Hordes of Hyperlinks: A Compilation of Blogs
Portfolio 1
Welcome to my first blogging portfolio. My name is Erica Gearhart and I am a sophomore at Seton Hill University. This page is a compilation of all of my blogs for the first part of EL150: Introduction to Literary Study taught by Dr. Jerz, Associate Professor of Engish---New Media Journalism. This course has consisted of reading various works of American and British Literature and reflecting on the readings through blogging and other writing activities. At first, I absolutely hated the blogging, mostly because I am not the best at using computers. However, I now see that the blogs are a great way to promote discussion outside of the classroom and a wonderful way to prepare for class. I feel that the level of my blogs has definitely progressed; however I would still like to create blogs that have more entertaining titles and create more discussion in the future.
I have organized my blogs under the following subjects in order to better categorize them for viewing.
Coverage: In the following blogs, I feel like I did a really great job of properly citing the sources and/or including a direct quote from the readings.
Never Judge "A Book" by Its Cover
Foreshadowing and Characterization in "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
Great Writers in Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Imagery in "Because I could not stop for death"
On Creepy Men and Plotting Women
Falling Stars, Witches, and Anime
Timeliness: These blogs are ones that I completed on time. I must say that although I have always blogged before class, I have not always blogging 24 hours before class began. I have had a lot of trouble in completing both the reading and the blogging practically two days ahead of time. I did notice, however, that those who blog 24 hours or more before class get more comments. Not only do I want to get my blogs up in time in the future in order to get more comments, I also find that I am less rushed when I complete them ahead of time. These blogs are also my most interesting. Anyway, here are the few timely blogs I have completed on time.
Teenagers, Bobs, and Liberation
Interaction: The following links are to pages where either I have had much feedback on my own blog, or where I have posted a comment that was relevant to a discussion on someone else's blog. I think that I have kept up well with the comments, commenting on at least two peers for each reading. I do need to begin adding comments to my own blogs after someone has left a comment so that the discussion can continue.
Teenagers, Bobs, and LIberation
As you can see, I had very few pages with more than five comments. This proves that I must create responses that are more interesting, put these comments online earlier, and give them more interesting titles.
Depth: One very important aspect of blog writing is depth. In order to excite more interest in the reader, one must create interesting and insightful blogs. Here are a few of my blogs that I thought provided good examples of depth.
Never Judge "A Book" by Its Cover
Discussion: Obviously, discussion is one of the most important parts of blogging. I feel that I have made a decent contribution in commenting on my peers blogs; however I do hope to make more inciteful comments in the future. I also hope that I will be able to create more discussion on my own blogs by commenting on comments that are left. Here are some comments I made on classmates' blogs.
Ethan Shepley's "Why Ask a Question That Already Has an Answer?"
Angela Palumbo's "The Dead Bird"
Kaitlin Monier's "Happiness and Illness"
Thanks for taking a look at my progress. I hope you enjoyed reading my comments, as well as those of my peers.
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