Week 15, Reading Evaluation

Honestly I didn't have any readings that I really didn't like because every reading that I read was free.  That was possibly the best part about this class!  However out of the two epics I think that the Mahabharata was the better reading just because of the different characters and the evil characters in it.  I also really liked being able to choose my own readings in between the readings of the two epics and in the ending weeks before the end of the semester. It gave me the freedom to get more information on different characters within the story and the different gods and goddesses within the realm of the stories.

Really I don't think that reading diaries did a whole lot for me because I am really great at retaining the information form things that I read.  Overall it was easiest to really just do sort of a bullet point list to take small amounts of notes just to basically show that I had read the reading for that week.

I think overall the balance between everything was really good.  The class really challenged me in terms of writing and commenting and the reading could sometimes be a struggle get through because there was so much of it to read.  I feel like maybe the reading could have been stretched out a little more over a few more days so that way it wouldn't be so hard to force yourself to read it.

Like those that came before me in this class, my best advice I can give is to work ahead.  Really try and do everything to stay ahead so that way, in case they do fall behind, they aren't really behind.  Umm doing the extra credit can really help too. I remember sitting down one day and just cranking out a bunch of tech tips to pad my grade because it gave me some extra wiggle room.  So WORK AHEAD!!!!

Week 15, Reflections

So looking back, I've really learned a whole lot from this class.  I've learned a lot about creativity and how to tap into that little nugget in my brain.  However, most of all I've learned a lot about the Indian Epics of India.  I know characters by name, I know regions associated with certain epics, gods and goddesses that I didn't know or understand beforehand, and a whole lot about Indian culture.

Before this class I had never had a blog before, so this was something completely new for me.  I learned how to create a blog, change its template, change its design, do labels, edit posts, insert Pinterest into my posts and blog.  I learned how to add images, links, gidgets and gadgets, a little html coding, and how to express myself well through my words.  As my boyfriend often says, "Use your words!"

I learned a few things about growth mindset and I learned that I can sometimes rant pretty good when I get on a subject that I'm passionate about, like flowers, Syrian refugees, or baking.  Also I think I can come away from this class pretty proud of myself.  I always wondered what it would be like to not actually go to class and be able to sort of keep my own schedule.  I really liked this class and how it worked, the deadlines and all that.  My favorite part is being able to work ahead of the schedule and all the extra credit work there is.  I really feel like I could control what grade I wanted by how hard I actually worked which was awesome and rewarding, to see the points go up and the workload go down.  Overall I've loved this class, the feedback from Professor Gibbs, the feedback from my classmates and even those from the other class was really interesting!

I think I'm most proud of myself for the way that I continually tried to come up with something new for the storytelling posts and the projects.  I didn't want to have something super boring, I really wanted to give my stories that creativeness that some of the others had.  I was really inspired by some of the stories that my classmates wrote and I think it was great to get to know everyone and post to them on a weekly basis!  This was a really great class and I"m very glad that I took it!!