Reflections

I thought this course was going to be a writing course. I assumed from the title that it was a writing course that taught you how to write for the Internet. Yes, there was some writing involved, although not as much as I expected. You could probably count the blogs and the facebook as writing, but I count those as online conversations and interactions, not technically writing. But what was unexpected were the assignments that took us to social bookmarking sites, online communities and gaming sites. My husband stared at me in disbelief when I told him I had to play in Second Life for homework. I still don't quite think he believes me! LOL

And probably like some of you, I spend alot of time online. I thought, well, what could they possibly teach me that I haven't already done or seen. I was wrong. (as a side note, when you're a teenager you know everything, but when you start getting to be 25 you think hmm, maybe there is something I don't know... then at 30 you think maybe I really don't know it all... and the older you get the more you realize that you have so much to learn!) I found some sites and tools that are very useful to me and that I am now using regularly. I would not have know about them without this course. There are also those that I gave a try that I probably won't return to.

I am really glad I chose this course. I would even recommend it to people who are looking for something new and maybe less traditional. It would benefit anyone studying communications, business, english, sociology and psychology.