A Continued History of Blogging
When I first began this blogging experience for Intro to Lit Study, I thought it would be the biggest waste of my time -- surely, I thought, this was a torture device created to eat up my already tight time schedule. However, through being forced to blog and reading other people's blogs I find that I am able to gain insight into what I may have missed in a reading, or be amused by some people's rants, or enjoy a view different from mine. This second portfolio is a summary of my blogging experience since mid-February.
Coverage:
Being able to quickly identify which entry goes to which homework assignment is important -- and useful as I found while doing this portfolio. These entries all include links that go back to the course webpage and the homework assignment.
Timeliness:
These blogs were posted 24-hours or more earlier than their due date.
Interaction:
These blogs all have comments from other people, and one where I replied to a comment left by another person.
Depth:
This part of the semester, I've really tried to delve deeper into the readings and write longer, more thoughtful blog entries than just a quick response the reading. These are a few examples.
Discussion:
For our homework, in addition to reading and blogging, we also have to comment on other classmates' blogs. I will admit -- I have been slacking lately in writing comments, which is something I'm going to really try to fix for the ending portion of the semester.
Also, something else I found interesting, as pointed out to me by Dr. Jerz. Some random person out there in "the real world" found my blog "Agreeing With Lemire: Too Good To Be True?" and talked about it on their blog. I found it kind of creepy, but at the same time, it was extremely interesting that something I wrote sparked interest in some random person's mind.
My Other Entries:
Coverage:
Being able to quickly identify which entry goes to which homework assignment is important -- and useful as I found while doing this portfolio. These entries all include links that go back to the course webpage and the homework assignment.
- The Overly Dramatic Girl Loves Hyperboles
- Are YOU a Book or Magazine Person?
- Vindicated -- More Than Just A Good Dashboard Confessional Song
Timeliness:
These blogs were posted 24-hours or more earlier than their due date.
- How Old is Too Old?
- I Don't Think You Need All of Those at the end of Your Sentence
- Emails and Texts and IMs -- Oh My!
Interaction:
These blogs all have comments from other people, and one where I replied to a comment left by another person.
- Workplace Crusaders: Should You Speak Up or Save Your Skin? (Where I replied to a comment)
- Why Would an Author Write The Way He (or she!) Does?
- A Stickler for Grammar
Depth:
This part of the semester, I've really tried to delve deeper into the readings and write longer, more thoughtful blog entries than just a quick response the reading. These are a few examples.
Discussion:
For our homework, in addition to reading and blogging, we also have to comment on other classmates' blogs. I will admit -- I have been slacking lately in writing comments, which is something I'm going to really try to fix for the ending portion of the semester.
- Greta Carrol's "Mr. Lemire, I am Earning My Degree"
- Maddie Gillespie's "Oxford wonderings while colon and semicolon freeze in the cold!"
Also, something else I found interesting, as pointed out to me by Dr. Jerz. Some random person out there in "the real world" found my blog "Agreeing With Lemire: Too Good To Be True?" and talked about it on their blog. I found it kind of creepy, but at the same time, it was extremely interesting that something I wrote sparked interest in some random person's mind.
My Other Entries:
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