Reflective Post

  Through ALES 204 I was able to explore the social media world in it's many different aspects.Creating and designing a blog was our first task to get started through the blogging world.An introductory post was published by students of the ALES204 class in order to reveal each one's identity.I noticed many students shared the same major that I did which is Nutrition and Foods.Namely,Stace K ( http://stace-k.blogspot.ca/2012/01/introductory-blog.html?showComment= 1333926454396#c1774162180727816780).Additionally I learnt that communications skillls are valued significantly by employers of any profession.This was also stated by Christy (http://christyales204blog.blogspot.ca/2012/01/introductory-post.html?showComment =1333953470081#c2795290561924008249)Twitter was one of the main social media tools that I learned how to use and communicate with others world wide.I was able to meet and have conversations over twitter with professionals in my field of study which is nutrition. Additionally,I was able to contact diticians in order to volunteer with them over the summer.Thus I determined that Twitter is a very useful tool to be used by students and prefessionals today.My fellow class mate Julie proposed in her Introductory post about the importance of Twitter in different professionals.(http://julielacko.blogspot.ca/2012/01/introduction.html? showComment= 1333929826610# c2211285333806011331)
   Moreover,Facebook is another social media tool that could be used in a professional way in order to achieve a good reputation on the internet for emplyoers to view when searching for an individiual seeking a professional position with them.Also,Facebook could be used to promote a buisness for example as mentioned in a blog called Simply Zestly.(http://www.simplyzesty.com/facebook/running-a-promotion-on-facebook-follow-these-tips-to-make-it-rock/) Furthermore,Facebook is used internationally all over the globe.Thus there would be a more broad window of oppurtunities open for one to consider,as Shelley Du; a class mate in ALES 204 mentioned in her blog post on her Facebook page (http://shelley-du.blogspot.ca/2012/01/page.html?showComment=1333931490832#c4480548319236970255).

      (http://www.simplyzesty.com/facebook/running-a-promotion-on-facebook-follow-these-tips-to-  make-it-rock/)


The course ALES 204 also taught me how to edit a Wikipedia article or stub with the help of my TAs.This assignment specifically showed me the inaccuracey and unreliability of Wikipedia.Wikipedia is an untrusted source of information in which many people are able to edit.Thus using it as a reference is not a fine choice to adminster.It may be used for insignificant topics discussed among friends.Likewise,my class mate Loana Valdez suggested in her blog that it is very easy to modulate the information displayed in the Wikepedia articles.This was mentioned in        ( http://valdezl.blogspot.ca/2012/03/wikipedia-online-free-encyclopedia.html?showComment =1333951167077#c7216519292040186987)
  Lastly,the scientific article assignment exposed me to the different eras that a journal would pass through in order to keep up to date on the designs and information in the articles demostrated. Journals with peer reviwed articles are considered to the best source of information one can obtain in order to formulate a good scientific article.Finally,I would like to thank Dr.Leccetti for providing this ALES204 course to us,also all the TAs including Pamela Bently and Erin Dul for helping me throughout this term.