A reflection setting up a Welcome page and adding a discussion forum. I feel like i’m having a bit of an argument with myself with this one. I found the instructions very easy to follow, not labour intensive in the least, and not very challenging. Now here’s the argument part. One side of me is thinking, ‘this is exactly everything i was hoping for, easy to follow instructions on how to do something that was completely new to me. It was perfect.’ The other side however is thinking, ‘that was too easy, all i had to do was follow the instructions. I didn’t actually have to understand what i was doing. I felt a little like i do sometimes when i’m teaching students a new technique in my metal class. I find myself saying ‘do this’, ‘now do this’ After a while i start to think that they’re not actually learning anything nor will they remember it, they’re just doing what i tell them to do’. I suppose if i had a logical mind i would do it all again without referring to the step by step notes and see how it went. hmmm, maybe i’ll do that.
Oddly enough, i found the hardest part of this whole thing was with the Reflection part of the assignment. I didn’t understand the instruction, ‘on your home page and posting a new entry’. I couldn’t find anything that said, ‘post a new entry’ so i just did an edit. So in fact, i don’t actually know if i’ve done this part right.