Learning Through Technology

Nyomi Mosley

ENG 102

Cline

9 December

                                                         Learning through Technology

I have found this class to be rewarding in some ways while in other ways hard. This class differs from other ways I have learned because I am so used to learning things from my parents or from a person. Having an online teacher was slightly strange for me, and hard, because it made things harder to grasp. When I was just reading things all the time I found that I got bored and uninterested in the learning part of the class. However, when I was watching the videos and learning about different things I was able to really grasp the things that professor Cline wanted us to learn, and I found that I was actually interested. Even though it was hard for me to grasp certain things from learning online I was able to learn one very important lesson. That lesson is that I need to be in a chair and sit and squirm and get frustrated in order to really grasp things that will teach me how to write better. Online learning has helped me to learn many things the hard way but I have grasped many of those things because I taught myself to take the time to learn about them.

The technology that helped me the most this semester were the videos that professor cline put on blackboard. Those videos showed me how to properly write an analysis and a summary. They also showed me how to use the library database, and they showed support from my teacher. Before I took this online class I had no idea how to use analysis and summary, or even a library database in an essay. People had explained them to me before but for some reason I learned more by watching how to use each of them than I learned from people telling me. I was encouraged in my learning process by the many videos Cline put on blackboard letting us know that she was available to help us if we ever needed it. I never went to her and asked for help but it was still nice to know that she was there if I ever needed it.

Out of all of the technologies we used in this class I found the videos to be the best and the most beneficial. Because I found them to be so beneficial I plan to use more videos in my future. I plan to make several videos of my family members to save memories and if we are allowed to in my next class I plan to use videos as well. I would really like to thank Professor Cline for providing such a wonderful class this semester. I truly enjoyed every part of it, and I have learned a lot to use next semester.

Here is the link for the visual; this site also has some insight to learning with technology:

http://ctlt.ubc.ca/educational-technologies/

Final Project

Please enjoy! all of this information was taken from my own opinion of what I learned in my English 102 class at Yavapai College.

Taking a Look Back

Nyomi Mosley

ENG 102

Cline

3 December, 2011

Taking a Look Back

I have learned so much in this writing class, and I believe that there are many things I can use towards my next class, specifically summary and analysis. If you can believe it, I had no idea what analysis was before I joined this class! I knew what summary was because I had written a few short explanations of objects or books. However, analysis was something very new to me, and it something that I plan to use in my future papers. I also plan to involve better punctuation. I noticed that in many of my essays this was something that I lacked, and so I would like to work on it in my future essays.

When it comes to reading in ENG 102 I found that many of the readings in this class were very enlightening and interesting. I especially enjoyed reading the poem called the tiger. I enjoyed its reference to God’s creation of the tiger very much. I also enjoyed reading Frankenstein because it enlightened me to an understanding of what some people go through in this world. I have met many people that live in poverty and have seen people that live on the streets. However, I never really understood what it is like for them. Reading Frankenstein and reading about his monster’s trials I was able to grasp what it would be like for those people living on the streets. I was deeply affected by this reading, and I must admit that I almost cried at one point. Frankenstein is now one of my most favorite pieces of literature.

I believe that there are some things in this class that I have learned very well , and others that I have yet to fully grasp. There were two things that I really understood which are: the difference between summary and analysis, and how to read literature. I believe that the reason why I really understood these two things was because they were the two things that I found to be very interesting.

I believe that I still am using the same writing process that I learned about in ENG 101. However, the thing that has changed is that I am now involving more of the summary and analysis to my writings.

I believe the most challenging thing for me in this class were my final drafts. I found that it was hard to change something that I had already written, and that I had my mind set on. I don’t think that this is a problem that I have overcome this semester. However, I am looking to make progress on it through practice in my future.

I would really like to thank Professor Cline for this excellent class. Through this class I learned many things that I did not previously know, and I was able to remember important things that I had forgotten. So thank you very much Professor Cline! I really enjoyed your class!

Here is the link for the picture:

http://www.seanminogue.com/2010/12/31/looking-back-at-2010/