Honestly when I first discovered that I had to do blog assignments I was not too thrilled. But then after the first few assignments it wasn’t too bad.
I believe the blog assignment was a great way to get to know others in the class room, especially since we rarely get to interact with out peers at a class size such as this one. The assignment brought us closer together as a class making it more comfortable to learn. Unlike the conventional class settings where students are just listening to lectures and not have the opportunity to reflect what we have learned and share thoughts with all of our peers. But this class actually gives us the opportunity to interact with students in our class through the blog assignments. Some blog entries can be quite interesting and I benefit from learning more about my classmates. For instance, I really enjoyed reading some of my classmates’ visions for the future. At times the blog entries can be boring and I would get nothing out if it. Like the evaluation of the egg activity, for instance. I did not really enjoy reading or commenting or others blogs.
I think the most beneficial aspect of the blog is being able to voice my opinion and having others acknowledge it. Especially, since I have low participation in class I think the blog compensates for it. In addition, the blogs forced me to reflect on the assignment with management concepts we learned in class. Like the egg and test reformatting class activity.
The blogs posted by the professor were quite interesting. I really like the monkey blog. I guess the extra mini management lessons from the professor are like goody bags that we can take away from this class.
It’s always nice to know you can control a good portion of your grade by simply voicing your opinions and responding to your classmates in a timely matter. It definitely lessons the anxiety a bit.
Before this management class I never had a blog. Blogs never appealed to me. However, after this class I might reconsider it in the future. I think I enjoy reading blogs more than writing them.
Overall I think the blog assignments are a keeper!
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that what i say too, it's a good way of knowing each others. when i first heard the is assignment, i didn't have great feeling of it. but after the first assignment it was good.
I totally agree with what you said there. Blog is indeed a way for people to voice out their opinions. Not many people like to speak up in class. I’m the perfect example here. I only speak up once in a blue moon in this class. I do understand that participation is part of the class grade but when the topic is too interesting, it will too competitive to say what you think in class. Besides that, it also works as a bridge to connect one another. For instance, one of my neighbors in this class commented on my blog and I never met him before. After that first comment, we started talking to each other. It’s a good way of knowing each others
haha I agree with you about the boring entries. We were talking about that at the gym today too! But aside from boring entry blogs, there were good ones too. And I also agree that its nice to know that you can control a good portion of your grade. It's sad to know that some actually don't take advantage of this and lose 20% pts.
I had the same reaction when I first discovered that we had to do a blog assignment, because I had never done this before. But it turned out pretty well actually. I like writing and reflecting back on those activities. I think what we talked about in class last time was helpful. The idea about doing the activities and later looking back at them by writing a blog entry. It's much more interesting and better learning experience to me at least. It helps me remember what I have done class and apply the concepts easier to real life situations.
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