Experiential Learning #10 (A.K.A. All Down, None to go!)
My Experience “Blogging”
I must say honestly, that when I read through the syllabus and I seen that we had to create a blog and that was how we were going to be doing our Experiential Learning, I was completely clueless as to what you meant by a blog. Of course I always heard the term being used, but I did not know exactly what it meant. Now I’m excited to say that I’m in “the know”!
When I first started I was unsure of what I was doing. You can tell that by my very first entry. I was excited and confused all at the same time; but honestly it is a very simple process. Just to know that your thoughts would be available for practically anybody to see is a little unnerving, but interesting at the same time. I got use to the process by the second or third blog. I like the way I can personalize it by changing the color of the font of each entry and also the background color scheme. Can you tell pink is one of my favorite colors?
This leads to the main point of this final blog; the thought of blogging as a type of public forum, in which I agree. It is totally public. As a matter of fact, I don’t remember if you did have to acknowledge some kind of consent when you set up the blog site, but they should have something there letting you know that it would be made public when you post. I like to think of it as my own little newspaper that I print out a few times every week or so. I think the idea is cool. Just to be able to voice your opinion is great. I actually haven’t seen too many of the other blogs that are available through Blogger, the site at which I created my blog, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we don’t view them everywhere we go. I think it’s just a matter of opinion as to what one would define a public forum to be. But it definitely is something that can and looks to be easily accessed by the public and is made specifically for the public to view.
I also think it was a very cool idea for you to suggest posting our experiential learning online. Not only did this cut down on printing, resulting in saving ink and paper, my money tree says “THANK YOU”!!! It also was just a great idea. The only thing is I would have liked to view the blogs of my classmates. I think it would have been neat to see what they were writing about and their thought on things. Of course I understand the precautions you would need to take in that, but overall I think it might have helped when it came to the reflections.
All in all, it was a successful semester. I really enjoyed the class. The work load wasn’t that bad, everything tends to look worse over the summer, but it was manageable and fun at the same time. And I seriously do feel better about speaking in public. I will try to remember what I learned and use it when I have to make other speeches and presentations for class and life beyond college. Thanks for the education! See-ya!
Shekera Diane
P.S. For the purpose of those who have been reading these blogs, outside of you professor, this will probably be the last one, so don’t hold your breath! =)
I must say honestly, that when I read through the syllabus and I seen that we had to create a blog and that was how we were going to be doing our Experiential Learning, I was completely clueless as to what you meant by a blog. Of course I always heard the term being used, but I did not know exactly what it meant. Now I’m excited to say that I’m in “the know”!
When I first started I was unsure of what I was doing. You can tell that by my very first entry. I was excited and confused all at the same time; but honestly it is a very simple process. Just to know that your thoughts would be available for practically anybody to see is a little unnerving, but interesting at the same time. I got use to the process by the second or third blog. I like the way I can personalize it by changing the color of the font of each entry and also the background color scheme. Can you tell pink is one of my favorite colors?
This leads to the main point of this final blog; the thought of blogging as a type of public forum, in which I agree. It is totally public. As a matter of fact, I don’t remember if you did have to acknowledge some kind of consent when you set up the blog site, but they should have something there letting you know that it would be made public when you post. I like to think of it as my own little newspaper that I print out a few times every week or so. I think the idea is cool. Just to be able to voice your opinion is great. I actually haven’t seen too many of the other blogs that are available through Blogger, the site at which I created my blog, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we don’t view them everywhere we go. I think it’s just a matter of opinion as to what one would define a public forum to be. But it definitely is something that can and looks to be easily accessed by the public and is made specifically for the public to view.
I also think it was a very cool idea for you to suggest posting our experiential learning online. Not only did this cut down on printing, resulting in saving ink and paper, my money tree says “THANK YOU”!!! It also was just a great idea. The only thing is I would have liked to view the blogs of my classmates. I think it would have been neat to see what they were writing about and their thought on things. Of course I understand the precautions you would need to take in that, but overall I think it might have helped when it came to the reflections.
All in all, it was a successful semester. I really enjoyed the class. The work load wasn’t that bad, everything tends to look worse over the summer, but it was manageable and fun at the same time. And I seriously do feel better about speaking in public. I will try to remember what I learned and use it when I have to make other speeches and presentations for class and life beyond college. Thanks for the education! See-ya!
Shekera Diane
P.S. For the purpose of those who have been reading these blogs, outside of you professor, this will probably be the last one, so don’t hold your breath! =)
posted by jerseygirl @ 11:02 PM
1 Comments:
At 8:36 AM,
s said…
Glad that you found blogging useful, though I agree with many of your precautionary notes. It was because some students didn't feel all that comfortable with the possibility others in the class would read their blog that I refrained from giving you access to each other's reflections. I think that would have been productive as well, but it resulted in some surprisingly candid critiques of other students' speeches that i think would have been unlikely if there was a possibility that student might happen upon the post. Anyway, thanks for taking the class and good luck with whatever comes next.
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