Technology in Classrooms

Online classes are extremely different than in class settings. The primary difference in this is that you are responsible for everything from managing your time and making sure you do the reading, to submitting your assignments when and where they are supposed to be when taking an online class. I find that most of my learning has been best done online due to my hearing loss; however of all the online classes I have taken, English is by far the hardest to do this with. There is something to be said for being in a classroom setting for classes such as this, I find that understanding what the instructor wants in a course like this is much easier in person rather than through technology. The thing I found most beneficial, technologically speaking, in this class were the lecture videos from the instructor. When these were posted I found that I understood more of what she was looking for in the assignment. I also feel that using the types of technology available in these classes can be beneficial in the long run as most fields of work require the ability to use various types of technology these days, though it is unlikely that we use these particular types of technology when we leave school, the knowledge of how to use them can only benefit in the long run. I can’t really think of something that I liked more than others, but as I said, the lecture videos were most beneficial. As to the future I am afraid that I will not have much option of online classes due to my hearing loss becoming worse and will therefore be in the classroom with assistance for my hearing such as a “FM” system or a sign language interpreter.

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Revision Nightmares!

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This essay has caused me considerable difficulty to be honest. I have had a harder time writing this than any other assignment. While writing this essay, I have read several critiques of the book from different viewpoints, looked up various options for what view to write from and spent many hours going back over the book and my other sources. Revising this paper has become a particularly laborious task. Rewording things to make more sense, finding the best way to say what I am trying to say without using first or second person, and generally trying to get everything into cohesive form.

I tend to revise most of my writing, as things don’t always translate properly from thinking to writing so I find that one revision or more help make the writing better understood. The few times that I have not revised my papers I have noticed a distinct decline in the quality of what I write.

For this essay specifically I have revised it many times, from the very first paragraph written and throughout the writing process. I would get a paragraph written and find that it either didn’t flow into a cohesive paragraph, or that I had not transferred my thoughts properly. I plan to continue to revise this to the best of my abilities so that the paper is the best I can make it.

This website helped me with the angles needed for revision of an essay.

Hopefully there aren't many people that are having as much of a difficult time as I am. Good luck everyone, and have a great summer break.

Tentative thesis for White Noise essay.

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In White Noise by Don DeLillo, DeLillo frequently references supermarkets, describing them in how they look and feel and giving the reader a different view that one would usually give a supermarket. DeLillo’s consistent reference to supermarkets is a comparison to the real world. The many different products as well as the variety available for each product can be seen as the variety of people in the world and the class system those people live in. From the generic, lowest cost, to the brand name and most expensive, the purchase made makes a statement about who a person is and where they fall in society.

This link really helped me see what different views I could write the essay from.