Final Learning Blog
As I begin to write the final learning blog it just lets me
reflect on the things I have completed in the first unit. I feel as I have come very far in this unit
from Day 1. Day 1 I was not really sure
what topic I really wanted to talk about.
During class when you gave us time to look for a topic, it seemed as
nothing really came to mind that really interested me. As I was listening to someone talking about
snow I decide this would be the perfect topic for me to write about. So once I decide this topic, there was still
one more problem, I just was not sure how this would relate to ISU
students. So after thinking and thinking
I had come up with a few ideas to include in the context of my paper. This is when I began to really start to get
the hang of things and start to pull together.
I feel as though I have come very far since the beginning of this class.
As this semester progresses I feel
like I learn something new almost every day that I attend class. The biggest thing I have learned so far is
how to make and set up a blog. I am not
the most technological person around so I did not know much about making a blog. While being in class and as the teacher
having us take notes on the computer and then post them on our blogs was very
helpful. Just from posting things during
class or assignments that are due and even logging in to my blog every day has
helped me learn about the blog tremendously.
I also learned that maybe I do enjoy group work. Each time we have done revising my group
members have been very helpful.
I would say my biggest take-away
from this class has been the article “Grassroots Writing Journal.” After reading the article it really made me
stop and think the way that I revised people’s papers throughout high
school. After thinking about the article
it really affected the way I revise papers now.
I never have been great at revising papers so I would always say, “that
looks great” or something to that extent.
After reading that it let me realize it does not help me or the person I
am revising the paper for to say something like that. That article will stick with me forever and I
will always remember to be as helpful as I can be while revising a paper.
It seems no matter what class, but
the question that always sticks in my head “Did I do this right?” A few other questions I still ask after
everything is turned in are: “Was my paper long enough” and “Was my rubric set
up the right way?” Those really are the
only things that I still question, but I have confidence that everything was
done right and I know I did the best I could.
Throughout this unit one of the
better things I think I did while writing the paper was contacting people and
getting them interviewed. Having
interviewed three people it makes me think that I have gone above and beyond in
that area of the project. I feel like I
did everything to the best of my abilities though. I feel good about what I have done, and I
have worked hard to accomplish this unit.
I have completed everything that is due, and always turn it in on
time. I don’t really like to say I have
done something well, because what I think is well and what someone else things
could be two different things. So
everything that I have turned in so far I have done the best I can to complete
it.
At this point of the unit I don’t really
have anything else to say. I would like
to say I really enjoy getting to work on our projects in class. I think you have done a wonderful job on
planning everything and you haven’t really overloaded us with lots and lots of
homework. You seem to have assignments
due throughout the unit so at the end we just have to make a few revisions and
put everything together. I feel like this unit has made me a better
writer and editor.
