Good-bye Ales 204 class! You have taught me so much! Not only Dr. Laccetti and the T.As, but the students too! It is very ironic I took this class at the time I did and had Dr. Laccetti as my professor. Congrats Dr. Laccetti for being brave in constructing such a dynamic course and for trying out one of the first course structures of its kind! All the participation in class through social media has paid off and I feel pro (a.k.a technically professional) now! Why I said that this course was ironic for me is because, as you all already know, I created ECO-Style Student Association and as my student group has evolved over the course of the term it couldn't of happened the same way without the knowledge I gained from Ales 204 lectures on social media! I know I have been giving a lot of credit to this course in helping me with my campus project, but I can honestly say it got me prepared in reaching out to the public. Ales 204 has not only given me ideas in promoting ESSA by creating a facebook page, tweeting, posting pictures on flicker, etc, but also through the lectures that practical information on how to present ourselves as future professional in social media. Dr. Laccetti and the Alse 204 T.As gave the class tips on public speaking and power point presentation formats, process of interviewing, how to write e-mails to other professionals which all convienently were helpful in planning the Rethink. Refashion. Reborn. fashion show hosted by ESSA, The Office of Sustainability, and Goodwill Industries. In working with several partnerships and different levels of professionalism, all these tools came to use when communicating with them and displaying information to the public about the project. Here are some links in how I applied the knowledge from the lectures and labs in the fashion show planning process and for the main event:
Link to interview by the University of Alberta for the Rethink. Refashion. Reborn. fashion show (which ended up on the homepage!!):
http://www.sustainability.ualberta.ca/News/Sustainability%20News/2011/November/Struttingasecondhandrunway.aspx
Link to TV media of Rethink. Refashion. Reborn. fashion show (unfotunetly I am not in this clip, but I did end up on CBC and CTV!! There was no internet link for those.):
http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/video/used+fashion/video.html?v=2170663904#stories
Link to power point presentation during the Rethink. Refashion. Reborn. fashion show:
https://docs.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=133d13bbc4ea86a2&mt=application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ui%3D2%26ik%3D3a4f52dd10%26view%3Datt%26th%3D133d13bbc4ea86a2%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dsafe%26zw&sig=AHIEtbTkEI3L9fvCa5THe-X0LJzziuJHdQ&pli=1
In the end, check out the ECO-Style Student Association facebook page to see how much we have grown since I have made the page in September! We now how 113 likes and continuly have people and other U of A students engaged in out discussions about fashion sustainbility!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=791618361&ref=tn_tnmn#!/pages/ECO-Style-Student-Association-ESSA/278946235456360
Final note...
Social media, what would I do without you!
Cheers,
Alice :)
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Hi Alice,
ReplyDeleteIt's so great to see that ALES204 has helped students in their lives outside of class. This reflective post is evidence of the importance of social networking in our lives and careers today. Also, it's interesting to see how helpful the ALES class was for you and your new club.
I found myself being closed minded at times in class thinking "why am I learning this, I know it all already" when truthfully there was a lot that I didn't already know. Thanks for reminding me to use this class as a tool for all my current and future endeavours.
Check out my recent blog post about blogging! I linked you in it. http://juliannadamer.blogspot.com/2011/12/try-blogging.html