Event one

For my first event I went to the group-advising event. At this event we discussed our classes for next semester and exchanged help between one another. I was still unsure of what classes I would be taking in the fall and this event helped me finally decide. Since this is my first year as a youth development major I am still myself trying to figure out my plan of study. This was also the first time I was apart of group advising. Group advising is helpful because I was able to ask people right there what classes to take, and what professor. Even though I think of myself, as fairly new in this major I was able to still give my peers advise and help.

My friend who is also a YDEV major often asks me about our class and what we do. I told her technology is very important, which we use to read articles online, watch videos, and then blog about them. The course documents are all online as well as our syllabus. When I think of the technology we do use in class I think of the article Digital Natives, and Digital Immigrants. In college technology has played such a major role in all our classes. Today as the generation of Digital Natives we grew up with technology and excel when technology is mixed into our courses. 

Three helpful links:

1) https://sites.google.com/site/ricydev/home

• This is the link for the YDEV advising central. This link is helpful because if you still leave advising with some questions, this website will have the answers for you.

2) List of possible concentrations

• This google doc shows a list of concentrations students can have. I think this is extremely helpful for people who are still unsure of what they are going to have as there concentration. 

3) List of possible minors

• This is another google doc that shows a list of minors. This is also helpful if students are still trying to figure out if they have credits towards a minor, or what they have an interest in.