First of all, I found Professor Burton's outline and reading other students' posts really helpful in understanding the social networking, development and research that goes into the process of the this paper. I read over Jessica Asays's posts and found her learning outcomes very relieving. I can totally connect with being initially intimidated by Shakespeare at the beginning of the class, and now, feeling a little more capable of handling his work. Breaking down the process into different steps and having questions to be able to focus our efforts on is really helpful to making this seem do-able.
Secondly, I'm excited to be using all of these new social media and experience interaction digitally and personally with friends, family, co-workers, and classmates. I'm not very familiar with blogging and tweeting and such, and even though it's hard to put myself out there in this way, I think it will be a worthwhile and rewarding experience.
Lauren, I like the idea of answering questions each week instead of just having assignments to fulfill. I'm not yet, but I think it's important to be well-versed in new social media, so it'll be a good opportunity for me too. Have you used pinterest or tumblr?
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I'm still inwardly fighting against the social media aspect of this whole assignment, but I recognize that it's out of my control, and I may as well just bite the bullet and step (however reluctantly) into the blogger scene.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you to a degree Leah, only because I don't have a computer and it's inconvenient for me... But I do like the philosophy behind it. Lauren - I loved what you had to say about approaching Shakespeare with specific questions. Shakespeare is so rich, it can be overwhelming to read it if you're not focusing in on a few specifics things.
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