My reflection of the course

My Reflection of English 102

From English 102 I have learned several things. I learned how to write papers using MLA style. I also learned how to use a blog forum. I learned how to post on the blog, make comments, add pictures and links. I also learned how to upload videos to the blog, and how to create the video itself. I also feel that I have progressed in regards to my writing skills based off of the feedback I was given on my drafts and final essays. I feel that I will be able to use a blog forum as well as MLA style of writing more easily in future college courses or even in my future career when it comes to writing papers or documenting.

Although I am not generally a read for fun type of person, I found the readings in this class were all interesting. I had not read any of the readings prior to this course, but I had seen the movie Winter’s Bone. I found that the book Winter’s Bone made me focus more on details that I did not necessarily pick up in the movie.

I feel that I have met the learning outcomes by reading and writing based on critical readings. More specifically, creating thesis statements, using my own views of specific writings and films, as well as using the blog forum to respond to people’s posts and taking the feedback from others comments. I learned how to use organizational strategies by using MLA style of writing.

My writing has changed because I previously used APA style of writing. I also learned from professor feedback and peer feedback not to be redundant but to also make sure I tie all of my paragraphs back to my thesis statement.

I feel that I had several challenges in this class. Prior to this class I had never used a blog, nor uploaded videos. I also had not used MLA style of writing, so I was learning how to cite differently when writing my essays. I also had challenges of analyzing in my analysis papers. Most of the feedback I received stated that I was summarizing too much rather than analyzing. I think I still have some learning to do to understand and be able to write better analysis papers.  

Overall I enjoyed this class and felt that I learned a lot. I felt that I was organized and was able to complete my assignments on time if not early. I thought the course load was appropriate for the length of the class and the due dates were reasonable. I liked that we were aware of the assignments in advanced. I think it would have been better to have at least a day later due date for the blog post responses because sometimes I was busy and completed my assignment early in the week but was unable to post my comments until Sunday because no one else had posted their blog posts until then.