Course Reflection

This was a very unique class. I never imagined it was going to be this way when I took it, I had other English classes before…come to mention it, this exact one, but we didn’t do the whole computer part—it was old school English 105. When I heard that I didn’t need a book, I was like shhh, this sounds like a good deal. Nope. I was wrong. Lol. There were times when I thought that I was better off taking the class that made you buy the book. I hated blogging and taking part in the discussion forums. Not because I think its bad, but I’m just not that kind of person that’s accustomed to doing those kind of things.
At times I felt that my composition and grammar suffered more so because I was pre occupied trying to figure out the technical aspect of this class, i.e. Dream Weaver and such. I think that you have to take a separate class just for Dream Weaver alone in order to understand it. Some of the projects were difficult for me to understand, at first, but I learned to ask a lot of questions. Also, if I knew the topic we chose for our first project was going to be the root for all the projects, I would have chosen something different.
All in all, even though, it may have sounded like I was complaining a little bit, I’m glad I took this class. It was hard, time consuming, frustrating, and different, but it tapped into a part of my brain that A. I haven’t used in awhile or B. I never used. I learned how to do some new things and I can never take for granted the knowledge that I obtained.
I guess I get it, our world is changing. We are developing into a technology based community all over the world, so we need to take classes like these to be up to date. It’s no longer just picking up a newspaper or magazine and getting information. Nowadays we are looking up web articles on the internet for info. People are out blogging their opinions and knowledge. I guess this world is moving at rapid pace toward the future so it’s not so bad we had this class to help us merge into that traffic.

P.S. Has anyone ever felt like Doogie Howser when they were writing these things? I swear I can hear that music playing in the back of my mind as I type. lol

P.S.S. My Bday bash is at the registry in crown point on thursday...tomorrow. So, if you 21 or over com thru. But I think I'm the only bloody old fool in this class :)

Reflection Blog

Like the sands through the hourglass so are the projects for English 105..i don’t know if that made sense but I had a random thought about Days of Our Lives running through my head. But anyway, this reflection is late, I’m a loser and I forgot about this thing last night, points have been lost, but I gots ta keep on truckin.

So, I didn’t like this project much. Well, it was ok, but I thought that my topic for the webtext made it a tad more difficult, which is my fault—I thought it would be a fun topic, which it was, but there was not enough info out in the world to cover it like I would have liked. Although, I did reach into my thick skull and I pulled off some good material that I didn’t think I could do. Bravo to me!

The technical aspect of this project wasn’t to appealing to me as well. Well, pretty much for all the projects, but that’s another blog. Anyways, I felt that I spent more time on dreamweaver trying to figure things out that I couldn’t and it just irritated me. In the end, I still didn’t finish the layout like I wanted, so I think my layout was weak and ugly, but I got so irked at it I finally said a bad word here followed by it and just did whatever. And, when I was finishing it up I was sick…my eyes were watery and my nose was running a marathon of snot. NOT GOOD!

The windows movie maker irritated me too. It was simple to use, but I was trying to go at a pace that it wasn’t letting me go at. So, it was tiny trivial things, but nonetheless I’m hoping I never have to use that thing again.

Out of the whole project I liked doing the podcast portion. Just because I think I picked a good topic with a lot of info and that made it interesting. I learned a lot from that. Although, at first, I didn’t care for it because I was finding too much info and that overwhelmed me, but once I organized myself and took my time going through the stuff, it was smooth sailing.

I still don’t quite understand the correlation behind using Dreamweaver and such programs and projects that make this class so technical, I guess, maybe it has to do with the world revolving around us, but it really irked me with this project. I hope one day I’ll use this all in my life, but if doesn’t come too soon that’s fine by me.

