Upon taking the course and finding out it was a hybrid technology immersive class, I knew in that moment that most of the reading, writing, and research I have previously done would be completely different to what this class would expect from me. While in previous classes I have done a number of critical analyses on my reading, I don’t think those have really compared to the complexity of the reading summaries I’ve done in this class which calls for critical analysis while differentiating your own thoughts from the author’s as well as the author’s thoughts from the primary source’s tone. Through learning how to effectively with in this course so far, I think I can use that to pin point the exact points of interest and main ideas of an article or of a built environment so that I don’t over cloud it with my judgements. I’ve also learned through the Built Environment Description writing, that compiling research and putting that into a concise format is harder than it seems. With there being so much to observe within an hour of being in an environment, it’s hard to fulfill the prompt as well as completely capture the essence of the place you’re observing. With all these blog posts I put up for this class, I feel that my peers can look at the compilation of posts as a whole and see a cohesive story of how the environment around us affects us in deeper ways than we originally think. And utilizing this mode of writing in a blog makes it more user friendly and has a different tone than writing a term paper. The idea of accessibility also comes into mind when thinking of the differences I’ve encountered when comparing the term papers I’ve written in the past, in which only my teachers will see, to the blog posts in this class ,in which many of my peers are able to access it.

Over the past assignments, I’ve realized that one of my weaknesses is not being able to cohesively and logically put together transitions and sections to match the tone and ideas of the author. So I want to work on organization as well as reflecting the author’s ideas harmoniously in my future blog posts. While I do have my weaknesses, I believe one of my strengths is being able to have a wide and polished range of vocabulary that elevates my writing. I hope to use that selective vocabulary to better convey the message as well as articulate poignantly in my blog posts.

Though I haven’t been able to go in for a group study or a group conference just yet with my busy schedule of working and taking 18hrs of school credit, I want to utilize the great opportunity our teacher has made available to me to both earn extra points as well as get a better understanding of the assignments and get feedback on what I have so far. I have had made extra effort in making a blog post about the new experience I’ve had in the library which helps engrain that new experience into my blog as well as my one memory for future use. I have also had a few instances in participating in the quizzes which helps to better shape you as a rhetorical writer. Though I am currently satisfied with the amount of effort I’ve put in the class so far I always feel there’s still room for more improvement and growth so I want to make a bigger effort in earning the most possible points I can for the week including writing more reading summaries or more annotated bibliographies.

I want to start to work on my organization in my writing which not only could help the formation of my future reading summaries but my Built Environment Analysis as well. Organizational skills when it comes to writing is not only just limited to the scope of that one assignment so working on that aspect of my writing will help all of my future blog posts in this class.