Something I am really excited about in this course is definitely the group project. We are finding some connections to the key components of community development and this is really helpful for me. I am a visual learner so seeing how the components fits into our project is helping me see the material. especially some of the articles like the placemaking, really hit home with our project and then after we made those connections I was able to make sense of the material. I am starting to understand that community development includes more than just the local community in a city, but also the community that is developed by the creation of a space or place.

The only thing I am having difficulty with right now is just understanding all the material, because majority of our learning is auditory or reading, I need visual examples like videos for my brain to make connections, sometimes the case studies help when they are simple,but sometimes I have difficulty associating with them which makes my understanding of the principles confusing. If you have any advice it would be much appreciated.