Technology

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Online learning is a challenge, especially if you do not have much experience with computers. However, it can be helpful because you must learn to navigate and play around with technology to complete assighnments. In the world today technology is everywhere and has advanced so much that it is a necessety to know how to use it. There are positives and negatives to online learning and in class learning. As I have learned from this class writtings can be interperted diffrently and since we must interprt assignments and such, some student may have difficulties with assignments because they are not sure what the teacher is requiring, recieving feedback for any questions we may have takes some time to get back. If you were in class you can see examples and may have a better understanding on what is required from an assighnment and if anytime you feel "stuck" you can ask and get help form your teacher right there and then. I felt the most challenging task on taking an English class online was the revising papers and correcting what the teacher feels needs improvement. I need to speak directly with the teacher and see exactly what it is I am doing wrong. For example with my first essay I had fragment sentences through my paper. I was told to fix them. I did not see where I was using fragment sentences. I had to ask a friend (who is taking english as well) where I was using fragment sentences, my friend read the paper to me and pointed out where I needed to fix and what I can do to avoid doing senteces like that in the future. I needed to be shown in person where I was making those mistakes.
I think the blog was benificial because Its great to get feedback and here ideas of your classmates.
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