A First

This is my first blog, not only here on Blogger, but on any website. I have had access to this feature but have never before used it to my advantage, nor had anything to write about that was worth signing up for yet another website user name. And yet, here I am writing to essentially no one about things most people don't care about or have time to waste thinking of. The subtle push that made my decision to conform to the ever-popular blog world was Digital Media. No, not fancy web advertisements or other pretty things that people create to ensnare unsuspecting victims, I am talking about a new class that is offered at my school. Now this class is special, not only because of the novelty that is the subject in my school, but because of the type of class it is.

Hybrid. A most beloved term to green-peace lovers and a thorn (or at least annoying buzz word) in other peoples' sides. Sure, this class is green in a sense and you can brag to your friends about just how thrifty you are for enrolling in it. It is a unique form of learning that encompasses both the face-to-face relationship that is practical for most class room situations as well as the internet which makes more sense for a wide variety of other times in furthering a students knowledge. There truly is no limit now that the World Wide Web has been created, and now it serves yet another purpose: teaching. Through this 'hybrid' course, students can keep the peer workmanship and teacher-student relationship, but also learn on their own time, at their own pace. Classes will take place every other day, with a study class in between.

This will give students a block period for time and creative freedom and eliminates pointless class discussion. A prime example would be our class topic; digital media. In this class, us students will be making a wide variety of movies, mash-ups, video games and other forms of 4-D artwork. Creating said projects cannot be done in front of a lecturing teacher or in front of the whiteboard. Thus; the term hybrid has found yet another way to revolutionize life in the 21st century.

Though the class is new and specifics are being worked out, I believe that this new way of learning will ultimately be beneficial for all students taking the trial-run class as well as students who will participate in learning this way in the future. I am very excited and I am looking forward to experiencing this new and revolutionary way of learning new subjects.

Anyway, now that you know a little more about the class, I suppose it is high-time that I explain just why this class forced me to subscribe to Blogger and, as a result, encourage my long-winded and meaningless blathering. In this class, each student will be posting about one blog a week, possibly more for the outgoing student (which may or may not be me). Each week we will either be writing a review of any digital media- be it a movie, YouTube video, or the newest video game- or creating a tutorial for creating media, the former being more prevalent. As you can already see, I intend to make good use of this task.

And so it begins! Potential readers beware- even though I'm sure my words are definitely as entertaining as I wish them to be, I write a lot and often get carried away with my own ramblings. Any future posts will be potentially longer, more convoluted, more pointless, and yet less humorous than the last.

You have been warned. ;)

~kelley