Prior to looking at the First Year Seminars booklet, I knew I'd definitely consider this course because a friend took it last year and recommended me to take it if I can fit it into my schedule. I was definitely interested after my friend talked about some of the things he did for the class and I decided to add the course. Thus far, I don't regret having added the course because I like what we've been doing so far. Most of the assignments have been somewhat challenging because they all required me to kind of step out of my comfort zone and explore something new. It’s weird thinking that we’re already more than halfway through with the course but I do feel like I’ve learned a lot. I’ve used HTML codes before for other my personal blog so I was pretty familiar with a lot of things we’ve been doing. Regardless, I’ve got to learn more about the programs or other things with which I was already acquainted so for me, the experience has been fun. Though I feel like we didn’t really read much for this class, it was fun exploring literature in a new way and hope that it’ll continue to be this fun, different, and unique for the rest of the semester.

Playlist
First Draft
Revision
The playlist assignment blew my mind away at first because I wasn't sure if I'd be able to find and connect the right songs in order to compose a decent playlist. When I started on the actual assignment, however, it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. I found it a little difficult for me to completely relate to the character for which I was doing the playlist but I tried my best and am still trying to revise some things, and looking for more songs to possibly add to the playlist. I really liked the playlist assignment because I was able to analyze a character differently and more in-depth, and I was able to present my analysis in a different way. I haven’t done a lot of revisions on the playlist except add a few more details but I plan on continuing my revision. I’m trying to find more songs that I could possibly use and lengthen my descriptions and explanations as to why I selected songs because I feel like I could do so much more and analyze my character more.

Podcast
Because I Got High Podcast
The podcast, however, was the hardest assignment for me. I struggled a lot in the beginning in deciding the subject of my podcast. I didn't want to choose a serious topic because that would've made my podcast sound really boring. Then I remembered an artist named Afroman, of whom I first heard back in middle school. I remembered his songs being comical and I figured that I may be able to find some literary elements in the song. I was able to find some literary elements, but reflecting back on my podcast, I have to admit that it's definitely a rough draft because my thoughts aren't very coherent, and I have plans to revise my podcast and I plan to be more organized in the revision. One thing that I did like about the podcast assignment was working with Audacity. I've worked with Audacity before but I didn't use it as much as I did for this podcast assignment, so I was able to learn some new features.

Collages
Character Collage of Chuck Bartowski
Poetry Collage
The collages were my favorite because I often use Photoshop just for fun and I was familiar with a lot of features so I felt like my collages turned out pretty well. I still have plans to revise the collages, however but I had a lot of fun doing them, though I'm not a very creative person. Another thing that I liked about the collage assignment was again, analyzing a character and presenting something about that character using a different and limited media. Overall, I'm absolutely enjoying this class because I'm rediscovering literature from a different perspective under different lens. I feel like using technology to study literature has been one of the most innovative ways for me to study literature and because it's so different, I'm enjoying this class more than I did my other English classes.