Kristen's Blog: Class 8 Reflection

Thursday, March 15, was a special day for all Loyola Greyhounds - the men's basketball team played in the NCAA championships against Ohio State. Though they lost, they put up a really great fight and played a great game.

In our multimedia class just a couple of hours prior to game time, Doc Chris hosted a NCAA and Greyhound celebration for the class. We had March Madness coverage playing on the projector screen in the background, and smoothies were served to all! Doc Chris isn't a liar, that's for sure! He definitely is rewarding us for all the hard work we completed in the first half of the semester.

On top of the March Madness for basketball in class, there was also a different type of March madness for St. Patrick's Day. Doc Chris the leprechaun made a special appearance.

He even spoke in an Irish accent and put the missing Yvette on trial for missing class. Poor Yvette wasn't even there to know what was happening. The Law and Order music went on and Judge Doc Chris did his thing. Check out Leprechaun Doc Chris below...

We spent a lot of the class time outlining exactly what we can expect each week for the rest of the semester. As a teacher who has many seniors in his class, Doc Chris understands that we would like to know exactly what we will need to do in order to be done with our college academics here at Loyola forever. Next week, we have the FEB Fellows event at Martin's West on Wednesday. At least four class members are expected to attend, and those that do will feed live updates to those students who can't to post on the class page, as well as their personal Facebook pages. I do not have a car here, but I am trying to work something out with Nicole Jefferson who does and is willing to take people along with her. If it works out, I will be there live tweeting and Facebooking, but if not, I will just be reposting the information my classmates post.

This is teamwork at its finest. Since only a few people in the class are planning on attending the event, we will be responsible for working with everyone in the class to complete this project, not just the members of our own groups. Though it might be a bit of a hassle, I think these events are crucial to our learning experience. In the video below, Doc Chris outlines his expectations for us (and you can even hear the basketball game on in the background! - Multitasking at its finest!).

After next week's event, there really isn't anything major left on the calendar for the rest of the semester - just a final written exam and a final oral exam. One last challenge is to try to create a Wordpress blog in addition to this blog, but I tried last night and it doesn't seem like it will be too hard. I do like Blogger better, though.

I am really excited to have our class via group Google+ hangout next Thursday night. I hope it goes well. That will definitely be a great learning experience.

Well, since it is St. Patrick's Day, I thought I should add a little more Irish fun to my blog post this week. This past November, I actually went to Ireland for a week over the Thanksgiving break to visit my cousin who was studying abroad in Dublin for the semester. As an Irish dancer, I had always wanted to go and immediately jumped at the chance. My aunt, uncle, and cousins went for their visit the same week as well, so we all did a lot of site seeing together.

I kissed the Blarney Stone...