Homework and the Internet

Usually when college students think of homework and the internet, they think Facebook and the problems they face when they are trying to do work, but are compelled by the force of Facebook to not do their work and instead search bumper stickers and look at pictures for the hour they had intended to use for writing their Paideia paper. But Facebook isn't the only 'evil' on the internet. However, there is a lot of good that can come out of the internet as far as schoolwork.

Besides your typical research that is done for papers, one of my professors has found a unique way of incorporating the internet into class. The topic of our course is 'Culture and the Media' and our assignment, once a week, is to write a blog about a certain topic that is determined the week before. In this way, we are reflecting on certain aspects of the media in a way that has become more mainstream in our culture: blogging.

In case you are interested in reading my homework assignments, my new blog website is http://cultureandthemedia.blogspot.com/ I would encourage you to browse through it from time to time if you are interested in what type of writing college students do in a typical class.

Always,
Allison