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I am super excited to join you on this 14-week journey through the course LIS 5313 Digital Media-Concepts and Production<\/em>. \u00a0I look forward to working with each of you on our various digital media production projects and assignments, and I am sure we are going to learn new skills that will take us far beyond our wildest dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As we begin this journey and get settled into our LIS5313 virtual class seats, we should probably get to know each other a little better, so let me start by telling you a little about me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My name is Deidra Lynn Jones, but my friends and family call me Dee or Deidra Lynn. If I had to describe myself in three words, it would be LIFELONG LEARNER. I love to learn new things which I get my passion for education from my mom and Dad who were both educators. My parents taught my sister and I that education is the passport to a better life for ourselves. My grandmother (Sarah Christian) only went to the eleventh grade and my grandfather (Evans Christian) only went to the second grade, so I know I am standing on their shoulders because they scarified so much for me to have my virtual seat in this class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am from Statesboro, Georgia (Go Dawgs), but I have lived in Tallahassee, Florida since I was 6 years old. Ever since I was a young girl, I have been interested in film and media production. I even worked at WCTV Channel 6 for over 8 years. I wanted to be the next Spike Lee; however, to pay the bills, I became an IT project manager instead. Currently, I work for the Florida Department of Transportation <\/a> (FDOT) as an Enterprise Project Manager, and I am dedicated to continuing to grow both professionally and personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, I am working toward my Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) degree, and I have taken several courses in the MSIT program including LIS 5275 Usability Analysis and LIS 5487 Information Systems Management as well as a few other courses. I am hoping to complete the program by Spring 2023 semester and continue in my education towards a doctorate degree. I want to follow in my daddy\u2019s footsteps. I have over 18 years of experience working as an IT project manager where I have assisted organizations in delivering diverse technology and business optimization projects. The Deidra’s Resume Project <\/a> is my resume portfolio of my career. The website is under construction, and I hope to continue to improve it each year. My LinkedIn<\/a> page is another resource that has information about my professional background and accomplishments. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Happy New Year 2022 and welcome to my blog! I am super excited to join you on this 14-week journey through the course LIS 5313 Digital Media-Concepts and Production. \u00a0I look forward to working with each of you on our...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spring2022","category-student","tag-intros"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}