I guess I'm a little late to the party, starting my first blog. Having a "web log" is something that has interested me for a while. The only experience with blogging is on Biggerbuybuton from IS 279 and IS 379. I eventually got use to the idea of having a short blog due every day. However, just because I was used to it didn't mean I got them done every day. By the end of the last section I remember not being too behind, and having to catch up by writing just about 8 or so blogs. One thing I didn't like about the way we did blogs in those classes was that it kind of felt like you were writing the blog for no one because we weren't required to read or comment on other people's blogs. I had a film class in community college that we has to post and comment on other's post about the films we watched in class (mainly because there wasn't enough time for an in class discussion after we watched the movie.) this class really had an online community feel to it which made it easier and fun to post, I’m hoping that this will feel somewhat like that and not just writing an eDiary like I’m Doogie Howser or something.
One thing that I am worried about is writing a full blog every week. I’m really don’t like to write a great deal. I have the tendency to try to find the shortest way to write something and when I’m given a minimum length to write, it tends to be frustrating for me. Three paragraphs isn’t too long to have to write and I don’t think I’ll have too much trouble, if I don’t get behind.
I did have a question that I thought I’d add to my first blog. I was wondering if the weekly blog was to be on one single topic, or if it could be a “week round up” of sorts containing a paragraph about how our project is doing and a something we read in our book and then maybe something interesting we saw on line that week that related to class. The rubric says to “remain … on topic.” So what if the topic is something like “What Happened Last Week” or “How This Week is Going, So Far.” This might make it a little easier to write every week.
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ReplyDeleteThat is a very good idea. It would make it easier to break up the paragraphs this way. I find it hard to come up with three paragraphs with enough information. I hope we can do that.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this. I think it would also be a great idea. One other thing I was thinking, which we did in another class was to just have 3 separate blogs each week that are one paragraph each? I think that would make it much easier because then you could have three separate topics, and it would increase the number of blogs we had to comment on substantially. Finally, I think it's easier to write one paragraph on one subject 3 times, over 3 paragraphs on one subject one time. Maybe I'll bring this up in class on Wednesday if I remember and see what Dr. Drake says.
ReplyDeleteI love the Doogie Howser comment. It may be harder to write about more topics than one topic with a few paragraphs.
ReplyDeleteThe more I blog it seems to get easier and I like how we discuss the blogs at the beginning of class.
Dr. Drake said we could blog about anything relevant. This can include something you read about in the book or your project progress.