Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Reflection #6
The blog was a good way for us students to learn about new topics. The fact that we had to research rather than receive a lecture made the learning more effective. I feel that we gained maximum knowledge from doing looking up a topic on our own. I especially liked when we were able to write about a topic of our own choosing, this is because when I am given choice in my assignment I enjoy am able to find more motivation to finish what I start. There was only one problem i had with the blog, being a forgetful person I there were many instances when I forgot to do my write up for the week I was assigned due to the fact that the blog isn't physical homework that you see in your binder. I feel this can be fixed simply by weekly reminders to either the bloggers and commenters or all the class. Although i wasn't very fond of it to begin with, overall i feel that the blog assignment was a good choice when it comes to assignments.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Personal Connection
This semester i was able to learn many new scientific topics that i can apply to my own life. Specifically the unit on the body systems. I feel that learning about the respiratory and circulatory system could benefit my sports and exercise over the summer months. The labs that were conducted in this unit helped me gain an understanding of how these two systems work together to make the body move and work the way it does. now the i have been educated in these system it may be easier for me to not only plans workouts in an effective fashion, but also help me conserve my energy when participating in high levels of activity. the labs involving breathing rate, heart rate and lung capacity also help me gain more knowledge about my own body. The more knowledge i gain about these subjects, the better my training and practice will be in the long run. knowing about my body will help me specifically train areas that I am weak in so my overall sports performance will be better. Thanks to the spectacular teaching of Mr. Kennedy i was able to gain more intelligence about the system of the body and how the effect my fitness, and yes, i am kissing your ass for a good mark.
#6
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Reflection
#4
This semesters blog assignment was a new experience. At times I really hated it, but other times I actually liked learning what I was writing about. I think it was interesting seeing what people thought of what I wrote and I liked seeing what other people wrote about. Although it was a good idea that we could write anonymously, everybody ended up figuring out who wrote what because the ‘secret’ numbers were assigned by the class list in alphabetical order. I liked doing the blog instead of having to do a bunch of big assignments but I think that it was a bit too much having to do one every single week, especially because we have four other classes with homework to worry about as well.
I think that in the future years you should give the students a choice in whether they want to do the blog or not. Like you said, you teach students, not a subject. And when you give students a huge assignment they should know what they’re in for.
This semesters blog assignment was a new experience. At times I really hated it, but other times I actually liked learning what I was writing about. I think it was interesting seeing what people thought of what I wrote and I liked seeing what other people wrote about. Although it was a good idea that we could write anonymously, everybody ended up figuring out who wrote what because the ‘secret’ numbers were assigned by the class list in alphabetical order. I liked doing the blog instead of having to do a bunch of big assignments but I think that it was a bit too much having to do one every single week, especially because we have four other classes with homework to worry about as well.
I think that in the future years you should give the students a choice in whether they want to do the blog or not. Like you said, you teach students, not a subject. And when you give students a huge assignment they should know what they’re in for.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Reflection
I thought the blog assignment this year was very interesting. It gave us real insight of how some university classes may be, and since we are becoming more and more technology dependent, I won’t be surprised if more of our future classes are held online. Most of the topics that I researched were interesting like ‘the impact of climate change on aquatic life’ and ‘the impact of pollution on the atmosphere’. I am sure we all learned a lot since we were all forced to contribute by researching new topics that we never would’ve on our own and reading and commenting of other student’s topics which they have researched. I really like the commenting part of the whole blog assignment because we got to give our opinions and also receive opinions from our fellow students.
But what I didn’t like about the blog assignment were the due dates. I always got caught doing the assignments on the last days, which is my fault. Also in the beginning I always forgot that I had to write a blog for that week, or when we had tests coming up for biology, I didn’t want to have to keep worrying about the pending blog assignment. Another thing that I did not like was not necessarily to do with the blog assignment but with the numbers which we were secretly assigned. This was meant to make the commentators and bloggers anonymous. But everyone could figure out each other’s “secret” numbers because it was based on our seating order; this might have prevented some students from writing what they truly felt about another students blog.
Overall I think the blog assignment was a wonderful idea for homework assignments. It forced us to learn outside the classroom, and prepared us for what university has to offer.
#8
But what I didn’t like about the blog assignment were the due dates. I always got caught doing the assignments on the last days, which is my fault. Also in the beginning I always forgot that I had to write a blog for that week, or when we had tests coming up for biology, I didn’t want to have to keep worrying about the pending blog assignment. Another thing that I did not like was not necessarily to do with the blog assignment but with the numbers which we were secretly assigned. This was meant to make the commentators and bloggers anonymous. But everyone could figure out each other’s “secret” numbers because it was based on our seating order; this might have prevented some students from writing what they truly felt about another students blog.
Overall I think the blog assignment was a wonderful idea for homework assignments. It forced us to learn outside the classroom, and prepared us for what university has to offer.
