Hello Everyone,
I can’t believe we are already halfway through the course and spring finally. When I say finally I
sound stupid as we really did not have a
winter this year in Canada. But on to this week’s lesson, seven weeks into
this course I have noticed there is a consistent
lesson that is being taught in this course “collaboration”. A tool called Google
docs was introduced this week, I have an on-off
relation with Google docs as I use to use it a lot when I was in grade eight
back in 2008. The main reason was because I was broke and could not afford my
very own flash drive and the fact that it was accessible anywhere there is the
internet made my life a lot easier. I started using Google docs again when I
came to university because as a business student I had to participate in a lot
of group projects. And since it allowed us to collaborate without sending each
individual group member a specific file it reduced a lot of works when it came
to final review and formatting.
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I don’t really want people to choose sides here but using
google docs I can’t help pull parallels between Google docs and Prezi another
tool that was introduced in this session. I am familiar with both tools and
they both have their benefits. Google on one hand offers a comprehensive package
word processing and all, however, Prezi
is only a presentation tool. In my opinion,
I think Prezi wins by a long margin as Prezi knows what it is and strives to be
the best at it. The creative freedom
that Prezi offers to the users is awesome as it brings
new life to what a presentation is all about. I know this because I have
impressed my manager by using Prezi once and I am quite chuffed about that.
About adding Google Docs to my PLE I say why not, I am
surprised why I forgot it in the first place. It is a great tool for collaborating
and I have already been using it for years. I can actually say that I use to use Google docs before it was cool.
As an aspiring CPA working in an accounting firm I often
hear other people often complaining about how the busy season can take a real
toll on the work-life balance. But I for some reason have never felt that I don’t
like my job or that my job is affecting my life in a negative way. This might because
I am a student and don’t have many responsibilities, I cook when I want to, I don’t
have to take care of my kids, I can get drunk
on a weekday and still wake up and go to work without a hangover. However,
after reading the article on my Feedly (Click here it is more of a video), I think it is because I try
to find self-actualization everywhere I work. I love my job and I wake up every
day eager to go meet my colleagues and talking to my clients. It might sound
boring but that is who I am and I love it.
Till next time
Kev
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