Mobile Journaling

This weeks class brought yet another unique and challenging experience. The previous week we had been told that we were taking a field trip to UNL's library to check out a new resource called a One-Button Studio. My original reaction: Yay! Field Trip! This will be easy. As you may have guessed, this was not the case.
Upon arriving to class that day, an unexpected layer was added to the much anticipated field trip. We had to journal about what we were doing while we were doing it. We were split into groups and had to find a way to upload pictures, videos, and comments about our every move. This meant blogging on our way to the library, documenting what we were doing in the library, and uploading more things on our way back. Not only was the idea a little foreign, but I faced another challenge. My phone was too old to download any of the apps we needed to be uploading things to google-docs and canvas while on the road. I was completely at a loss as to how to complete the assignment. My group decided to let me just take pictures and try and upload them when I got back to class, but we soon decided to try something different because everyone was already posting the things I would have posted after the fact.
Instead of waiting to post what I wanted when I got back to class, I texted/ sent pictures to a classmate of mine saying word for word what I would have posted on our journal page. She in turn would upload those to our page; it worked out very well! I was able to participate in the project, albeit in a roundabout way, like I normally would have. This technique we used is called a workaround, and basically is exactly what it sounded like. (You can read about it in our mobile journal that I will post the link to at the end of this post.)
After that, mobile journaling was fairly easy. One of the challenges was trying to find significant and diverse things to post about. There is only so much a group of six people can say about how cold and snowy the walk to the library was, so we had to get creative with our content. I also realized how easily it was to miss out on something without the proper technology. The fact that I couldn't blog my thoughts after class because someone else would have already posted something similar was really eye opening for me. It is a good representation of how quickly information and ideas are shard in today's world!
I thought overall the activity was very interesting, but not particularly beneficial. I'm not sure I will ever use mobile journaling in the future, however the activity had some very good lessons built into it that will help me down the road!
Here is the link to my mobile journal: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-LrjRbsj8EqksG_nF18GRBDAa1X1jCXvfaNv-HCUUKY/edit
(Below: a picture of a "mobile journaler" in their natural habitat, taking a picture for their mobile journal #inception)