In addition to expanding my own thinking and adding a depth to my English class experience, blogging offered me easy access to my classmates' ideas and perspectives. I really enjoyed the 'blogging around' prompts, which required me to read the blogs of my peers. Not only did this give me inspiration for my own future blog posts, but it exposed me to alternative viewpoints about the units we were covering in class.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Metacognition: Blogging this year
Blogging in English class this year has been a really rewarding experience on multiple levels. It opened me up to a different side of myself that I otherwise may have never gotten in touch with, and it will provide an archive of my thoughts and memories for a long time to come. It also serves as a reflection of my overall experience in sophomore English. Looking back at all my posts, I can really see how my thinking and writing skills were challenged this year. The blogging prompts were able to stretch my mind to its limits, and I enjoyed the variety of topics that blogging offered, a variety which is usually absent in typical, monotonous English classes.
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Hey Kate,
Great post, i agree with everything you said. I totally agree with your statement about the blogging around post. I always thought it was the hardest to do because I had to practice diplomacy if I ever disagreed with someone. Its always hard to disagree with someone online because our words can be misconstrued, because people cant hear our tone and body language. Thats one of the reasons I liked blogging, because it forced me to interact with others students not in a classroom setting. Blogging around also allowed me to appreciate how intelligent everyone in academy is, and how we all think so differently!
Great Post! -Steph
Kate,
I really enjoyed reading your post. you have such a way with words; it's great having them written down to read. I feel the exact same way about blogging but of course I said it less eloquently. I can't believe how much we get out of blogging and how much we've grown by writing them, reading them, and going through the blogs of others. Blogs definitley have changed me as well.
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