The most challenging experience of the GNML online program

Although social media and networking increases connectivity and enhances communication, it does pose challenges.

Participating on the Third Planet Platform in Global New Media activities aided me in realizing the perks and drawbacks of media and networking. It became frustrating trying to understand content on the internet without “face-to-face” tutoring. I believe individual learning styles vary; therefore, engaging with activities confirmed that I thrive in a physically interactive environment.

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Optimizing my performance and success as a Global New Media participant mainly relied on my ability to organize my time prudently.  Time management skills are major tools I had to harness. Procrastinating became the foremost hindrance; thus, self- discipline became a major component ensuring completion of activities. Slow computers and internet connectivity also subsidized the problems deterring my ability of carving vital social media skills through tasks and content.

Charles Darwin once competently suggested: “In the long history of humankind those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” Global New Media Lab has exposed me to a total new manner of creating a voice for myself; conversely, it also revealed the predicaments that may arise when using social media to communicate.  I’ve learnt that creativity is essential when desiring to establish an identity for oneself on the web environment.