The Evaluation

Before taking RTF 305, I had never posted a blog. Doing the blog for this class was probably one of the easiest, yet most helpful assignments I had to do this semester. For many of the blogs, I had to review the material in the textbook as well as my lecture notes so I knew what I was talking about. Plus, there wasn't really a wrong or right answer, as long as I understood the material. The website was very easy to use, but I did have trouble figuring out what I was exactly supposed to write in the first couple of blogs. However, my TA helped me out and told me that I was trying to fit too much unnecessary info into the blogs and after that everything was peachy.

I especially enjoyed the blogs that dealt with movies, as I'm sure many others did. The prompts about camera angles and story structure let me study the details of my favorite movies and TV shows. The blog that was the least interesting was the one about the development of radio technology because it was more about history than about theories, which I find kind of interesting. The blog that was the most difficult to write about was the one I posted about the cultivation theory, because I really had to learn what the difference was between that theory and all of the others. I had not really listened to the lecture that week, so I had to reread the chapter to get a good grasp on the material.

I really believe that blogs are an easy and effective way to learn the material better, plus it is very easy to get a good grade on them. They should be used in other undergrad classes at UT, especially if most of the grades in the class are made of tests. Blogs kind of work like labs because they reinforce the what is taught in lecture and in the textbook. Of course, one thing that would make blogging more interesting would be more prompts about movies and TV. However, I know this can't really be done without discarding other important topics. Therefore, there isn't really much that can be done to make blogging better. In my opinion, the assignments are already a really cool way to learn, as well as express what you think about the topics.

Yes, you can use my blog in a paper or report.