End of Assignment Blog

End-of-Assignment "Reflection" Blog

Reflecting back on this assignment, the main skill that I developed is learning how to write for the Internet. Writing a simple research paper uses a different format and writing technique than writing for the Web. In doing this paper made me realize the time and effort that website authors put into doing these pages. Without using office share point designer, which is a program similar to Dreamweaver, my project would have taken forever. When I signed up for this course I thought it was your prototypical English research paper class and was surprised to find out how Web intense this class is.
Searching the Internet for information to do this project was relatively easy compared to what I used to do in the past when I spent countless hours at the library. Also using word processing programs with spell check is a major advantage. In the future I would like to pick a topic that I am more familiar with and that I have a passion for. This class seems to be a ground breaking experience for the English department and for Purdue.
Mechanically my writing style is informal and I need to remember to have a strong thesis statement in my introduction. The body of my articles needs to be informative but exciting for the readers. Conclusions need to back up with examples and fact. Formal writing is something that I need work at. Hopefully, the content of my current project is sufficient. I look forward and expect to become a better writer from attending this class.