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The Class Thus Far

This course strikes me as very interesting and right with my interests. I did not expect to learn some of the useful history of the internet that we are being taught, but it aids moving forward with social media management.

The most interesting thing we have been studying are wikis. It's funny to think that the collaboration and interaction we have on the internet wasn't always there. When I was young, I remember GeoCities popping up and people could create their own web pages in "cities". This is the same concept we have today, but obviously with a more efficiency and attractiveness. Yes, I'll admit that I had a GeoCities web page dedicated to Pokemon when I was 8. Big whoop, wanna fight about it?

I'm taking this class to learn what this guy with the googley-eyes has already mastered.

The most boring thing in class is using BLOGGER! No offense to blogger, but I don't think companies these days are using it to reach out to the mass population. We are scribing a journal all over again, just as in MDIA 203. I have faith in our learnéd leader, MCK, that we will be learning more about other social tools that can be used in the professional realm.

The biggest lessons have come from Social Media 101, by Chris Brogan. Only 2 years old, it is chalk-FULL of ideas for promoting business, finding an audience, different management techniques and tools, and more! When I tell companies that I studied Social Media Management at Ohio University, and that I can assist their company with tuning in to their audience, I will be using a lot of advice from this great little book.