Timed Writing

Project three was a great learning experience because of the different mediums that were used: a letter, a fable, and a blog. The letter was not as effective for me personally because I had a difficult topic to find an opposing view. My letters were pretty much all the same because they were all supportive of my topic. I felt that I was writing the same piece of work over three times. I did, however, appreciate the fable. I felt that it was challenging to gear my ideas to a younger audience. I had to augment my thoughts and rhetoric to make my work understandable to a younger crowd. Lastly, the blog was the tool that I found most effective in project three.
The blog was much more effective than the paper because it allowed the students in our class to work off of each other and exchange innovative ideas between each other. The paper is constrictive because, with the exception of peer-review, there is only an exchange of ideas between the writer and the one reader, the professor. I appreciate the connectedness we, as students, experience through the blog world. We are able to look at our peers’ ideas and learn off of them. If I ever felt stuck in my writing, I was able to review a peer’s work, and gain new ideas and ways of thinking. This was especially helpful when constructing project three.
Overall, I felt that project three was an effective way of culminating our semester. Project three challenged my normal thinking processes and forced me to examine other people’s work and views. I would absolutely suggest using this project in future classes.