Reflection of our class/blogging

Like others have mentioned I have felt behind this entire semester. I know that I am participating on a regular basis and attempting everything listed so I feel that it has been an educational experience but one that has stressed me out! I feel that maybe including these expectations in the syllabus would help instead of logging in and seeing a list of assignments due. Obviously this is a graduate course and it should challenge us so I do appreciate that I'm learning and have high expectations for myself and for the course. I'm just kicking myself in the butt for taking 3 classes this semester and working full time, plus doing Critter Magazine. Life is good but man am I stretched thin. I think 2 classes next semester will be more manageable!

I have really enjoyed getting to interact with all of these tools and creating a blog. I didn't feel a blog would be something I would use but it has definitely made posting to our discussions easier and I enjoy seeing everyone's different styles and layout. I may consider doing one after this class is over just because it is a good way to network using facebook and twitter as well! I love recipes, crafts and things on pinterest so it would be a cool way to share things and have it all in one place.

I have also really enjoyed getting to use the wordle app, I love collages and have always enjoyed seeing different words put together to give an image meaning. It was neat to just type in some ideas and with a few clicks it was cool and stylist.

The glossary idea was fantastic, if only I had a glossary for all the things I need to access regularly! I spend so much time searching for things online and going thru emails to find links. I was very confused at first and the only way I could figure out how to post my contributions was by putting my name on the tags section. I'm not sure if that is what everyone else did but it was the only way I could see what only I had contributed and not any other authors when we needed to post what we had done.

I am looking forward to creating a website and using all of these ideas on it. I might actually look like I know what I'm doing in the web community! This is my first ever web class I've taken and networking is a huge part of my life so I loved learning all the new ways to use technology and feel it will benefit me in my professional career.