Technology

Ryan Seaton      

Eng.102

Laura Cline

5/6/2012

Technology

This semester I learned a few new strategies using technology, and applying it to this online class.  At first and pretty much throughout the class I have had a problem with the blogs.  It would seem like this would be one of the easier things that we have done in this class, but somehow I continue to have problems hyperlinking my comments to the instructor.  Even though it has worked for me numerous times, I will do the exact same thing and it will not work.  I have gone to tutors at school, and have taken Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Access.  I did very well in these classes and somehow posting my work to the blog, getting the URL’s, and all of the other ways we have had to do our work has been really frustrating.  I have taken at least 7 online classes and did very well with them, but have had a hard time with this one.  Some of the things I did like about this class were reading other students work and being able to respond to their writing.  I found students comments very useful at times, and enjoyed reading their feedback.  It was convenient to be able to work from home most of the time, and it helped by fitting into my schedule.  I usually like taking classes at school better because of the personal relationship you build with your instructors and with other students.  I found it really hard this semester to contact the instructor when needed, and receiving the feedback I was looking for.  I liked the class as a whole and really did learn a lot about online learning in a completely different way.  Check out some more info on online learning.  http://www.westga.edu