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Alex's Blog
Busy Year!
So it seems that I have been MIA for a few months- this semester has been so busy! At the beginning of the school year it feels like winter break will never get here but those weeks go by so quickly when you get wrapped up in school, work and extracurriculars.
Most of what has kept me busy has been papers for my classes. I am in the school of journalism and so most of what I do is write. This year, I have noticed that almost every class I have has a class blog.
In four classes I have to make at least weekly posts ranging from 200-500 words. While these all seem to be short entries, they take a surprising amount of time. These weekly posts count as participation points and come on top of usual papers and responses due in class.
In the last four years I have noticed that so many more professors are utilizing the University's online offerings. All of my grades, assignments, blogs and class information are posted on the University's WebVista program- which is so convenient. It will be interesting to see how many more facets of traditional classes get an online presence.
December 5th, 2007