STEP THREE: Write up a blog post where you share some thoughts about the commenting in the class so far. You can write about anything you want; the following are just some prompts to give you some ideas to think about as you write your post:
- Do you feel like you are making good connections with other students in the class at the blogs?
- What kinds of interactions do you think are most helpful in creating good connections online in a class like this?
- What kinds of comments have been most useful to you so far on your blog posts?
- If you have received Project comments, have those been useful so far? (Not everyone has gotten Project comments yet.)
- When you are leaving a short comment, what do you usually focus on?
- When you are leaving a long comment on a Project, what is your focus?
- What is the easiest part for you about writing comments? What is the hardest part?
- Do you do a lot of commenting on other students' work in your other classes? Is your major one in which peer comments are generally an important part of the classes you take?
- How do you make use of comments when you revise your writing?
- Are there comments people have given you about your writing that have really made a difference for you in your writing overall?
- Do you have any suggestions for improving the commenting component of this class?
Yes, I do feel like I am connecting well with other students from their blogs. The introduction post is probably the best one to really get to know someone.
The most useful comments are the constructive criticism ones as well as the ones that help boost my confidence in writing stories.
The Project comments are the most useful comments in my opinion. At first, they are hard to write,but If you really take the time and effort to write them then they can provide really good feedback for the other classmate.
For the short, comments I mostly just focus on the main idea of the story and discuss how the writer related it to the required readings. For the long comments I tend to go more in depth with it and explain specifics.
The easiest part about writing comments is the repetition. Once you can get used to it it becomes easier to write. The hardest ones are the project commenting questions.
If I have some good comments regarding my story I will try and fix the areas in my story which the comment suggests.
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Anthony,
ReplyDeleteThe highlighted text is REALLY difficult to read. You should probably consider changing it! Also, I am not sure if it was an accident or not, but including the prompt in your post is a little strange and confusing. It is good to hear that the comments are helping your writing AND helping you connect with your fellow classmates.