Life in Color {Spring23-EME2040}

      To be honest, before starting this class, my practical experience with Microsoft Applications was limited. In the tenth grade I had taken the certification tests for PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, however I did not really use any of them in everyday life. If there was an essay to write for a class, a slideshow to make, etc., I simply utilized Google Slides and Google Docs. I found it easier to do group projects with others on those platforms, mainly because of the ability to share the documents with others and their user-friendly comment feature.  Additionally, the fact that everything automatically saved and uplinked to my school provided account's cloud, meant that I could finally stop using flash drives and quit having stress moments about whether or not I remembered to save the latest changes. In a sense, Microsoft applications just felt outdated. They were not easily synced to my school email, or as accessible to my teachers either. In the end, convenience over a specific

 H i! I'm Cassandra,  and I am so excited to share with you all my journey in EME2040 this semester!     I love being creative even in the little things and exploring the world through novels. I also love to imagine stories of my own and put them to paper. Movie musicals from the 50s and 60s are my favorite, and classical music is a must on any given day. As a college student, I am very excited for this class and this new Spring in 2023! I hope to encourage you guys as I relate my own educational technologies experiences along with everything new that I will be learning over the next fourteen or so weeks.     Growing up, I was straddled between traditional education tools and the emerging technological age. Sure there were whiteboards and transparencies, but there were also SmartBoards and platforms such as Google Classroom and later Canvas. In the then brave new era of the early-mid 2000s, we still had a steady blend of assignments completed online and those physically turned in.