The first thing I took away from this course was definitely the mind maps. It’s similar to the “main idea” branches that I learned and used in elementary and middle school. It’s also the only thing that was used or mentioned in almost every class ever since the second class of the semester. I can use it when I am writing papers where I have to elaborate on a subject!

The second thing that I learned in this class was the lecture and activity on cookies. Not only did it make me paranoid about the internet and how it tracks all your websites, it also helped my browser filter out the links that I wouldn’t look at. I like how it can cater to my interests and I can use it to my advantage when I need to look up information about a certain topic for my other classes.

The last activity I really learned a lot about was the library database. If I had papers to write, I would always count on google and yahoo for information. But, since I am taking two library classes and my psychology capstone course this semester, I had to utilize the library database for scholarly journals and primary sources to write my papers. It definitely helped me a lot.

As for the one thing I wish we covered in class that would’ve helped me in other classes, I’m not sure. But I do wish that we did more hands on activities like the crazy post-its on the professor or when we learned how search engines worked. That was fun.