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It is no surprise that 2020 has not gone the way any of us thought it would. Like so many others, my whole year has been a roller coaster, especially these past six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This summer I’ve had the experience of continuing my work for the Academic Technology team as a Tech Bar Consultant. It wasn’t the original plan for the summer, but I had so much fun and was able to learn a lot about different technologies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Part<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hands down my favorite part was being able to work with Annicka, Caleb, and Maverick (the other students) on many different projects. I got to know them a lot better and am excited to be able to keep working with them as Tech Bar Consultants through next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Least Favorite Part<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My least favorite part was easily not being able to work with everyone in person and see them. I think one of the biggest lessons for me over the past six months has been that I don’t think I ever want a remote job in the future and really need to be able to get out of my house. However, having my commute be 20 feet was pretty nice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been able to help with a variety of fun projects including the Academic Technology website, video tutorials, and the start of a virtual tour of campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Technology Website<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The main project I worked on this summer was creating the Academic Technology (AT) website. Web Design is easily one of my favorite things to do, so being given a blank slate and told to go was really fun. It was also a great way to be able to have others understand what part of ITS I work for (I promise I will break your computer more if you ask me to fix it, but I’m your girl for a website or video editing). With everything being more technology integrated this semester, I loved being able to have a central place for all of those important pieces of information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Academic Technology @ SNC<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Navigating Digital Learning Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One project I was not expecting at all was a video that I collaborated with the three other students on about how to Navigate Digital Learning and the uncertain semester we are going into. We used a program called Engage in the Oculus Quest Virtual Reality Headsets. I don’t typically like video editing, but this was a fun project to piece together the different views and audio pieces. I also had a bit too much fun with the ending credits (around 8:25 in). Another great part of the video was just getting to spend more time (virtually) because with the four of us together there’s always bound to be a lot of laughs and a fun time to be had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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