Blogging for this class has helped me realize many things about writing. I did not realize how rewarding it could be to write down my thoughts without any boundaries on what I can write. I loved being able to write about what’s on my mind, regardless of if people read it or not. I’ve never kept a journal or anything of the sort to help me organize my thoughts, so this acted as almost an introduction to keeping one. Blogs helped me become a little better at organizing my thoughts when I’m trying to explain something. I have always had a disconnect between my thoughts and my words, and this helped a little bit with that, mainly because each post was only about what I’ve been thinking about. Blogs and this class, in general, have also helped me figure out the most efficient way of proving a point.
I did blog frequently enough, but I slipped past the weekly deadlines I made in my head and had to play catch-up, though I didn’t turn anything in late. I think the best thing to do to fix this would be to assign blogs as a weekly task, but still give the option to turn them in a little after the deadline if they are too cumbersome. I don’t think we should change anything about the subject matter of the blogs, as the ability to have a strong contrast to whatever we are doing in class can be a bit of fresh air and, in my case, really enjoyable to write. I chose the theme for my blogs to be a topic that was closely related to our class discussion, and this ended up making me less motivated to write them. Towards the end of my blogs, I still talked about AI and technology, but I just did it in a way that wasn’t so intensely philosophical or demanding to write up. I shifted the focus to be more casual, and to be more closely related to things I was very interested in at the time of writing. Overall, I loved the blogging aspect of this class, and if I had a class solely focused on it, I would probably take it.