Goodbye

So, this is my last blog post for this class. I have enjoyed the class much more than I thought I would. Also, I feel like I have learned a few things. Learning to write is really about practice and I have had nearly daily practice for the last few weeks. I really liked the online format of the class. While it may have limited face to face discussion, which can be an important part of English class, I have been able to spend more time on my writing and focus more. I also enjoyed practicing with the different options open to us on the internet. First, I had never used a blog format before, and now I feel very able to write in a blog like setting. Second, my past experience with google docs had not been positive, and now I see the advantage of using a shared doc for group projects. And speaking of group projects, this was my first group project where I never met any members of my group face to face. That experience was also valuable because the way technology is heading right now, completely virtual interaction is a very real possibility in the future, though there will always be the people who prefer to talk face to face. Third, I enjoyed that not all the assignments were straight-up writing, there were both pictures and videos involved in the projects. Finally, I did enjoy the lack of novels, it's not that I don't enjoy reading, it's that I hate reading when it's forced. Overall, this English class was one of my favorite that I have ever had. It was also my first internet course, and after this experience, I would definitely take one again.