One assignment that I enjoyed was recording ourselves reading our first research paper. At first I wasn't happy when the assignment was given to us, but as I started to do the assignment I ended up liking it just because it was an assignment that has never been given to me. It was a different experience and it was also interesting watching my classmates' videos as well. Something I learned from this assignment was that it is always important to read your essays or any other paper out loud. While I was reading out loud, I immediately noticed some errors; some that were not caught while I was just reading them silently.
An assignment that I didn't enjoy was doing an outline for our research paper. Whenever I begin a paper, I don't take the steps that were done in this course. Although it is quite helpful for others, when I started typing my paper, I didn't even look at the outline. Knowing what my sources were about and what my thesis was, I just began my paper by referring to my sources and my annotated bibliography.
Blogger was very useful in this class. It didn't just make a connection with the student and the professor but it also made connections with other classmates, making it easier to communicate with them. All important documents were posted which also made it easier to refer to them, such as the syllabus. It also made the class eco-friendly, since most documents were shared online.
I believe the assignments that were given were balanced, not too much of one thing. There were assignments that were connected to the movies that were watched and the readings. There were different things being done and I don't think there could have been any other additional or kinds of assignments that may have been given
Thank you for the feedback, Glenda. I'm really glad you enjoyed making a video of yourself reading your research paper one, and I'm glad you found it helpful to revising proofreading. I do agree that using blogger facilitates communication and is eco-friendly :) Lastly, I realize that everyone's writing process is a bit different; some writer, such as yourself, are able to organize/visualize what the project should look like and can skip outlining. Do you think the research paper process/steps should be customized to each student's individual approach to the writing process?
ReplyDeleteI don't think the students should customize their own steps. They may take easiest steps to get the paper done and I don't think it would result in a strong paper. I think if you assign the steps, the students will have no choice but to do them. They might just learn a new way of starting their paper.
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