This was my first online class. I must say I was surprised with
the amount of interaction with other students. I have never made a blog before
this class. I found myself checking to see if any of my fellow students had
commented on my post frequently. I am always curious what other folk think of
my assorted ramblings.
I have commented before on how I miss the classroom setting
in certain aspects of the essay revision process. With the blog system setup it
could easily be implemented into the class. Everyone could submit a rough draft
and another student could be assigned to post their assessment of the essay. In
the classroom setting I always dreaded looking over another person’s paper
because I am a fan of being super critical. Even though I didn’t like doing it I
feel it was something that improved my own writing. When I was judging someone else’s
work it made my own mistakes more noticeable.
One of the biggest perks of the online setting is time; you
have so much time to complete each assignment. As long as you are capable of self-motivating
you shouldn’t have any problem completing each assignment. In the classroom
setting I was always finding myself twiddling my thumbs when we were given
class time to work on certain essays; I much prefer writing alone with music
playing than in a classroom surrounded by murmurs, shuffling and assorted
noises of humanoids.
Easily my favorite thing about this class was the blog. I
found it fun and interesting and I could see myself actually creating one as a
hobby. It made this class seem less
about English and more about internet communication. I am taking one other all
online course this semester and it was far more removed and more of a list of
things to do and date they need to be finished type of course. Needless to say
it was boring and seemed like a chore, there was zero interaction with other
students. I believe I learned a thing or two from it but I could just as easily
learn that way by going to the library. The interactivity of this class opened
my eyes to the possibility of what online courses can be. I very much enjoyed
it and hope any online only course I take in the future can compare.
Cason, I completely agree with you. I was actually surprised how often I checked my blog to see what people were posting and commenting on. I was pretty happy with the amount of interaction that I received and the great feedback from you as well as our other classmates.
ReplyDeleteI really like your idea of submitting a rough draft through through the blogs for peer review. I think that would have been extremely beneficial and productive. I never thought that I would become interesting in blogging and it is funny to me that an English class changed my mind. I'm glad to hear you may keep one as a hobby. I find your ramblings and commentary humorous as well as helpful.
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ReplyDeleteYou made a really good point about essay revision. If we were to each submit a rough draft of our essays over blogger and then we each had to revise one that would be ver helpful and beneficial to each of us. I hope Professor Cline takes your advise and uses it for her class next semester! I agree with you that the blogs are great for feedback and that they are very useful! They are probably my favorite part of the class. Excellent blog post this week!
Molly Carpenter
Totally agree with you on the peer revision aspect. I always hated having to do that in class, but it really does help tremendously.If there was a way Mrs. Cline could set something like that up it'd be awesome. The blog was my favorite part of the class too, I'd always been curious about them so It was fun to learn how to use them. Great blog post!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with the biggest perk of online classes being time. That is the reason I took online classes this semester.
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ReplyDeleteI never made a blog before a few semesters ago when I took my first English class and it was weird at first until I saw how much interaction was happening through it, and what people were saying really helped me get better with my assignments. I do agree with you that I kindof missing being in a classroom and having some who I did not really know go through my paper and revise it to show me the mistakes that I did not catch. I agree with you about the aspect of time…time is on my side. Good job on your blog post!
Carson, your picture cracked me up. Blogs like yours are what I liked the most to read. Blogger was a nice spin added to this class. I am sure we all enjoyed it. Online classes are the best to set your own time. I chose these because I was working. It really helps out a lot to make that money.
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