Aw man what is left to say about MIST5720 that hasn’t been said already. I’ve been at Georgia for 5 years now and I’m glad Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship was available for my last semester here. Hands down the greatest class I’ve taken. Things can only get better for other students if the class is offered again. 110% believe that the next set of students will love the class just as much as we did.
There’s two settings of a classroom, traditional or flipped. 5720 ignored that altogether and it was the best learning experience ever. Sitting down and listening to speakers give their insight onto how we can take advantage of the opportunities and capitalize was absolutely FANTASTIC. There’s no way of beating that. Of course I would of preferred the weekday and time we sat down for these speakers to not be on Thursday’s from 4-7.
The blog aspect of the class probably worried everyone on the first day. We’re all seniors and who wants to spend their time writing a blog. I’d say we all got accustomed to it. Finding content was fascinating and a very entertaining experience to go about. My personal favorite of mine was my St. Patrick’s post on the use of AI in the Brewing Industry. That was all new information to me. I’ve linked it if you haven’t read it but I assume just about everyone has since it received 22 comments. Dr. Kane if you’re reading I skipped that week’s survey because it was too many comments to rate – sorry. The content all around was great: water billboards in Peru, color-changing medical tattoos, transformation in education, and so many more. Some posts will definitely be great to follow up as they progress over time.
This only got better with the content shared on Twitter. It was a tough start for Twitter but it became manageable over time with the list. I do believe Slack or some other could definitely provide a better platform for sharing content all around. May have to keep our Twitter list alive.
Heading back to the topic of speakers, this was definitely the highlight of the class (just kidding maybe the class day we spent outside was the highlight). There were great takeaways from everyone and it was nice to hear speakers repeat what others before them had said. BJ stating that innovation is overrated was fun. Personal favorite is Doug Shaw from Monotype telling us to go work for a sick company and to make ourselves there. A nice takeaway I had was from Greg Gretsch who described building your network to work in tech and noted it as “your Silicon Valley MBA”. The aspect of hosting a guest speaker and having the opportunity to speak to them in private beforehand is extraordinary. Hosting Andy Ruben, CEO of Trove, really shows how time is limited for some and I know others were never even able to meet with their speaker due to time constraints. I loved seeing how every speaker saw things differently too. With Kelsey Bishop, she transitioned the company into a totally remote state and referred to herself as founder not CEO. I’m curious as to whether or not every everyone would’ve answered the “Are people born or bred to be CEO” question with “both” like Jere Doyle and Anh Phillips said early into the semester.
Dr. Kane
Thank you. I wanted to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude for the impact you had on me and the rest of the class. Your passion for teaching was truly inspiring, and it’s clear that you genuinely cared about our academic success and personal growth. I’m grateful for the extra effort you put in to make sure we had a great time learning. I have no doubt that you will have a significant impact on future students as well.