The layout of this blog is an easy flowing, vertically aligned page. This kind of layout makes it easy for a reader to find every single post that was made. Because the entire site is aligned by date, it makes it easy to find specific posts, so long as the user knows the rough date in which the post was published.
When looking at the headings, honestly, I have not done a great job about trying to draw the reader into the stories, I just have a simple heading that displays the week in which the post was assigned and the topic on which each article is based on.
By the looks of this assessment, All the tasks have been completed, and are ready to be submitted for marking.
Personally, I feel that the Blog activity was pointless, while yes, it provides a suitable working environment in which a person who is marking the assessment can mark a students work and it also provides a platform where a person can see the evolution of the students work throughout the term. I just feel that the amount of work is grossly over whelming to a student who has to balance a working life and university life. The raw amount of work that has needed to go into this assessment is just so astronomically large that it is difficult to do whilst a person has multiple assessments and several other commitments, working on such a large assignment is almost impossible.
On the whole, this assessment, while it has made me look at my writing style in a different way, has not improved my writing in any form of constructive way, all it has done is change the format in which I can write, the difference between Academic and News writing, while subtle changes are simply jarring.
Hello Andrew,
ReplyDeleteAs this is my last blog feedback I will be doing, I will try to make this comment as extensive as I can. The most positive aspect of this post is its honesty. Although in regards to you completing everything that was required in this course, you actually have not come close. One out of three activities has been completed each week and week four is missing. I cannot remember seeing anything referenced and a lot of the tasks were incomplete. I agree that from week one to now your writing has not improved. Your work is very opinionated and, although not necessarily wrong, needed reasoning based on aspects of each week’s course readings. I am sorry if this sounds overly negative but I believe you need to hear this as there cannot be self-improvement made without some constructive criticisms taken on board. You are a smart guy and someone that I would like to see complete this degree but in order for that to happen these issues would need to be addressed. I do agree with you that this particular assignment was too big for a first year course and could have been of a more reasonable size. All the best mate.