Welcome to my blog!

 Hello everyone,

This is the first of many blog posts for my Information & Social Media course. To start, I will give a little background of myself and some fun facts to get to know me better.

About Me

My name is Jackson Baumgartner and I am a sophomore at the University of South Florida. I am originally from a northern suburb of Chicago, but since starting college I along with my family have fully moved to Florida, so I am a new Floridian. I am majoring in Health Science with a concentration in Medical IT. I have a broad idea of what I can do with that degree, but I usually make something up whenever someone asks me what I plan to do in the future. 

Things About Me

When it comes to interesting things about myself or fun facts I usually blank, so bear with me with what I have picked to share. Something interesting about me is that I get into random phases where I want to learn about something and I somewhat become fixated on learning it for a few weeks to a few months. I have learned how to video-edit, skateboard, build a computer (never did that, just know how to), and a few other things like handstands and drawing. As of right now, I am trying to get really good at chess so I can beat my younger cousin at it. Some other interesting things about me are that I am double jointed so I can do some weird stuff with my shoulders and that I have worse vision than both of my parents. At this point, I am hoping that my vision can get me a service dog because they all seem very nice.

Professional Experience

When it comes to my professional experience I currently work as a Campus Ambassador for Pearson. I give Pearson feedback about their products, host some tabling events on campus, and I recently attended Pearson's National Sales Meeting where I got to speak to a few hundred people about how the college learning experience is now. I also was a lifeguard in high school for three years, but I do not really count that as professional.

Social Media

The social media platform that I use the most is hands down Snapchat. I only text or call my family or very close friends, but when it comes to communicating with people on a daily basis Snapchat is my go-to platform. I use Snapchat the most because people around my age use it and are active on it, so it makes it easy to communicate with them. I do use Instagram and Tiktok, but I rarely post on them, I use them to look at what my friends or people I find funny are posting. 

Blogging

This is my first time officially writing a blog, but I am going to write one for my job in a few weeks so this is a good learning opportunity for me. For my job, we write one blog each semester about a topic that interests us. It is just a fun way for people to learn some information from my coworkers and me and we get paid for it so that's fun. 

I have not read many blogs aside from the ones that my coworkers write. From the ones that I have seen I enjoy the layout and the new information that I learn from them. I have only read informational blogs, not personal ones, so I am going to experience some different blogs this semester during this course. 

So far I have enjoyed writing this blog; It seems like a great way to introduce myself and gives a more personal look into who people are. I actually enjoy designing my blog posts and adding pictures but that may not be for everyone. The only thing I might dislike is getting writer's block and just staring at my screen for 30 minutes.