Part 1 of this week’s media lectorial focused on effectively using the RMIT library search to get the best resources and results when studying and completing assignments. I already knew a lot of the content, which I was pleased to realise as I’d had to complete my first research assignment last week for my elective class. However, there were also quite a few helpful tips that I hadn’t known about. 

Part 2 of the lectorial revolved around the idea of collaboration and group work. Rachel had us brainstorm upon previous experiences of working in a team and the good and bad things that came with it. I’ve done a lot of group work, especially in my diploma class last year and quite often I found I clashed heads with at least one person and practically wanted to give up. But one thing in particular that I’ve found about working in a team, is that it multiplies the sense of achievement once the project is completed. We were told that we’ll be collaborating with each other a lot throughout the degree and so the point of Rachel’s presentation was to ready us for this. I’m honestly looking forward to our first group task which will be coming up in the next few weeks and will also be our major media assessment for this semester.