Extra Credit

I had never written a blog before taking RTF 305.

Positive Aspects of the Blog: The blogs added convenience, both for the students and (I would assume) for the TAs as well. Assignments were much easier to keep track of, and easy to turn in.

Negative Aspects of the Blog: Technically, I encountered no problems with the blog, save for the odd time would occasionally appear. Conceptually however, the blog proved to be more problematic than I initially expected. Though we did go over the blog posts to begin the class, it seems as though there was a disconnect between what the prompt stated and what was expected from students. A clearer outline for the blog posts, or perhaps the ability to drop one of the posts would help ease the transition to this particular form of writing.

I was able to overcome my difficulties with the blog by attempting to follow the prompt exactly, but this was not always the most effective course of action.

My favorite blog post was about the ad that we had to breakdown, because this post allowed some degree of creativity and flexibility in terms of what the student was able to write about. The most difficult post was the first one, mainly because of inexperience with the writing style, as well as a fairly dense topic with which to write about.

I would recommend using a blog for other courses, mainly because a blog facilitates transfer of assignments and makes it easier to keep track of various assignments.

My biggest suggestion for improving the blogging experience, would be a clearer set of guidelines with which to write a blog. True, we are told what the content of the blog should be, but it seems as though a sample post (which were added after the course began) would be most beneficial to begin with.

Yes, you can use my blog in a paper or report