class online with Udemy, which I got for 10 dollars because of a sale. I plan to gain knowledge of coding and complete the 55 hour course in my own time.
- I found four sites that I think are interesting.
https://archive.org/
I chose the Internet Archive because of their main goal. It is to compile the history of as many webpages as possible. It could be considered similar to Wikipedia in this regard, but there are some key differences between these two sites. One of them would be the fact that you can interact more with the information on Internet Archive. For example, you can play Oregon Trail on here, fully and completely.
https://www.reddit.com/
Reddit is a site that has been growing in popularity over the years. I think it is interesting as a site that is home to countless forums and fandoms, but also that it focuses on showing news. The voting aspect is interesting too, it is different than the likes of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in the fact that you can upvote or downvote (essentially liking and disliking) anything, whether or not it is a comment or post, which helps filter content that is not of quality and separate it from quality content.
https://www.twitch.tv/
Twitch is a popular live-streaming channel that is designed and mainly used for streaming video games for entertainment, but it is also possible to stream non-video game content. It has been heavily monetized with professional video game sponsorships and subscribing to certain streamers, but I think it is an interesting platform, and it’s popularity is only growing.
https://www.udemy.com/
I chose this site because I recently bought a course on how to code C++ and learn Unreal engine for only $10, where it usually was $200. This site lets people acquire skills, and I read that completing a course from Udemy is definitely worthy of putting on your resume. I think it is a good way for people to learn certain skills, especially since it is an online class that you can complete at your own pace. I think this is good because there are a lot of people with jobs that cannot attend school whenever they choose, so online classes that are flexible are a big help.