Favorite Assignment: After re-joining the class near end of the year, I had an actual good time working on the buried life project. I liked the fact that I could think of anything I wanted to do before I die and put it on a piece of paper. It also took me back to memory lane when I went through all my pictures in search of photos that would go well with my items. Every picture in my slide show were all recent pictures that were taken within the year!
Least Favorite Assignment: My least favorite assignment by far was the twitter fiction. I can prove that it was my least favorite because I didn't even finish it... I started the assignment, got around half way in to my story and just got completely stumped. I'm taking a creative writing class but i'm just not creative at all when it comes to writing a story. I think its most likely because of my lack in reading fictional books.
Friday Reading: During my time in this class, I enjoyed the friday reading days because it was just a great way to end my week. Some quiet time on last class of the day before the weekend is always a good time. There was a good stretch where I forgot my book for a few friday's and that really harmed me because I did not read that week nor could I answer the reading response questions truthfully.
Written Reflection: I believe I kept up with all the weekly written reflections and i found it a good way to share my progress of the class thus far when writing it. It was one of the things I was able to do to when asked too because the questions asked was something we were all able to talk about and to give a honest opinion.
The Writer's Notebook: My writers notebook was not organized at all... This could be a reason in my lack of posting daily creates. If I were to take the course again, I would have defiantly bought and actual note book where i would be able to do the things asked by Mrs. Mclauchlin and not be restricted to having to mix up my creative writing notes and my chemistry notes. My organization was defiantly not there for this class.
Blogging: Blogging really isn't that bad... I was always intrigued by blogs because I visit a lot of music blogs regularly. I've always wanted to create my own music blog but I just never had the actual effort too. I tried a few posts to be like the other blogs but it just wasn't the same. During my last week of creative writing, I used my blog a lot just to share things that I did that day. Kind of like twitter but without a character restraint.
Tweeting: I never really had the chance to use twitter for this class. I do like to use twitter on regular basis. I also learned that there is a professional account and then a personal account. At the moment all my accounts are personal accounts and some of the content may not be suitable for employers and for school.
Intergration of Technology in the Class: I really enjoyed the technology in the class because it lets you do assignments when your not at school. Integrating Twitter and Instagram is pretty awesome because most of the students have their own accounts and they already know how to use the program. Also having computers for most of the classes is a good convenient way of getting things done.
What I learned about myself as a reader, writer, thinker and creator: I learned that I like to read but only if something interests me. If it doesn't interests me, I tend to lose focus very easily. I really like to write in my own point of view, and i defiantly realized that i cannot write stories. I believe that i'm a good verbal story teller but then again.. that's my point of view. I know for a fact that I am not artistic at all, trying to make the newspaper blackout poetry some what pretty was complete fail.
Advice for Future Students: Stay organized!!! and keep up with the work load or else it will come back and bite you! Also use your blog like you would use your twitter or instagram. It's an actual fun course if you give it some effort.
