Survey on Blogging and Writing

Shay Hemp

1. Blogging was very interesting to me, because I have never done it before. I’ve heard of other teachers using blogs in college, so I wasn’t shocked. I enjoyed doing it though because sometimes my printer tends to not work, so it was easy for me not to have to worry about making sure to print out my assignments. It is also a lot easier and faster for me to type assignments than to write them out. It was also helpful that we could read other student’s blogs, because sometimes when I got confused about an assignment, I would look at someone else’s to give me an idea of what you wanted. Overall, I enjoyed it.

2. I definitely did think a lot more about who my audience was, and that more people than just you were going to read it. It didn’t make me self-conscious, but I think it did help me to pick my words out more carefully. But sometimes I did wish that it was private.

3. I believe that editing a written paper is easier in the overall way. You can easily point out what and where needs help, where in the blog you would have to copy the section you are referring to in order to have it make sense. The simple assignments that we did on our blogs that didn’t require a bunch of editing was easier.

4. I did read students’ blogs without commenting them at times. I found it was very easy to look at students who have done the assignment when I was confused about what to do. It was a helpful push to get going when I wasn’t quite sure what to do. It also helped to get a different view point on it.

5. I didn’t really use any features that would make blogging fun for me. I did get to choose out my blog layout which is fun because you can choose whichever one you want. Other than that, there was nothing else that I did.

6. I would suggest that on all the bigger essays like, Red Shoes, My Year of Meats, A Month in the Country etc. we should print them out and traditionally peer-edit them. I find it easier to write on the paper. This is about the only suggestion I have. I thought it was a fun and different way to approach class.