Reflection

Learning Outcomes
1. Gain Shakespeare Literacy
Phineas and Ferb... and Shakespeare?
The Merchant of Venice: Play Production
Comparisons of Hamlet 
Love's Labour's Lost Performance
2. Analyze Shakespeare Critically
We are Such Stuff as Dreams are Made of
Princess Potential
The Merchant of Venice
Friendship
Music in Myself
Character Analysis: Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice: Play Production
Comparisons of Hamlet
Confession? 
Intertextuality 
Character Analysis: Hamlet
Not More Man-like than Cleopatra
Love?
Antony and Cleopatra and Romeo and Juliet
Antony and Cleopatra: Character Analysis
Character Analysis: King Lear
Colors and Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost Performance
Breaking Iambic Pentameter
3. Engage Shakespeare Creatively
Character Analysis: Merchant of Venice 
Character Analysis: Hamlet
Antony and Cleopatra: Character Analysis
Possible Rendition for Final Project
Character Analysis: King Lear
Validation
Shakespeare Pranks
Possible Scene for Final Project
Puck's Love
Prank Rendition
4. Share Shakespeare Meaningfully
The Merchant of Venice
Music in Myself 
Antony and Cleopatra and Romeo and Juliet
Puck's Love
5. Gain Digital Literacy
Band of Brothers
Phineas and Ferb... and Shakespeare?
The Merchant of Venice
Music in Myself
Religious Intolerance
Confession
Possible Rendition for Final Project
Shakespeare Pranks
Possible Scene for Final Project
Prank Rendition

Looking back through this semester, I have noticed how much I have grown, particularly with respect to digital literacy. I have never been very tech-savvy. And now I have a blog, I've used recording equipment for my final project, and I have learned how to more effectively research information. I say that was a success this semester for me. I still have difficulty sharing my opinions with others, but I am more open about it now. I have linked my blog to Facebook a couple times and I've shared with some of my friends about Shakespeare. I know I progressively got better at analyzing material. I often took what we learned in class one night and tried to include it in my later blog posts. I have a new appreciation for Shakespeare since taking this class, and I get excited when I realize something in the media and life can be connected back to Shakespeare. I honestly never knew how much of a contribution to society Shakespeare really was. We have so many phrases to thank him for. From this class I have also discovered that I really love food. Why else would I compare Shakespeare's characters to so many different food products? Shakespeare is so adaptable. You can really easily relate him and his works to whatever you feel like, and it works. I think that's partially why Shakespeare has become such a powerfully influential man. He knew how to relate to others. 
Throughout the semester I steadily improved my habits in our class assignments. I started with trying to scrape together a blog post that I could talk about to writing little notes beside my reading to go back to and research. Just doing that made blogging so much easier. I also figured out a better way to guarantee I read the assigned Shakespeare works and I tried various formats. The one thing I know I could have done better was communicating with others-commenting on their blogs. I was slowly improving but then our final project preparation started and I focused solely on that on my group members blogs. Overall, I think I've done good :) I can definitely see the improvement and learning that has occurred throughout the semester.