Communicating via blog has been a very interesting technique. I've never had to devote myself to an assignment all semester long and respond to so many questions and respond to other people's responses. It really helped to put our fast paced technology to use. All in all I think that it was very effective and quite efficient.
1. I definitely feel that I benefited from meeting others online and it did make it easier to communicate with others in the classroom. I learned so much about so many people. On the average I wouldn't have spoken to or cared to find out minor details about anyone in the class.
2. The blogs effectively got me to think about every lesson we learned in class because after the lesson I got to write about it and read other students opinions and feedback on the lesson. So I learned from the professor, class, and also from my peers. And since the blog is online you're able to read every one's opinion.
3. Personally I don't think there was enough of this kind of outside reading to do via the blog, many of us are so caught up and worried about the lesson and what we just learned that we're not thinking about the wizard of oz or attila the hun. I think that this tried to make it more fun but at the same time could have more related to course work.
4. I didn't realize how much the blog could affect my grade till mid semester. It is basically a course long project and requires just as much attention and punctuality as any other project. I know I forgot because I didn't realize how fast the due dates would come and that it was something that was going to be graded so heavily.
5. Honestly I haven't thought about it yet. It might be strange because I'm not used to going on my blog without having an assignment to do. But I'll give it a try....I could use it as a form of venting.
Overall, I think that the blog should remain a component of this course. It gives the students a chance to vent and be themselves while also meeting other students and reinforcing what was taught in class.
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I think that I agree with you on all of your points. It was easier to communicate online with our classmates online instead of face to face but at the same time I didn't realize how much it was weighed in our grade until it was do. Hence why I'm doing it now! I think for future semesters Professor K should stress how important the blog is towards your grade. And he should also stress that responses to his blog are worth 25% of the grade.
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