Metacognitive Analysis We use electronics on a daily basis in our lives. However, this was my first time blogging my assignments instead of writing up papers and turning them in. I definitely liked this experience because it gave me more freedom and space for creativity. I chose to blog about technology itself. What better topic to blog about on the internet than internet and technology itself! I found this a good topic to research on because we have evolved so much that we are now doing everything via internet, including homework. I learned a lot of new information that I did not know before and I was able to add them on to my thoughts and beliefs. I was able to open my eyes to all the pros and cons rather than having a biased opinion but hopefully I was able to encourage people that too much of technology isn’t too great either. A hybrid essay is a writing piece that is a combination of different works such as pictures, poems, essays, etc. My experience with reading hybrid essays were pretty interesting. I extremely liked the basement story with the combination of an essay and pictures because it left you with a picture and wondering about what was to come next. The pictures gave you somewhat of an idea but you still had to read the essay part to get the full content. I created my own hybrid essay with an essay and pictures as well. I felt like I was able to explain what I had to say with some funny pictures that correlated with the text. These pictures were at least able to be kind of funny, instead of just reading on and on. The only thing I did not like about hybrid writing was since I didn’t have much experience doing it, I didn’t know where exactly to place the pictures with out making them look out of place. Before reading the hybrid essays or getting an idea of what they were this semester, I had never heard of a hybrid essay type of work. If I was to guess what is was, I would think it would be a type of work done both online and printed. After learning what it was, I guess it was a great type of piece to use for my blogs online. My blogging experience felt a lot more like blogging for my own interest rather than a class assignment. I think it was mostly because it was my free choice of what to blog about and this topic had been bothering me for a long time. I was able to find out more about the topic, try to either educate others or at least open their eyes to the reality they do not want to face, and even complete an assignment for class. Another thing the hybrid essays (that I knew nothing about) and researching online for a topic that I thought I knew all about came to prove to me that there is always room to learn something new every day. It is also possible to add knowledge to what you already know or even change your attitude and opinion based on new research and ideas! Overall, I had a good experience with electronic assignments and hybrid essays.