 

Holler

-m

Podcast Reflection

Like the days of our lives, another assignment has come and gone. The Podcast assignment I actually enjoyed though, unlike the webtext. That thing was evil. So, was the Podcast the opposite of evil? Not necessarily, I just enjoyed it more. The best part of the podcast, to me, was that I got to deal with audio and audio software and I got to put music in it as well, and I love music--so that was cool. I just felt more comfortable with this one, unlike the webtext. Maybe because the webtext was our first assignment, so, it was kinda like going in a cold pool and having to swim around a little bit before you got use to it. 

I felt like I did rather well on this assignment but, then again, I thought I did good on the webtext and ended up getting an F. Hopefully thats not the case! But, yea, I thought my script was good and I put in enough information to help people. In the beginning, I thought about just doing a small bio on Steve Jobs. Which I did...but, then I kind of mixed in his innovating thinking and how failure isn't necessarily negative and people can benefit from that part of him. I was proud of myself because of that. That made it more than just a biography.

If I had more time to do this assignment I would have definitely cut out the part where I was clearing my throat before I went into the introduction. lol. I can't believe I forgot to take that part out. I heard it, and i meant to cut it out but I totally forgot about it. Oh well, hopefully my loyal listeners will look past my imperfection and just see the podcast for its quality. I dont think I'll be so lucky with the teacher though, I am pretty sure I'm going to lose points on that one.

l8tr

-m

New podcast proposal

I decided to change up my podcast proposal and my new topic will be about Steve Jobs. Steve is the C.E.O of Apple, I think it will a good podcast that can reach out to many different individuals alike. There is a lot of history to talk about with him and Apple and not to mention some other companies he has tackled. So, I cant wait to get it to you.

My Podcast

Ok, so, my podcast is going to go into more detail about Apple as a company. I know that doesnt have anything to do with the proposal I did but I think it will be a lot more interesting to speak about because I can get into all their product and also talk about the business side of it; so I think it will be fun.

Reflection

I did my Webtext on Macs. I can't lie...i am a little disappointed with it. The first draft I did was really strong, but sadly it did not save correctly, so, I had to write up the second one which was the final one everyone read (or didn't). I think i did ok with it. Hopefully my point came across to whom ever might have read it and it didn't sound stupid.
Now that I came to class, though, im kind of worried about it. The teacher sounded like we didn't do to well, so, I'm thinking mine was a little more crappier than I thought. I think I did poorly on citations, but we'll see. I think whats gonna hurt me too is that i really didnt participate in the discussions on Facebook, I did the blogs though, but now its the Facebook discussion boards that are going to reflect my grade...that might hurt a little. Now, im getting paranoid about this blog because it say it has to be 300 words and I dont know what else to write. Im a man of few words, i always have been, but now my grade is going to reflect this so I have to come up with something....argh!!!
ok, it is what it is. So, if I had to do things differently I would have pay'd more attention to directions. I'll be honest, I overlooked some things, especially the 1500 words minimum and the csw writing method. But, oh well, what are you going to do? Its over, I turned it in and I'll try and revise it as best as I can to improve whatever grade I got on it; which I'm fearing at this point.

web to the text

I guess its goin alright...I feel like its boring though. I think I am goin to rearrange it a tad so that everything flows well. But as far as all the topics and features I wanted to include, I feel, that I have done that well. So, when my webtext is done everyone is going to want a mac pretty much. 

I am going to bring up dreamweaver in my conference; I don't get it.

Hello...

i did my proposal on Macs.

Folksonomies Tap People Power "the reflection"

Ok, so, Folksonomies are basically taggs you put on your stuff that you post over the internet. The article was cool, I would have never thought that someone made up a technical term for tagging, but, whatever; I can dig it, im a computer geek at heart.  I think the article was a great way to expose folksonomies to the public who may have not have known about it or did and just ignored it. It is a really good tool to use in locating all the glamorous things the internet has to offer.

On another note, I think my webtext will be on something that has to do with djing. I like it, I know it, so, why not write about. right? But, i'm indecisive so that can very well change as soon as i click the "Publish Post" tab. :)

-m