Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Weblogs and literary response
The article by Kathleen C. West has several points that I find very interesting. The most significant point that I found is about how students will perform well when they are having fun. She mentions this when she talks about how her students enjoyed blogging. She said that her students learned more about their own writing and each other's by blogging. The blogging allowed for the students to be more successful in class. The blogs allowed the students to feel free with what they wrote and they made the students feel like they were getting away with stuff. This shows that if students had fun they wouldn't feel like they were working, thus allowing them to work without feeling like they were going through torturous work.
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I agree with what you think of West's article. She uses blogging as a fun alternative to students. I think it is easier to use blogging in a class as well. The course work does not seem to be as difficult to complete.
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ReplyDeleteI read your essay and I thought that overall it is very interesting and is very well organized. I think you should consider adding quotes to your essay which will make the argument stronger.
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