Blog Post Reflection

I learned a lot by completing the blog post assignments this past semester. The blog posts taught me how to organize and convey my ideas about certain readings, videos, podcasts or general topics discussed in class. They helped me condense my ideas into a streamlined source of information that I could look back on to recall the things I learned throughout the semester. Knowing I would have to write a blog post after a reading, video, or podcast helped me focus more attentively on what I was doing and forced me to pick up on the important information so I could write about it and analyze it later. I learned these things more and more each time a blog post was assigned. They became easier and easier to write because I became used to reflecting on my ideas and sharing them. This knowledge I have gained is significant as it contributes to my learning in this course because it is very important in an English class to be able to analyze and reflect on the work you are assigned. Analyzing is something I have struggled with in past English courses, so completing these assignments have definitely helped me practice that skill. This will also help me in my future classes and my future career because it is always crucial to be able to harness your ideas and generate them into a written format that is easy to understand. Next, I need to continue to practice analyzing and synthesizing texts, videos, and other sources of media because I understand it is an important skill to have in college and beyond. I hope to do this in my future classes, whether it is an English class or not. I believe the idea of analyzing can be applied to many different subjects and fields, which is why I am glad I had the opportunity to gain this skill throughout the past two semesters in EN11 and EN12.