Blog Assignment # 8

Through taking this cluster i have learned a lot of new things i was not aware of before. I was not fully educated on the different aspects of things such as human cloning and robots. I feel that through this cluster i have been given the opportunity to know about the advances that are going on around me. I had always know that scientists were always making advances in technology but i did not know it was at the level that it is.
I now have a different view on technology then i did before. Before being in these classes i did not see how bad things such as google were on our minds. I did not know they had such a big effect on how we think, learn, and process information. I was oblivious to the fact that it makes us more lazy and inefficient. I also now see that multitasking and people do not mix. And the fact that people are constantly multitasking is bad for the future of people.
As we learned about these topics we also looked at them in different ways. We not only read about it but also watched videos and films to further explore the topics. Through the use of the visuals we were able to relate visually. With things such as cloning when we watched Never Let Me Go we were able to connect to the moral wrongs of cloning because it was in our face and we were able to empathize.
After taking ENG 101 and ENG 103 i have really improved my writing. I was always a good writing and it seems to come naturally. But through these courses i have been able to bring my writing to a college level. I am now able to write educated sounding essays with the correct format with out trouble. I now have MLA citations and works cited pages down pact. When writing from my own experience it seems to just flow because i know about the topic first hand but when writing on a specific topic it is more difficult because background information is needed in order to write a strong paper.