#8
Reflection
#15
I thought the blog assignment this year was a real pain in the but. I found it hard to remember to do it because of all the time we had in between posts. The majority of my posts were late for that reason. I also thought it was sometimes hard to get done because of work schedules and sports.
On the other hand it did show that some people, myself included, need to be a bit more responsible and learn some better organizational skills. It also gave some good insight on how it will be in university which is actually not very far from now. It also allowed us to learn about some interesting stuff that we otherwise wouldnt have.
Overall I thought the blog assignment was too much to remember and not really worth the little bit of information learned.
I thought the blog assignment this year was a real pain in the but. I found it hard to remember to do it because of all the time we had in between posts. The majority of my posts were late for that reason. I also thought it was sometimes hard to get done because of work schedules and sports.
On the other hand it did show that some people, myself included, need to be a bit more responsible and learn some better organizational skills. It also gave some good insight on how it will be in university which is actually not very far from now. It also allowed us to learn about some interesting stuff that we otherwise wouldnt have.
Overall I thought the blog assignment was too much to remember and not really worth the little bit of information learned.
Reflection
#3
The blogging assignment we had to do this semester was different. It gave us a real sense of university, something that we need to be prepared for to the fullest to succeed. I think that the blog helped people learn things out of class that normally we would not even care about. The Blog was a really good idea because we got to give feedback on others blogs through the comment, I like that because we get an opinion from our peers, we can see how we could have covered the topic more thoroughly by looking at the questions that we asked. Knowing how we could have covered the topic more is a great help because the next time we had to blog we knew to be more exact, this really helped our writing skills.
A lot of good things are to be said about the blog assignment, but it wasn’t all thought out to the best. Everybody was assigned a number secretly so the assignment could be anonymous, but that didn’t work to well because the numbers coincided with our alphabetical seating plan. Because people knew everybody’s number it made it more difficult to write, without feeling like your being judged by the other classmates. The other bad part about the blog site was the most people blogged late which made it pretty difficult for the commenter’s to comment on something new without being late.
Other than the numbers and all the late blogs, I think it was a very fascinating assignment. It was very creative and well thought of. It was a lot better than having to write a formal essay on a given topic every couple weeks. Overall, I liked the blogging assignment.
The blogging assignment we had to do this semester was different. It gave us a real sense of university, something that we need to be prepared for to the fullest to succeed. I think that the blog helped people learn things out of class that normally we would not even care about. The Blog was a really good idea because we got to give feedback on others blogs through the comment, I like that because we get an opinion from our peers, we can see how we could have covered the topic more thoroughly by looking at the questions that we asked. Knowing how we could have covered the topic more is a great help because the next time we had to blog we knew to be more exact, this really helped our writing skills.
A lot of good things are to be said about the blog assignment, but it wasn’t all thought out to the best. Everybody was assigned a number secretly so the assignment could be anonymous, but that didn’t work to well because the numbers coincided with our alphabetical seating plan. Because people knew everybody’s number it made it more difficult to write, without feeling like your being judged by the other classmates. The other bad part about the blog site was the most people blogged late which made it pretty difficult for the commenter’s to comment on something new without being late.
Other than the numbers and all the late blogs, I think it was a very fascinating assignment. It was very creative and well thought of. It was a lot better than having to write a formal essay on a given topic every couple weeks. Overall, I liked the blogging assignment.
Reflection
#17
What do I think of this whole blog thing? Well, it has it's ups and it's downs. I like how everyone had to take a turn posting, and then others would comment on it. I liked how it was all annoymous too, so that no one knew who's was who's. But by this point in the year, we have all memorized the seating plan, and have all memorized who has what number. We are smarter than that Mr. Kennedy! :) Some of the topics that we had to write about, specifically the ones I chose to write about, really taught me stuff; stuff I wouldn't have learned otherwise.
I think the thing that I didn't enjoy the most about this blog was remembering to post or comment every week. Yes, we got a schedule at the beginning. Yes we are university bound students, but with an assignment that is this small, it just gets pushed aside due to our busy lives, and we usually don't remember about it until it is too late, or in my cases, just about too late.
What do I think of this whole blog thing? Well, it has it's ups and it's downs. I like how everyone had to take a turn posting, and then others would comment on it. I liked how it was all annoymous too, so that no one knew who's was who's. But by this point in the year, we have all memorized the seating plan, and have all memorized who has what number. We are smarter than that Mr. Kennedy! :) Some of the topics that we had to write about, specifically the ones I chose to write about, really taught me stuff; stuff I wouldn't have learned otherwise.
I think the thing that I didn't enjoy the most about this blog was remembering to post or comment every week. Yes, we got a schedule at the beginning. Yes we are university bound students, but with an assignment that is this small, it just gets pushed aside due to our busy lives, and we usually don't remember about it until it is too late, or in my cases, just about too late.
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