My favorite assignment was the newspaper blackout poetry. I found it really cool and I have never really thought of making poetry in that way. It was fun, but it was also kinda hard and although some of the poems that I made were maybe not the best, but I still had fun making them, and I could also see myself doing them again.
Least Favourite Assignment? Why?
I really disliked the 6 Word Memoirs. From the start I just never liked them and that is the one thing I can say that I really did not like to do. I don't know why I didn't like them so much, but I wasn't even going to do them but I ended up doing them at like last minute.
Friday Reading?
I was not here for most of the friday reading, and when I was I mainly just read the Darwin awards. I was reading The Hunger Games all year but I never really got too into it, I also didn't read very much of it.
Monday Written Reflection?The Writer's Notebook?
The writers notebook I enjoyed. That was when you could try out new things, maybe get some blog posts out of it, and if you don't like it then you don't have to post it. The writers notebook came in handy, and having all of my work in one notebook helped when I was scrambling to do my assignments at the end of the year. It has all of the information of how to do the things in it so having that to look at while your doing everything was a big help.
Blogging?
The blogging aspect of this course was probably the one thing that I just could not get into. Given that this course was mainly blogging, it most likely was the reason why I struggled in this class. I did not maintain my blog at all, and although at the end I started to get into the swing of things, and finish all of my assignments. It still did not help one bit how far I put this off. Although I couldn't get into the blogging, when I started to do the work near the end I actually really enojyed the blogs, I started to have fun doing it, and I caught myself thinking that I wish I started doing all of this stuff from the start of the course.
Tweeting?
Tweeting is one thing which I do, and when I found out about twitter being in the course I was happy, and glad to hear it. I thought that this would be the one thing in it that I could really excel at but that is not really the way that it turned out. The idea of tweeting for the course is fun, and should be left for the future generations, my grade, and the younger ones all love to use twitter, so if this idea were to be introduced earlier in the course maybe kids like me would be able to get into it faster.
The integration of technology into the course?
The integration of technology in this course was really cool. I have never seen, or even heard of a course like this, or a teacher like Ms.Mclauchlan. It was unique and the way she thought of it was pretty crazy the whole course. She told us about how she has traveled sharing this course with others, and her ideas, so in 15 years, when I'm matured (hopefully) and still have a beard, I'll be telling my kids that I was one of the first people in the course, so really I was a pioneer.
What you learned about yourself as a reader, writer, and thinker, creator?
The blogging aspect of this course was probably the one thing that I just could not get into. Given that this course was mainly blogging, it most likely was the reason why I struggled in this class. I did not maintain my blog at all, and although at the end I started to get into the swing of things, and finish all of my assignments. It still did not help one bit how far I put this off. Although I couldn't get into the blogging, when I started to do the work near the end I actually really enojyed the blogs, I started to have fun doing it, and I caught myself thinking that I wish I started doing all of this stuff from the start of the course.
Tweeting?
Tweeting is one thing which I do, and when I found out about twitter being in the course I was happy, and glad to hear it. I thought that this would be the one thing in it that I could really excel at but that is not really the way that it turned out. The idea of tweeting for the course is fun, and should be left for the future generations, my grade, and the younger ones all love to use twitter, so if this idea were to be introduced earlier in the course maybe kids like me would be able to get into it faster.
The integration of technology into the course?
The integration of technology in this course was really cool. I have never seen, or even heard of a course like this, or a teacher like Ms.Mclauchlan. It was unique and the way she thought of it was pretty crazy the whole course. She told us about how she has traveled sharing this course with others, and her ideas, so in 15 years, when I'm matured (hopefully) and still have a beard, I'll be telling my kids that I was one of the first people in the course, so really I was a pioneer.
What you learned about yourself as a reader, writer, and thinker, creator?
Comments/Compliments/Constructive criticism for Ms. McLauchlan about the course
I would just like to thank Ms. McLauchlan. Half the time I wouldn't come, the other half I came about 20 minutes late. I would walk in, ask her what we're doing, and she would just smile and tell me what to do for that day. Not once can I think of when she just yelled at me for being late. Except one time when I walked in with my friend Kayin 20 minutes late, she just asked him who are you and was rather polite about it, and asked him to leave, then just continued on with her teaching, without a lecture towards me or anything. I'm not saying you haven't wanted to do it, but thank you for putting up with my bullshit for a whole semester
Advice for future CW students
All I've got to say is... GO TO CLASS. When you actually do the course it is rather enjoyable, I never gave it a fair chance untill the end and then I really started to enjoy myself doing it. So for future CW students I will say it one more time, she is probably really pissed at me, and I may have ruined it for all the future students, but everyone better be going to class.
