Blog #5

1. Compared to writing traditional essays as you have in other classes, were the expectations of the blog assignment easier, harder or just different? In other words, was it clear to you what the format of a blog was and how to produce one?

I think that the expectations for the blog assignments for this class were just different from other essays that I had to write in other classes. They weren’t harder or easier, just different. It was very clear how the format was supposed to be but when it came time to put in all together, I had to think a little bit harder on how I wanted to structure my essay. I think I definitely liked writing in this format more so than any other traditional writing style. I think it gets you to use your brain a little more and try to structure things differently.

2. Did the blog assignments, and the requirement to create a blog, relate to the class topics and course objectives? Why or why not?

I think that the blog assignments that we had to do for class did relate to the topics. I don’t think they were directly related but in each essay we had certain criteria that we had to meet. I think that the certain criteria that we had to have in our blog assignments were the main focus of the course objectives and assignments. Following the grading rubric we had to use the knowledge that we learned from class to obtain all the points that were available for the assignment. We had to provide premises, which before this class I really had no idea what they were.

3. Did the non-text elements of the blog program contribute to your learning in this class? Did they get in the way? Or did they have no affect at all?

I think the non-text elements did contribute to learning in this class because I think any element that you can use when you are writing, helps in some sort of way. I don’t feel that they were in the way at all, however I do think they make you think differently than you are used too. With that being said, I think this class really makes you critically think about things.