A successful blog for me is one where I have truly expressed my thoughts. I like to write anecdotes and practical examples so I can envision my ideas more clearly and reflect on how things would work in a teaching context. I also feel I've had a good posting when I receive comments and questions from my peers.
As a reader I like a posting that is easy on the eyes with a bold title so I can begin thinking about what I'm going to read. It also helps to see the persons picture on their blog so you can remember who did the writing. I prefer to read a narrative blog with stories and practical examples rather than bullet points.
I like to receive comments on my blog that give me insight on how my ideas could be utilized as a teacher in the composition classroom. I also like when people ask me questions about what I wrote because then I can think more deeply about the topic. Sometimes answering a persons question on a blog I have written can be difficult, but it really helps me analyze and reflect on the topic at hand. I would also like to highlight good teaching ideas made by my fellow bloggers and ask them questions that might help them produce even more ideas.
I like both the write to read and read to write processes so I think we should do both in our blogs each week. I think the instructor should give us a prompt and questions on the topic of the week and allow us to write freely on our blogs about the subject. Then we should also be assigned one reading to summarize and reflect on in a blog posting. We should be asked to read our fellow classmates blogs and comment on at least two of them that sparked our interest or that we have questions about. I would also like to get occasional comments from the instructor about my blog. And as for the thorny question, I think the blogs should be counted as participation and graded as stated on the syllabus.
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