Fair-the-Well! Reflecting on the semester.

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Over the span of the semester in this class, I got to experience a more in depth look as well as experience what it is like to work as a group to collaborate in projects that require a decent amount of cooperation between members of the group. Also learning about the different aspects of what it means to collaborate with other people for a cause. Whether it is a big collaboration or something small, it is important to know just what has to be done. It was also a great experience getting to try out different ways in which to collaborate with other people, such as us Wikipedia to further develop a topic that was slightly lacking.
The weekly blog post felt was a great way for use to express ourselves as well as share what we have been learning while taking this course. Two blog post I had made that I felt were good were the post about toxicity in online gaming which was titled "Why you got to be so toxic?" and the blog post "Reddit, a collaboration or more of a community?". I felt like these were good post because I am somewhat knowledgeable in gaming(because I like to game) and am a frequent visitor to Reddit. I felt some blogs that influenced me were blogs from Jeremy and Hannah. Jeremy's because his were on the same ideas as mine so they could relate and Hannah's because it was very well made and easy to get engrossed in. When it came to picking the best blog post, I'd say it was more about which was the best blog in general. I felt like some blogs as a whole were on a whole other level then others, one of which was from Hannah who's blog just was so well made and the post were always a good read.

My post
https://quirkylogs.blogspot.com/2017/09/reddit-collaboration-or-more-of.html
https://quirkylogs.blogspot.com/2017/10/why-you-got-to-be-so-toxic.html
Comments
http://scoleighosis.blogspot.com/2017/10/creative-differences.html#comment-form
http://jeremyscollabblog.blogspot.com/2017/09/reddit.html

Hannah's blog - http://scoleighosis.blogspot.com/

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  1. UnknownDecember 1, 2017 at 4:39 PM

    I agree that over the course of the semester we were able to truly immerse ourselves in group activities as we completed several of them, which inevitably helped us learn what goes into these processes and how difficult they can be at times. The lessons that we learned through out the course of this class will follow us through out our college careers and will benefit us when we begin to collaborate with new members on future projects. Great job on your post and I wish you the best of luck with your remaining semesters at the U of A.

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