Extra Credit Evaluation

1. I have used blogs before taking RTF 305. However, the RTF blog is the first blog I have used for school or assignments. Therefore, the various blogs that I have used in the past were used simply for personal notes (ie documenting days/schedules/thoughts.)
2. The blog was a positive aspect of the course in that it allowed us to apply our class material toward media that we could personally understand, such as TV, movies, advertisements, etc.
3. There were very few technical difficulties with the blog - the website seemed to make the blogging experience straightforward and self-explanatory. Conceptually, it was sometimes challenging to discuss media concepts that I felt I may not have fully understood, and also to provide good examples for these concepts that were not largely familiar.
4. When I felt that I did not understand certain concepts, and/or felt that I was unsure about an example, I consulted the textbook to find the best explanations/definitions available. This worked in some instances more than others.
5. The less interesting (and thus more difficult) blog prompts were the ones that addressed certain concepts in media (most being covered in the textbook / the lectures). An example of this would be writing a blog on globalization. Essentially this was expanding a textbook definition into a blog post, which was less interesting and more ambiguous. The more interesting (and thus much easier) blog prompts were those that had us find familiar examples in media to observe their characteristics. An example would be the comparison between an old and new sitcom. Those kinds of blogs were interesting because we could document our own views about certain media, and since we had a lot to say about them, they was easy to write.
6. If anything could be improved, it would maybe be the way the prompts are described. Sometimes the directions were a little too broad and ambiguous, leaving me a little confused about what I should and shouldn't write. If they were a little more narrow it might be easier to understand what to write about, and then of course, it would be easier to express all of one's thoughts.

Yes, you can use my blog in a paper or report.