First, I looked at Jamie's blog, because I know she always has a really clear outlook on things and expresses herself eloquently. She wrote about how she liked the use of blogs this year, and hopes that they would be even more drawn into the curriculum next year. I commented:
"Jamie- I really liked a lot of the comments you made about blogging. I completely agree that it would be beneficial to do "prompt-free" blogs, because they would really inspire more creativity. I think it's great that your chemistry class really utilized your blogs. Our teacher asked us to make them, but we really have only had a few posts and never did any sort of follow up on them. I also like your idea of getting feedback from our teachers on our blogs, although I know it would be difficult for one teacher to read about thirty blogs. Maybe they could read and comment on a few blogs per week, then gradually end up ready some of everyone's."
After looking through a few more blogs, I decided to hit up Dylan's. He's always very animated and enthusiastic in class, and after translating through his thick accents, he makes great contributions to discussions. His blog also sang the praises of blogging in general, and discussed how they make it easy for one's own unique voice to be heard. I commented:
"This is a great post. And I believe Mr. Allen would agree, because you really epitomized "form is content" :]. You wrote in your own way and your voice clearly shines through, and that's also what you decided you liked about the blogging process itself: how you can write exactly the way you would speak, if you were just having a conversation about blogging over coffee at a trendy cafe (that's where I assume you'd be discussion this).
I understand what you mean when you talk about how the blogs just "flow" easily onto the screen. Because they are a much more casual form of writing, usually it's much easier to get your inner thoughts out into the open."
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