Blogging

Working on the blogs this semester I can honestly say has been one of the most interesting and beneficial educational approaches that I have had the opportunity to experience. In the beginning I can honestly say that I did not know a lot about blogging (in general) but I have come to appreciate the power behind blogs. Your words, thoughts, and feeling towards a piece can speak more volumes that face-to-face interaction at times. Through this avenue I have been able to approach literature from a variety of different aspects.

As described in the How to's of blogging, because of this class I have been able to translate literature to another medium and get multiple interpretations (via classmates) on how they felt on a particular piece. Thus far we have experienced a lot of genres of literature which has really made me think beyond what I already thought I understood. I was used to just reading a poem and thinking that I understood the first time around but through blogging for the course, I find myself rereading the material in the midst of blogging just so I can portray my accurate thoughts and feeling .It is amazing sometimes, as I read classmate’s blogs, at the different interpretations that come up though we are all reading the same text. We have translated pieces into art, for example the Book of Joel, which made blogging about it all the more easier. Painting the pictures allowed me to be immersed in the text rather than my eyes just skimming over the top of the words.

I have also found myself on many occasions reflecting on my own personal life to create more meaningful blog posts. I was able to closely relate to a few pieces such as The Things They Carried because I myself am a military brat. I think that just being able to tap into all these different sources while blogging has been so refreshing.

As students, I believe that this blogging assignment has challenged us to think on deeper levels than we intended coming into this class and thought things may have seemed awkward to do it made the literature and blogging about the experience just that more interesting.