I've never personally had any problems with blackboard. This may or may not have
to do with the fact that I rarely use it, though. In previous classes, the only
interaction I had with the ever glorious Blackboard Academic Suite was a weekly
post on the discussion board and occasional checking of grades, assignments,
course materials, ect. In this class, however, I was introduced to a new aspect
of the software, turning in assignments. Call me old fashioned, but I would be
in favor of turning in papers and assignments in class. Physical papers excite
me. It makes me feel like I actually achieved something.
In regards to the political issues to be discussed after we watch Stop Loss,
Rendition, Harold and Kumar, and W, I feel as though we could use some help with
that. Oftentimes, movies have a blatantly obvious political message. This is not
the case in a lot of the films we have watched, however. If we got some sort of
prompt to give us a few ideas before the movie, the worksheets and discussions
would probably turn out a lot better.
The class seems like it jumps around a lot. I’m not very much of an outspoken
person, but I’ve had a few moments where I wanted to throw my opinion into the
mix. I find that to be getting increasingly hard, though. For example, we would
be talking about one thing in class, someone brings up a comment on that, and
the conversation goes into a completely random tangent. It’s really hard to keep
up and pay attention sometimes.
On a lighter note, I really do enjoy this class. Cheers.