Blogging About Blogging On My Blog

     I am not a blogger; I prefer to write with a pen on paper or at least print out a page to turn in a hard copy.  Yes, I'm a 19-year-old teenager of the 21st century, yet I don't even enjoy texting, I don't have a twitter, and I am on facebook for maybe a few minutes at a time.  Proper face time is important to me, and this idea reflects to my writing.  Physically turning in a real piece of paper gives me peace of mind that the computer won't lose it, erase it, or I won't accidentally post something incorrectly (like I did with the Wiki) and potentially ruin my grade.  If I do the assignment and follow the guidlines, if I have solid content, I don't want to lose points because of a technological error.  This blogging process was not difficult to post nor was it difficult to write any of our posts - the content was simple and straightforward - but I did feel like the posts were mostly busy work.  Posting more reflective pieces - and receiving feedback from my classmates/teacher - might have helped me to progress with my writing on future blog posts and/or progressing through the analytical research project.  Reflective writing could have also helped me to justify my actions during research, or realize for myself what I was maybe missing in a paper.

     Commenting on others blogs (depending on the content) could have helped us in the same way; from our classmates' commentary, we would have received feedback and fed off of each others ideas.  

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     Blogging in general however, is not my style.  I don't enjoy the technological aspect of it, especially if not fully utilized.  There are some fantastic bloggers out there, and that's great.  This blogging process may have been exactly what these people needed to succeed in this class.  It may have made more sense to write on the computer, or may have been more convenient for them.   As a personal note though, I know I won't be writing on this blog after this class is over.  I probably won't be writing on any blog.  I just did not enjoy the technological aspects.  

     Nobody has commented on the posts we have written either (on my blog), so I did not benefit from peer review for my papers because of that.  Possibly posting online on Carmen under the Discussion section could have been much more convenient, as well as the posts would pop up more quickly and we could receive proper commentary.  Having an entire other website had me turned around sometimes.

     I did enjoy that this blog was never a stressful aspect of class though.  This class had enough work on it's own, on top of my other classwork and time I needed to dedicate toward studying, that if this blog had become a massive project, I would have felt overwhelmed.  Having only a few blog posts allowed me to keep track of the blog easily, and allowed me not to get behind in the class, causing my grade to slip.  This was especially helpful because during most of our blog post assignments, we were working on writing and developing the ARP through the PSA, SSI, and Final ARP, that totaling to 50% of our grade! No offense to you Blog, but I would have chosen ARP over you if it came down to it.