Blog Entry 11: Final Blog Reflcation

Blogging was a new experience for me. It is something that I have enjoyed at times and loathed at others, but overall the experience has been positive. For me, the blogging has always been serious, after all, its for a grade; however some entries were taken more seriously than others. During the beginning of blogging with the self generated entries I just wrote down something, but as time wore on I feel that my entries became more insightful to my actual voice and topics that I was concerned with or effected by.

Blogging is a way for people to learn about topics that they usually already have a vested interest in. Blogging has the ability for a person to become more informed about a topic or enlightened about a topic that has newfound concern. At times, the may even be a good output for the blogger to share what is going on in their life.
With all the benefits of blogging, there are challenges. The biggest issue with blogging is finding a credible blog. Information on blogs may be incorrect, or may be stated in a way to suit a specific purpose, after all, the bloggers want to share what they think.

I credit blogging with improving my understanding of visual rhetoric, and also an improved thinking perspective as I now try to observe the other side of a story while reading. Using comics on every blog made me think about what I was actually using it for and trying to support. Being a student of a blogging class was laid back. I could learn about my classmates' perspectives, write my own thoughts, and come away from the experience more informed. The hybrid class style of learning made it much easier to keep track of class and what I had to turn in when. I wish more classes would adopt the hybrid style.

Blogger was extremely useful as it kept me informed and on track with the the leading topic in class, as well as, informed of my classmates thoughts. Blogger progressively got better for me. At first, it was really hard to write about something that I felt had some meaning to me and my classmates could feel some connection to, but as time went on I just wrote about what I thought first and my blogs got better. It took a while for me to enjoy writing blogs, but they did improve the quality of the class.