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At the beginning of the blog posts, I found myself unsure how to approach the readings and create an intelligible response that could further the discussion of the presented works.  Constantly rewriting and editing my posts forced me to reanalyze the readings to create a provoking response that did not mirror a simple summary of the works.  As this new rewriting took place, I was able to find new avenues into the arguments of the authors and became capable of presenting them in class.  As the posts expanded my own understanding of the works, it became apparent during the class period that others had benefited from the blog posts as well.  As Candice Luna says that as a class we have progressed our in class discussions through the blog posts, I feel that both the blog posts and class discussions have aided in the development of a more advanced discussion based on deeper themes of the works.  Seeing the growth of the posts from myself and the class as a whole can be attributed to the better understanding that comes from a necessary in-depth analysis of the works for the purpose of blogging.  This blogging has fostered the classroom communities ability to share and and improve upon our own ideas regarding the readings, as put forth by Gabriel Sevallos.  Taking this statement, I have found my own assumptions about the texts reinforced and reshaped with the competing ideas of the class to foster a better understanding of themes from the works.

Though the blog posts have proved challenging at times, I feel that they have aided in my understandings of the reading from a historical perspective.  With a constant need to reread and edit my blog posts, I have developed a better understanding of the necessary the readings and have aided my in class discussion topics.  The challenge of the posts and discussions in class not only help the individual, but the class as a whole.  With multiple platforms for ideas to be shared, it has been possible to develop themes to the readings that may have gone untouched in other settings.