Category: Blog post 10

Hi Rongmu,

I really enjoyed reading your blog post this week! I just finished writing my last blog post too and found that my reflection was quite similar to yours. I agree that this course was really helpful to learn multiple different platforms,  I think it helped me realize the multiple different pros and cons that each social media platform has and which ones are better to connect with depending on my interests. Would you say that you found this the same too?

Hi Katoo,

I really enjoyed reading your final blog post! I also agree with you that sometimes your professional and personal interests overlap, which is why I switched my view of having two different social media accounts, one for work and one for personal interests, to having them overlap with one another. I do think you still have to be super cautious about what you post if you only have one account, but I do think by displaying more information about yourself it allows others to connect with you more easily.

Reflect on your experience in the course, your development of PLN, your use of social media platforms and networked publics, any changes in your perspective of social media in professional settings and personal use.

I think that this course has helped me to understand why it is important for everyone to have a PLN and to use social media as an advantage to learn more and communicate better. Before I took this class, I had some experience in using PLN for work, however, this class has helped me realize how to better utilize social media and how to strengthen my PLN. Additionally, it has made me realize that I can create PLNs for different things, not just work and school, and that it can be useful for hobbies and other extracurricular activities. Before taking this course, I had considered social media to only be beneficial if you compartmentalized social media by having a work account, and a personal account. I now realize that you don’t necessarily have to do this there are some lines of work that your personal life that plays an important part in your professional life, such as artists.  I do think that you still should be cautious about what you post, and who is able to see your posts, but it is important for people to get to know you and get to know how to better connect with you. I have also realized that I really need to build my PLN, especially in University while I have access to multiple resources and have students in my classes that are interested in similar subjects. I think that connecting with more people both in person and on social media that help me expand my PLN so that when I graduate I will have more connections to other people, and when I am getting hired for a job my connections are seen as an asset.