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 * Week 1 - Photo Story**

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 * Week 2 - Podcast for J-Cut**

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 * Weeks 3 - 5 PSA video on Cyberbullying**

I was really looking forward to this course but I was worried that it would be very challenging. It was great fun – I really enjoyed it, I would rank it as one of my favorite of all my classes that I have taken. I was very intrigued to see how on earth we were going to share a huge video file across the web. I was very pleasantly surprised to see how we solved out issues and felt great synergy with my team as we problem solved together. There were moments in our teamwork where the ideas were flowing either through an online chat or through emails that I could really feel the “amplification” of the collaboration, as Randy Nelson from Pixar University stated. (Nelson, 2008) Those moments were so energizing.
 * Course Reflection**

I learned a great deal and really honed my multimedia skills. They are definitely relevant in my current work. I do wish though that had been able to work more closely with applications of our choosing than with the free ones. I understand why we were encouraged to stretch ourselves outside our box but a deal of efficiency was lost by us not being as familiar with the product we were using.

We were successful in completing our assignment. It was very hard and frustrating at times to rely on team members who were not as focused or committed. I learned a knew a WHOLE lot more than I thought I did about file and file formats and I actually became the trouble shooter for the group. This is a role I would not have chosen or thought I would be good at. It was a great feeling to be able to contribute in this manner. I also became the impromptu leader, organizer and cheerleader. Very quickly everyone seemed to be coming to me with ideas, answers, questions, solutions, frustrations and concerns. This was also a role I would not have chosen for myself but I felt I was able to provide a definite sense of organization and drive to the project. I did have moments of frustration and maybe I should have just been more patient because in the end it all worked out.

Nelson, R. (2008). Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age.