My Journey Through CSMN 601

I first want to thank Les for being a great professor. He really made things less stressful for me being as though this is my first semester as a graduate student. I have learned a lot of things through out this course. The things that I have learned are things that can be used in the real world; while I am at work, or just in general conversation.

I liked the way Les split up our weekly assignments. Each week we reviewed a different chapter. I feel that my money was not wasted on my text book due to the fact we reviewed each and every chapter. I had a chance to experience collaborative learning, through a study group which was a great experience. At first I was pretty nervous because it was online but I remained a soldier and fought through it. The current events were a great assignment during this semester. Everyone had a chance to keep up with current IT articles, and see innovative ideas that will be launched in the next few years.

I really enjoyed this course. I think the professor sets the tone for the class. Les was always on time with things, answered questions in a timely matter, and helped you as best as he could. I pray I run into more professors like him, it will certainly make my academic career as a graduate student much smoother.

Another cool assignment we had every week were mini projects. Some of these projects required us to analyze websites, create diagrams, and search databases. I really enjoyed these assignments because they required critical ticking. We had a chance to explore web sites that we may have never thought of. Like the one that showed the purity of water in your neighborhood and the amount of pollution in it.

I now have knowledge of wiki. I think wiki is great for collaborating documents and makes a group project easier. Although I had problems adjusting to wiki in the end I figured it out. I think having a blog was a very creative idea Les came up with. By having a blog allowed us to share out experiences throughout the class. It allowed us to reflect on weekly assignments and express our feelings about them. I would consider this a academic journal which is great to have.

In this class I had a chance to meet some very intelligent people. I wish everyone success throughout other semesters to come. Everyone have a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year.