The unmentioned might of a woman

 This article was written by a man who appreciates woman.

This article portrays that we still live in a patriarchal society, where men are still seen as more powerful and mighty than women. The writer does appreciate women but he also belittles their abilities. He believes that we can stand on our own but he believes that we don't have the stability or strength to do so. He sees women as backbones of men. Simply meaning that we women serve right as a silent partner to men, we give them stable homes, confidence, might and advice while we stay at our corners and watch them conquer the world.

He also says that women are like thorns and pests that infuriate their inner beings, by asking questions and starting meaningless conversations, meaning that we are troublesome and sometimes don't know what we are saying. He portrays that the only power we have over men is being able to express our emotions while they can't. In the second last paragraph clearly states that us being women just shows the superiority we have over men and that we should be celebrated everyday, not just in our month.

I disagree with the writer's portrayal f men. Men are not always superior than women. There are women who are doing very well without any men to hide behind. The writer believes that the world is ruled by men, but he forgets that we live  in a new era whereby everything is equal and even so, women are doing a lot better than most men. Another fact is that men have pillars of strength behind their well-functioning lives, which are women, while women can stand on their own. In conclusion, we need each other(men and women) to succeed. no one is superior than the other.

The writer's style of writing was effective because he was able to evoke emotions. He made women feel belittled ad made them believe that they are nothing without men, while he made men feel a sense of superiority and power over women.

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Weblogs as an emerging genre in higher education

Weblogs are genres that support the creation of an autobiographical internet presence and development of a critical intellectual voice . They consist of links to particular web materials with specific commentary, generally presented in chronological format, harkening to older, more traditional forms of expression such as diaries and travelogue.

Weblog production and consumption can help students place the various emerging hypertext variations with older media in the broader context of “media ecology”. Experimentation with and discourse on weblogs can also stimulate student interest in larger notions of the social construction of information as well as presentation of self (and perhaps make plagiarism less attractive), as student explicitly link to each other’s works in a format that fosters currency, individuality, and critical commentary. Weblogs are also serving important roles in the approaches toward knowledge acquisition of many individuals and groups in education as well as in other professional contexts (journalism).  

A number of portals have been established in higher education contexts to highlight certain web resources as well as to provide news and search services (Eisler, 2001). Weblogs provide educators with assortment of new strategies for using hyperlinks on the context of presentation of self. Weblogs provide a structure that recasts limited, text-based notions of plagiarism. Weblogs have primarily served as modes of personal expression, providing a vehicle of individuals to contribute time-bound commentary on internet material, react to current events, or relate personal reflections. Weblogs also provide selective revelations of individuals’ information gleaning and knowledge management routines.

My experiences with blogs as a student have been extra-ordinary. We can now utter our views to the world through weblogs; it is like a personal diary, opened for everyone to see. We are also able to be in contact with our lectures and share our work with them through the blogs. It makes our work/studying much easier. We study and get used to the internet world at the same time. Some students can no longer claim someone else’s work as their own (plagiarism). We are not only communicating with our lecturers through blogs, but we are also communicating with our fellow students and other people out there.

To make blogs effective learning tools, I think that there should be an online corrector or advice application, that ca help us with the work we want to post. I think there should be a sensor of plagiarism that refuses you to post anything stolen or without acknowledging the writer/owner of that specific material. Except for that for that I thing weblogs are correctly structured.

Weblogs are the future of the coming generations of learners. Internet learning tools are much easier to be used and they make our work simpler.

References 

1. Cope, B., & Kalantzis, M. (2000). Multiliterecies: literacy learning and the design of social features. New York: Routledge.

2. Eisler, D. (2001). Campus portals: Supportive mechanisms for university communications, collaborations, and organizational change. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 13(1), 3-24.

Unit 1.2: 11 August 2016

Service learning is defined as a course-based, credit bearing educational experience whereby students participate in an organised activity like identified community needs.
In my own understanding, service learning is a way of learning through teaching and giving back to the community by participating in certain service activities that are put together by the learning area you in.
In my first year, a Carnival Day was organised. We as the first year students were given a task to prepare this day. Learners from a neighbouring primary school were invited to take part in this day. We had to give this children a fun-filled day, while we ourselves were learning. We contributed to the community by giving this children a save place, to play without anyone being worried about what would befall them. At the end off the day the children had smiled on their faces, their teachers were happy and the lectures were proud of us for pulling the day off. What I am trying to say is we give back to the community while studying/learning.