Final Blog Post

I feel like this class has been very beneficial to me, as it has taught me a lot of information about the basics of computers and how they work. This class was not like any other computer class I have taken and because of that, I feel like I learned a lot of useful information that can be used as I go on with career.

                The main thing that I feel like I learned from this class, was how to be proficient on Microsoft Excel and Access. Before this class, I had never even heard of the Microsoft Access program, and now I can fill out forms and reports using the program. The weekly tutorials I found to be a big help, as it was easy to follow along in the book and that each week it built on what we learned the previous week. Also having the case studies assigned each week along the tutorial allowed the steps to become more of second nature instead of learning it for the first time. The ways I learned to organize and display data graphically in Microsoft Excel is going to be something very useful after college when making presentations. While I may not be using Access frequently after I graduate, it was neat learning and seeing how it streamlined some things a lot better than Excel. If Access does become more frequently used in the business world I feel like the tutorials and assessments from this class will allow me to use it sufficiently.

                In addition to all the knowledge I gained on how to operate programs on Microsoft Office, I learned a decent amount of information on the basics of computers. Using the Digital World book and the almost weekly chapter quizzes I learned about the hardware of the computer and how to properly maintain one. In the future, this knowledge will help whenever my computer starts to act up, or even if I can’t fix it, it will be useful in shopping for a new computer. The weekly blogs were also a nice changeup to the work on Access or Excel, in that it wasn’t at as time consuming. The blogs also added a dose of currency to the information we were learning in the Digital World book, and the blogs we had to do research on internet hoaxes and new technologies were really interesting.

                Overall, I feel like this class was very helpful to me and I will be able to use the majority of information I learned in real world scenarios. I feel like there is nothing missing from this class and that it was excellently planned out in advance.