Final Thoughts

Even though this class was held on-line, I found it to be useful in helping me become a better writer.  From this class, I take away the knowledge that I can write something that is good, if I put my mind to it.  From the reading assignments, I have become more aware of the way I write and how I structure phrases and sentences.  I have learned even if it takes an hour or two proofread, proofread, proofread.  (It comes in handy!) 

 

The exercises from class I found to be the most valuable were the grammar exercises, paraphrasing exercise, and the rough draft.  I would keep all of these assignments in the course.  The grammar exercises are good review of what you learned long ago.  The paraphrasing exercise helped me put into perspective what others outside my discipline may not understand.  It also made me realize that I do not have to quote everything.  Writing a rough draft and getting feedback is always excellent.

 

The assignment I disliked the must was the annotated bibliography.  I understand annotated bibliography help you investigate sources and plan how you will use the source, but I do not like writing them.  I think a good assignment instead of an annotated bibliography is to get the students to pick quotes from sources and explain how they will use the quote in their paper.  This provides them with a resource for the source and the quote when it comes time to write their paper.

 

I have thoroughly enjoyed this class.  For the first time on-line, I feel the class was spaced out with enough time to do assignments and focus on the readings.  A suggest for teaching next time is posting assignments for the week.  For example, we had 2 units per week; post both units at the beginning of the week.  I make this suggest because I had another class going on at the same time and I was always worried about when you were going to post the next unit.  I did not want to miss due date or assignment.  In addition, posting the whole week can help with those that work full time jobs.  It provides those individuals with an opportunity of how to schedule their week.

Something I think you should continue is how you critique our work.  It was easy to understand what you were addressing.  It was also easy to remove your comments. Thank you are not using tracks.  When professors use tracks it is so confusing to get your paper back to the original.  Your way works, so continue to use it.

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