Final Blog Post

Throughout this course I have gained a much more expansive perspective on writing. Writing is not just formal, educational papers but a comes in a wide variety of forms. A blog post has just as much value and merit as a research paper. The blogging was a very interesting take on a writing class. I have never had such a technology-based approach to a writing class and it was a very interesting experience for me.  The blog style writing has forced me to make my writing a bit more conversational rather than formal and has made me much more comfortable with my classmates reading my work. Andrew Harris has provided me with insight on the ways in which many people write.  He essentially tells us that we use the ideas of others and change and transform it into something that is our own. We can create a new opinion by countering the opinion of another or create a new work by forwarding someone else’s ideas. The course has also taught me that writing and literacy are culturally relative. They take on a different meaning depending on the context that they are found. Another focus of the class is the impact that technology is having on writing and the news. Some say that technology is advancing the news and writing while others claim that it is destroying them. We cannot be sure but we do know that technology is definitely changing the way we perceive and interact with writing and the news. Knowing these things will help me keep a broader perspective of writing and literacy as I progress in writing courses and in life.