End of the Semester Reflection
So the semester is almost over and I can honestly say I have learned much more than I had anticipated. Things that we learned about like the personal learning networks have helped me broaden my reach with the social media sites I used, like twitter. Of course, in the scope of social media, personal learning networks can be very beneficial because they can target and get the attention of different kinds of people that you would want to get the attention of. For example, in the context of this class, I had social media experts in my PLN and received some followers because of how I would associate with these experts online.
Another big learning experience during this semester was working with a real client. My group and I worked with the Foundation for the Education of Young Women, which was an interesting experience because they were not trying to use social media like a company would, but wanted to utilize social media to keep alumni in their network connected. This made us have to think about the material we learned a little bit differently. We learned most of the material from the perspective of a business, so we had to take that into consideration when we gave our clients information about how to utilize social media. Overall, this project was a great learning experience and opened me up to what social media has to offer.