Software: The Bridge To An Ever-Advancing World Of Technology

    The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to adapt to the new mode of learning online. Because of such, various online learning platforms were also established and created, aiding students like me. 

    Personally, my first few months in college sailed a little rocky. As a public school student employing a modular mode of classes in Senior High School, the online learning setup was a little new to me. We were given several activities that needed to be done every week. It was all a battle of convenience, availability, reach, and communication. But as they say, technology makes life a little less heavy, and thankfully, it did mine very well. If I am asked what applications did just that, it would be Google Documents, Messenger, and Zoom meetings, as these are the biggest help I’ve received during those times, up until now.

    Essays here and essays there were my life in the online learning setup. A week won’t pass by without teachers giving us something to tell and write about. However, the real challenge lies in group work that requires every member’s essay input. This is where Google Documents served its purpose well. It enabled groups of people to write simultaneously in the document where we can add, edit, and recheck everything each other writes. This goes the same with Messenger where all of our group chats are located. We need not to meet in person to discuss something. A click away and ideas are sent and received, and vice versa. I’ve first met strangers, turned acquaintances, turned friends in this messaging app, but where I first saw their faces was in Zoom. We were able to hold classes using the Zoom calls. It made classes more accessible and, in some ways, fun because of certain features that highlight its uses.

    In the span of a short period of time, we were expected to rapidly get accustomed to a new arrangement that just involved a screen and a few clicks. The new mode of learning may have been a little complicated to navigate at first, but these three applications mainly made up my 1st semester in college, making it more bearable. 

    Just imagine how many wasted years would there be in our education if not for these advancements. 

 Photo References 

Stick PNG. Retrieved from https://www.stickpng.com/img/icons-logos-emojis/iconic-brands/google-docs-logo-and-symbol 

 

Sussex County Vocational Technical School District. Retrieved from https://www.sussexvt.org/hs/adult-education/g-e-d/overview-on-joining-a-zoom-meeting/

 

Wikipedia. Messenger. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenger_%28software%29