Using Google blogs and YouTube

This course was different in that we used blogs and videos to keep track of what we learned throughout the course. I would like to talk about using them in class for 190G.

Patents are hard to learn about. I felt that the approaches that we took in class helped me learn the material better. I learned a lot through blogs. I was researching on several critical articles, analyzing the articles, summarizing the articles, and putting my own thoughts onto the blog. I felt that those were the most important lessons throughout the course.

As with YouTube videos, I felt that it is indeed different learning tool. As I was able to speak out what I wrote, I was able to learn the ideas and concepts with more clarity. 

As with comments, it was a good tool to interact with other classmates. I would have hoped that we limit comments to certain posts every week so that everyone can interact better.

These methods that we took in class were different from traditional learning methods because I was able to interact with other students more so than traditional methods. Usually, we take exams in classes and I felt I was stressed out at times. But in this class, I was able to focus more on learning as focus was geared towards learning. I feel that I can do even better if more students commented on my blogs and youtube videos. I didn't get to interact with everyone on weekly basis because some students never commented on my blog or YouTube. But I feel that is expected because there are over 25 students in the class.

I found out that there are various approaches to learning out of this class. Overall, I enjoyed it.

Experience in the class

Patents are hard to learn in general. From this class, I learned to analyze and summarize patents. I also learned general components of the patents and how patent is made up of. I learned about many cases involving infringement and patent trolls. I was also able to stay current on current technology and smartphone wars that are going on. Furthermore, it was interesting that I was able to interact with other students to learn the topic rather than taking an exam to prove my knowledge.

Learning in general is important because a person needs to keep updated with new knowledge to stay competitive. As I will be going into technology fields working as Software Engineer, I feel that patents are important to learn about. I will surely come across patents in the future in my career, and I hope that I can use what I learned from the class to apply them in the future.

Overall, the experience of this class was a lot different than my other core classes. It involved a lot of peer teaching and learning by researching online journals and cases. I believe I read over hundreds of cases of patent cases in this class, and they were all very informative.