Reflections on the Spring 2019 Semester
Writing & New Media In our lecture for Writing & New Media this week we went back over the last few bits of the module and also discussed some of the topics from earlier on in the semester. One of these topics was data protection. One thing I've learned over the course of this module …
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Gaeilge One of the hardest things I've had to do this semester has been Irish grammar. It's very necessary and definitely important for speaking and writing the language but it can get quite frustrating to learn. Over the last few months we've been looking at the following tenses: Past PresentFutureConditionalPast Habitual The first three tenses …
Writing and New Media In Writing & New Media we have to design a website with at least eight pages of content before the end of week 12. For the assignment we're using Google Sites. This has been tougher than I expected, as although I'm quite good with computers, I find the old version of …
Public Administration In Public Admin we've finished the project section of the module and all we have left to do is attend lectures before a final exam. I find this way of learning the least effective in college. Just going to lectures and listening to someone talk about a subject for an hour isn't very …
Writing For New Media In my 'Writing For New Media' module this week we've been looking at the best way to design a website. I was surprised by how many small details go into creating and laying out a website. Tiny subtleties that we never notice such as the colours of certain buttons or the font of …
Radio Journalism Over the last week I've been spent a lot of time working on an essay for the Radio Journalism module I'm doing. I find the best way to write essays is to do all the research first, decide exactly what information you're going to use and then start writing. Out of all the assignments I've done …
Continue reading Blog #4: Essays, Censorship and Presentations
Sub-Editing & Design One of the modules I'm taking at the moment is Sub-Editing & Design. In it, we're looking at how to edit, design and lay out content in a newspaper. We've also looked at the broader process of how a newspaper or magazine is actually produced from start to finish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAeeF8Upb-4 Pretty much all the work involved …
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