Weekly Reflection- Week 7

(Lewis, 2012)

This weeks learning activity allowed me to experience something that I have yet to do in my lifetime; which was to work entirely on a group project without ever seeing who my group members are, let alone meeting up with them. This allowed me to fully experience the term “Teamwork” as we had to make decisions all over a platform called “TodaysMeet”. At first I was a little overwhelmed with TodaysMeet, however after a quick YouTube tutorial, I was well on my way with this assignment. TodaysMeet allows you to connect with individuals from across the world in live time on a chat platform similar to Facebook Messenger. Once we established a quick group connection and intro, we were quick to get started on this weeks Google Docs presentation.

(Google, 2016)

Google’s online platform where you can create documents, presentations, spreadsheets, forms and drawings is an excellent tool for students and should be more recognized in the coming years. My first favourite feature with these Google platforms is that you never have to worry about saving your work. As you do you work, it is automatically saved and can be accessed on any computer at any time no matter where you might be. A bit extreme but you could be in China without your personal laptop and still access all your work from a different computer over there. Secondly, and most important is that all of your work can be accessed in the palm of your hand through the compatibility with IPhones. I have personal experience with Google Sheets and using it on my IPhone. In the summer when I am running my landscaping company and tracking expenses, I can quickly input them on my phone and they will automatically be accessible for me at any time on any device or computer.  Thirdly, this platform has the unique ability to let you invite group members to edit your docs and you can see in live time the changes that they are making. This came in handy with our group assignment, as I was able to correct some of the content that my partners had put up.

This weeks Feedly Article that stood out to me was titled “95 Inspiring Websites of Web Design Agencies”. This first caught my attention because I recently finished designing my own website for my company “Andy’s Home & Lawn Service”, so I knew that I would be able to relate to this article. This article provided creative tips to helping your website gain more attention. I am happy to have come across this article, as I will certainly be putting some of these tips to use in the near future (once all my school work slows down).