Communicating via Blog

The use of this Blog for the class is interesting, unique, and effective way to get value from this class. We can read other people’s blog and know who they are, and what their thought. This is a good way to communicate with other people because even though we are classmates, and we meet twice a week, we rarely talk to each other in class or outside the class. Through the blog, we can talk and know each other, and also it is a way to present ourselves.

I talk very little in the class because I am a quiet person. On the other hand, we don’t have much time to talk to others and share out thoughts and ideas during the class. I really feel I benefited from meeting others online. I can write more beside talk more, so writing a blog is easier for me than talk more in classes. Moreover, we have more time outside the classes, so we can interact via the blog anytime without the time restriction.

The topics for blog entries relate to our in class activities. In classes, we might just follow the steps that the professor said, and didn’t have a chance to thing about what were the purposes to do that. But the question for the blog entries explain the activities very clear, so we can thing about in-class experiences with the activities back to the lessons we were studying. For example, in learning the communication process, one way communication would be the worse way. It was difficult to understand what the person said with non-verbal and without asking questions communication. All explaining of the person is about his own perception. Two way communication is better and clear than one way. We can ask questions, the person can get feedback, but it is easy to run out of time and repeat the same thing again and again.

Management can be different ways. It is good to learn from other people via the blog. Reading other’s blogs and writing a blog entry can improve our reading and writing skills, thing critically, learn from others.

I spend more time for this 20% of my grade than prepare for the test. It seems this 20% is heavier than the test. However, it is interesting and I enjoy doing this kind of assignment. We can learn more outside the lecture. Because of this 20% of the total grade, I clearly understood that I have to finish all the assignment to be sure I would get the whole points. I would also worry about the last day I had to post online. I feel that I will continue to post my feeling and ideas about school, work, and life after this class has ended but it will be shorter than these posts.

The blog is only for students to learn from other students, it could be useful information to know what students thought and their idea for professors. In my opinion, it is better to remain the blog as a component of this course.