Blog 5

1.
Compared to the traditional essays that I have written in other classes, I would say writing the blog was not easier or more difficult, but instead different. Really, it felt the same as any other assignment with a few exceptions. One, anyone who wanted to read it could, this caused me to have a new perspective when writing and to think more about what exactly I wanted to say. Second, I had figure out the little quarks of blogging, such as how to upload, fonts, format, etc. This aspect was different then that of the traditional essays I have written in other classes. Overall writing blogs as opposed to essays was not much different, the first one took a little time to get the hang of, but overall I felt it was good because it taught me how to use a new resource while still accomplishing the same goal of a traditional essay.
2.
Both the blog assignments and the requirement to create a blog related to the class topics and the course objective. The assignments covered a wide variety of topics that really allowed the student to gain a broad understanding of multiple different aspects of culture. This directly related to and fulfilled the course and blog objectives. As for the requirement to create a blog there is no doubt that it fulfilled the course objective. Being forced to create a blog forced the student to partake in a new type of technology that many of us had not partaken in prior to this class. In addition to this, this obligation showed students that there are many other resources through technology like blogger, and that in many cases they are easy to use.
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For the most part I do not think that the non-text elements of the blog program had an effect on my learning during this class. However, I do feel that it did have a positive effect in some minor aspects. The main impact that the non-text elements caused was simply to learn something new, and to go through the process of figuring how to be most effective using this program. I think this will pay dividends in many areas of life as this skill can be used throughout life in many different types of programs where learning how to use a new system is required. Overall, the non-text elements did not have a major impact on my learning in this class, but it did make some minor positive contributions that will add to my skill set and that could come in handy later in life.