Blog Reflection

I remember on the first day when our teacher told the class that part of our participation grade was us writing in a blog. I have never written in a blog and to tell you the truth I didn’t know what a blog was all about. So I was kind of nervous and didn’t know what to expect.
Technology has certainly come a long way, especially how we write down our thoughts and ideas. Who would of thought 10 years ago or so students will be using laptops in English class to better their understanding of writing? Better yet, who would of thought we were going to be using laptops in English? Technology I believe made people express themselves more because in the technology world you don’t have to say who you are. You can just make up some random name and nobody would know your real name. That gives a lot of people comfort and enables them to say how they really feel. I believe the blog did that for me. I always worried about what people say about my ideas and beliefs. So having a secret identity on the blog enabled me to be myself. Even though I didn’t do the weekly blog postings, when I did I felt comfortable and brave to say what I want.
As I look back at my postings I do see a change of how I approached them individually. In the beginning I was a little skeptical about how this would help me be a better writer. Then as we went through the semester I learned the answer. The blog did help me be a better writer. I got to look at other people’s ideas and thoughts, which helped me think outside of my normal thinking. I got to learn what genre is, which was an interesting thing to touch on because a lot of people have a different ideas of what genre really is. The blog showed me those different ideas and it really broadened my horizons.