Ethics Post #9

I had mixed feelings about 301 online, to be honest. I feel like we've had a great teacher (thank you, Mrs. Raisor, for letting me call your home to get help with the research paper!)

But I feel, overall, the online design of the course needs a little work. The calibrations are just terrible. I can understand the reasoning behind it, but I feel like the implementation of the calibration needs to be improved. Nobody thinks like an English teacher at our level. I think that the peer reviews should count for a lower percentage if calibrations are eliminated, and have teacher input count for a higher score.

But now for the good stuff. I really enjoyed keeping up this blog. I have several blogs floating around out there, and I enjoy writing. Keeping up with these blogs is a way for me to get my love of writing out. I also liked learning about how keeping a blog at work can be detrimental to your position! It reinforces my belief that if you're going to blog about that kind of stuff, keep it private!

The assignments, like writing memos, were helpful. I enjoyed working with the group wiki even though I really didn't communicate with my group (with the exception of 1). Overall, I feel like this course has been useful. Thanks!