Part B

Part B

I learned much more information in German Cultures class than I anticipated.  I also learned way different information than I thought that I would receive taking this class.  I liked that we learned a little about the different parts of Germany and their states and how they essentially have dialects and different states have different types of food and entertainment.  I learned a lot about what was going on in World War II in Germany and it really painted a vivid picture.  I also learned a lot more about the German government than I thought that I would have.  It was very intriguing to learn how people lived with the country being divided to 2 different groups.  I enjoyed learning about the different German subcultures and the music scene.

Class Critique. 

Overall I thought that the class was really informative and that I gathered a great deal of knowledge from my peers.  I did feel however that the majority of my learning was from my peers and not my professor.  There was just simply too much group work.  Some of us are not traditional college students especially in night classes.  It was very difficult to try and meet with these people as I don’t live on campus much less in the city.  I think there should have been more teaching and less group work, more of a balance if you will.  Overall the course was good.  Integrating of D2L would have helped immensely as it keeps all of our class information in one location and it’s not difficult to navigate.  I found that it took me a good while to learn blogger and was difficult to log in.  Having things on D2L is really nice because you can see your schedule and assignments coming up from all your classes in one place.  Thank you for this course, I did learn a lot.