Today was not only the first class ever of Media 3, but my first class back for the whole of 2017. It was an interesting lesson with lots of discussion surrounding the ideas of documenting and awareness.

At the beginning of the lesson as an induction and ‘getting to know you’ activity, we lined up in alphabetical order of names and confessed a weird thing about us that we wouldn’t normally tell someone when first meeting them. This followed by lining up in alphabetical order of the suburb we live in.

On a blank piece of paper, we had to draw a graph that indicates where we are now in relation to knowledge about the subject, and where we hope to be by the end. The line on my graph began way below the half way mark, meaning I currently don’t know anything at all, however inclined up to way above the mark with a consistent plateau in between, meaning I am hoping to excel throughout the semester.

Next we were to write down things we can do ourselves this semester in order to achieve this climactic goal. The points I wrote down were:

• Focus
• Broaden mind and creativity
• Develop awareness and documenting skills
• Concentrate in class
• Seek feedback and ask questions
• Take notes
• Attend class
• Interact and participate in class
• Hand in work on time

We also put together a food roster for each of our Thursday classes over the semester. Can’t wait for that.