Libraries, Economics, Why?
This blogging project has been interesting. I have been able to tie my interests along with economics. This assignment helped the class learn that sometimes you don't need guidelines. The assignments were to take the topic, run with it, and produce a piece of writing.
This assignment also stressed thinking outside the box. This will help us as we expand our knowledge. We must remember that we won't always have guidelines, and we won't always have assignments that make sense. Libraries and economics aren't always tied together because libraries aren't often associated with money. Thinking outside the box made this project easier for me, and other blogs that have subjects that are not associated with money.
Although it got tiring constantly stating, "libraries use fines as a form of income," and other repetitive statements, I learned more about libraries through comments from other students studying economics, and researching about libraries for my blog.
One thing that I would have changed is the style of the blogs. Typically we would take a chapter from a textbook and blog on our topic, using key terms and main ideas from that chapter. That got boring after a while. The terms changed, but the blogs got repetitive. Every so often the teacher could have the students do a blog that is not out of the textbook. The teacher could have an assignment like, you own a store based on your interest that you are blogging about. How would you set up your business, how could you turn it into a franchise, how would you get customers to come to your business, and would your employees be a part of a union, why/ or why not? These questions could help budding entrepreneurs start a business, and give regular students a more in depth look at their interests, whether it be sports, music, or books. There is potential here.
The main thing that made the blogs seem boring was the repetitiveness of the blogs. With some variety in the assignments, the students will stay interested. Also, I think that we should continue to use the pen and paper. Writing notes can help reinforce our knowledge. We can find a happy medium with blogging and notes.
Another thing we have been using is wikis. These wikis are good for creating study sheets, but not so good for a class of 20 working on a study sheet all at once. These wikis can only be edited by one person at a time, making less homework for a few, and quite a bit more homework for everyone else.
This was an interesting experience that works on our writing skills, while we are learning about a topic that we are truly interested in.
This assignment also stressed thinking outside the box. This will help us as we expand our knowledge. We must remember that we won't always have guidelines, and we won't always have assignments that make sense. Libraries and economics aren't always tied together because libraries aren't often associated with money. Thinking outside the box made this project easier for me, and other blogs that have subjects that are not associated with money.
Although it got tiring constantly stating, "libraries use fines as a form of income," and other repetitive statements, I learned more about libraries through comments from other students studying economics, and researching about libraries for my blog.
One thing that I would have changed is the style of the blogs. Typically we would take a chapter from a textbook and blog on our topic, using key terms and main ideas from that chapter. That got boring after a while. The terms changed, but the blogs got repetitive. Every so often the teacher could have the students do a blog that is not out of the textbook. The teacher could have an assignment like, you own a store based on your interest that you are blogging about. How would you set up your business, how could you turn it into a franchise, how would you get customers to come to your business, and would your employees be a part of a union, why/ or why not? These questions could help budding entrepreneurs start a business, and give regular students a more in depth look at their interests, whether it be sports, music, or books. There is potential here.
The main thing that made the blogs seem boring was the repetitiveness of the blogs. With some variety in the assignments, the students will stay interested. Also, I think that we should continue to use the pen and paper. Writing notes can help reinforce our knowledge. We can find a happy medium with blogging and notes.
Another thing we have been using is wikis. These wikis are good for creating study sheets, but not so good for a class of 20 working on a study sheet all at once. These wikis can only be edited by one person at a time, making less homework for a few, and quite a bit more homework for everyone else.
This was an interesting experience that works on our writing skills, while we are learning about a topic that we are truly interested in.
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