#NMN Reflections

The #NMN course was challenging, funny, and practical. It made me think more critically, put my creative mind to the test, and expanded my knowledge about how to use digital technology to tell my stories.

I can surely say that all the readings and other resources (such as videos) impressed me. However, one of the materials that changed my way of thinking was @inanimatealice. This made me think about the idea of immersive learning. How powerful is the technology today, if it allows the viewer to directly participate in the story! Literally. It's true: @inanimatealice  convinced me to look online for more information about immersive learning as I wondered myself how easy would be to learn a new language, for example, if, just like Alice, we start travel around the world (she already shared with us bit of geography).

Perhaps I am a bit eccentric, but I imagine the future of learning depending 100% on New Media. Just like that:you go to your class, meet your teacher and classmates (their avatars, or their holograms, maybe) and the next minute you are with your class in Egypt, learning about the pyramids.

Did I change my thinking about new media?  Maybe a bit too much…

Finally, I was impressed about the power of new media in terms of protests and online activism. Although my petition Remove The Cyanide and Other Toxic Ingredients from Our Table Salt! didn’t benefit from traditional media endorsement as it was just a personal concern of mine, I still have gotten ten supporters. Yeeey! So, I can say that learning in this course how to create an online petition, helped reach my goal: “if some people will check the ingredients on the salt packages, and make the right choice when buying salt, this petition will make a difference”.