http://ge110fayezal.blogspot.com
2. Why did the blog draw your interest as you started reviewing it, why not?
It was well organized, and the color scheme was appealing; however, it lacked pictures and seemed some what dull.
3. How much care did the blog author show for her or his blog? How can you tell?
They appeared to put a good amount of effort into their blog. All the blogs were a significant length, and they seemed to be knowledgeable on the topics they were discussing.
4. How would you rate the overall informative quality on a scale of 1-5 (five is high)
I would give them a 5.
5. How would you rate the readability of the blog on a scale of 1-5 (five is high)
They would again get a 5.
6. Compared to your own blog, is the reviewed blog better, the same, or worse?
I think our blogs are about the same, except I think mine is more appealing to the eye, Since I have lots of pictures on the majority of my blogs.
http://ge110andrewpe.blogspot.com
2. Why did the blog draw your interest as you started reviewing it, why not?
The length of each blog post seemed good, there was lots of pictures, and links for interesting information. The pictures really caught my eye, and added a lot to the blog.
3. How much care did the blog author show for her or his blog? How can you tell?
They definitely cared about their blogs appearance and their grade. They put in a lot of time it was obvious by the content that was present in their blog: the information, the grammar, the links, and the pictures.
4. How would you rate the overall informative quality on a scale of 1-5 (five is high
I would give them a 5 because it was a really good blog.
5. How would you rate the readability of the blog on a scale of 1-5 (five is high)
Again, I would give them a 5.
6. Compared to your own blog, is the reviewed blog better, the same, or worse?
I would say our blogs were the same for effort, appearance, content, and the overall quality.
http://ge110brittanyba.blogspot.com
2. Why did the blog draw your interest as you started reviewing it, why not?
When I first looked at it it caught my eye because immediately I saw pictures, and the blog had an actual background picture/theme rather than just a color scheme.
3. How much care did the blog author show for her or his blog? How can you tell?
The blogs were lengthy, there was lots of good information that I read, and they used lots of pictures.
4. How would you rate the overall informative quality on a scale of 1-5 (five is high
They deserve a 5!
5. How would you rate the readability of the blog on a scale of 1-5 (five is high)
Very easy to read and interesting - 5!
6. Compared to your own blog, is the reviewed blog better, the same, or worse?
Seeing this blog with a background really made me wish that I had took the time to do that, it added a lot I think. I would say theres was better.
Part B: Overview of German Culture
In this class I learned about the different states in Germany. My specific presentation on the states were what the major holidays were, weird laws they had, popular music, and food. Another project I worked on dealt with the Dunshe Hanse, which I had never heard of before. I read a book, (this was my favorite part) that was called All is Quiet on the Western Front. It was about World War I and the lost generation, which I had also never heard of before. In another project I researched famous poets, composers, theatre and dance, and writers of different centuries. Mostly I had only ever heard of and actually knew about was the composers such as: Bach, Beethoven, and Handle. We watched two movies which were very lengthy, and slightly awkward at times to watch, but they were good and I learned a lot in a less repetitive way. At first it was fun to do research projects with groups, but it got old pretty fast, seeming how we did it every week. I rather would have had like one or two, and some lectures where we sat down and just listened, or watched the news in Germany and discussed it. I also found it to be rude when people were giving presentations, and were called out on grammar, or the loudness of their presentation, or when they were interrupted during their presentation. To me this just wasn't very polite, professional, or considerate. It also made lots of the presentations at least twice as long as they were originally supposed to be.
