This week’s lecture consisted of a sort of “walk-through” of the RMIT’s library portal, in hopes that this will help us with research. I’m not going to lie and say that I was thoroughly intrigued by this, but it certainly made me want to look into some of the things that were discussed, such as “Lynda”. Lynda will help in the future as it has tutorials, which will be beneficial if I ever need some visual assistance with any projects using software I am not too familiar with. There was also some talk on “scholarly” sources, but I hope we don’t have to think about that for a while.

There were also some triggering ideas raised in this lecture, mostly just talk on group work. I’ve always liked the IDEA of group work, because its supposed to be about people coming together and creating something that may not have been achieved on your own, but in reality, it’s a hot mess. I’m sure some people have had some great experiences with group projects, but I am not one of those people. If there was an option to either work in groups or as an individual, I usually chose the latter. It is not even that I don’t think I can rely on others in a group, its mostly that I am not confident that I would be able to work up to other peoples standards. Sometimes I can work really well with people, but that’s when I’m motivated, but when I’m not motivated, I don’t really work well in a group, and working by myself kind of takes away that stress.