On Tuesday, we finished the Storymap.\u00a0 Or at least, we thought we did.\u00a0 There is still a lot of work to be done and things to be fixed. \u00a0It is mostly aesthetical, but it has added up to a lot to fit into the next few days.\u00a0 Just a little bit longer and then we are live!
\nAt times like these, I am so grateful for both my teams.\u00a0 Throughout this project, I have developed not only close relationships with my classmates, but productive one’s, too.\u00a0 My teammates have my back, whether they are a part of the Silkworm family or a member of my Heart.\u00a0 I wish that I had the opportunity to engage with my peers on this level in my other courses.\u00a0 This was an unexpected outcome of this course.\u00a0 Yes, we had course objectives that targeted content\/skill, but we did not even stop to think about the value of student collaboration.\u00a0 At least I didn’t.
\nAs a silkworm, it has been amazing to see the ups as well as the downs through out this course.\u00a0 Every person I talk to is having a different experience.\u00a0 Everyone seems to have focused on one thing or another based on what suites their fancy.\u00a0 Although the content of this course still strikes me as not particularly cohesive, I do believe that every single person has gotten something out of it.\u00a0 It is impossible to look at these map’s and think otherwise.
\nTo a degree, because I am a Silkworm, I feel like I’ve almost missed out on the satisfaction of generating a topic and becoming absolutely infatuated with.\u00a0 Yes, I get to learn totally awesome things from the hard work my classmates put in, but I do not actually have anything to contribute.\u00a0 It’s weird–although these last few weeks would have been far more stressful had I been writing up the project, it is projects like these that make me feel like I’ve accomplished something.\u00a0 It’s at the end of a big project that I realize (time after time) why I am in school, and I appreciate it.
\nThat said, although we are so close to being done, the course does not feel complete yet.\u00a0 I’m missing something, still.\u00a0\u00a0 Will I shake this feeling when the website goes live?\u00a0 Or perhaps when I go to China?
\nI’ll have to wait and see.\u00a0 But for now, I am so proud of us all.\u00a0 Now for the finishing touches…<\/p>\n