One of the things I have tried to do as a professor teaching a social media class is to lead by example – be active on social media, engage in conversations with fellow professors and professionals, etc. I also try to lead by example and blog along with the students.
This was the last week of blogging assignments I had #Freberg14 to do for the semester. We have two full weeks left before finals start (AMAZING!) and this semester has just flown by! For the last week, I asked the students to write a reflection post about the class. I wanted to see what the students liked, remembered, and what their suggestions were for the class.
After reading the posts, I was truly honored and amazed. There were a lot of students who talked about what they have learned this semester along with their favorite assignments, guest speakers, and what they want to do after the class.
Here are some of the reflection posts by students in #Freberg14:
- Abby
- Amy
- Ben
- Brittany
- Carly
- Cassandra
- Courteney
- Erika
- Jacklyn
- Kari
- Kate
- Katie
- Katie
- Lynnsey
- Maddie
- Maggie
- Morgan
- Nikki
- Randi
- Samantha
- Zach
So, here’s my reflection post for #Freberg14. In summary, my students in class this semester rock. 🙂 I have found that with every class, there is a different culture and personality to it – which makes up a very interesting community. #Freberg14 is the third group of students who have taken my social media class at UofL.I have found that with this group, there are some unique differences that separates them from the two other classes.
First, #Freberg14 is the biggest class I’ve taught in social media. Compared to 20 and then 24 students in #Freberg13, this class has 30 students, and seven of them are graduate students. Second, this is the first group where I had clients that were off campus. Third, this was the first class where I tried out the Google Glass strategic brief assignment. So, as you can see – there are some unique differences from this group compared to the other classes I’ve taught here at UofL.
I have to give shout outs to all of my students who have taken my social media class – it’s a lot of work! However, I think with today’s economy and the way the job market is, you have to work hard to achieve your goals in life. The work I am giving my students in class will help prepare them for not only being a better social media professional, but will make them students of life. By learning these skills and working together on projects and papers, this will all add up to a better understanding of what social media is to help brainstorm new ideas, perspectives, and campaigns for clients.
I have been very fortunate to have some amazing individuals in all of my classes at UofL, especially my social media class. All of the students have inspired and motivated me to be a better professor in the classroom. Their dedication, questions, and hard work ethic to become the best social media professional they can be is what makes me excited for them. They have a lot of opportunities out there and it’s exciting to see students go on to great jobs, internships, and blogging opportunities.
I have to give special thanks to the clients for this semester (Joey Wagner and Sheryl Boddie) along with the great list of guests who have come to my class to speak to my students this semester. We really appreciated you stopping by and sharing your insights with us! Thanks Jeff Rushton (UofL), Lizelle Lauron (Dallas Mavericks), Diana Riesenberg, Amanda Roberson, Rachel Cleary, Jessica Bledsoe, Rich Miller, Nick Stover (UofL Athletics), Scott Adkins (WAVE3 News), Dennis Yu and Alex Houg (BlitzMetrics), Melissa Agnes, Mark Murdock (BCH Agency), Â Jonathan and Erik Bernstein (will be in class this week), and Elle Raiser (last guest speaker for the semester!).
In summary, this semester teaching the social media class has been great. This will be the only #Freberg14 class this year since my fellow social media professor and colleague Scott Sanders at UofL will be teaching the social media class during the Fall 2014 semester. Scott will do a great job teaching the course in the fall and make sure to follow him on Twitter as well! We are going to be teaching the class and hopefully have several sections of the course going on at the same time. However, I will be teaching the class again in 2015, so stay tuned for next year for #Freberg15!
Have a great day everyone!
Best Wishes,
Karen
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