So down to the real meat of this post: COMMENTS
I love comments, they completely validate my posts. I lot of what I feel about commenting was reflected in the articles we were asked to read. But I loved the quip about Emily Dickinson: I just don't envision Emily Dickinson having a "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" blog. -Blue Skunk Blog.
It is true though, Bloggers write to be read. If we write to be read we (bloggers) do need to be open to criticism and praise. But that doesn't mean that commenters should be cruel. There is a dignified way to respond to a blog.
I also loved that most of the authors stressed contributing. It is great to receive a comment that says, "Way to go!" or "Here, Here!" or "what's up, Dawg?" but it doesn't add to the dynamic of the post or blogging in general. When you read a blog that gets your gears turning you should comment with your thoughts and new perspectives on the topic. It's helpful to both the author and all the other readers.
I read s few blogs from fellow classmates and commented on the following:
Michelle Burkhart (and her amazing Flickr jigsaw puzzle's educational opportunity)
Christine Poindexter (agreeing with and qualifying the pros and cons of technology in education and society in general)
Tiffany Allemand (she has a great idea for teaching vocabulary with image generators!)
Alexis Clemmens (the other English Ed major in the class, she gave me great ideas for using blogs with my students!)
These blogs are great edublogs:
moldingyoungminds.wordpress.com
This one is awesome. It's more about her life with tidbits about being a teacher in there. The code names she uses for everyone are awesome, she's also an English teacher, and she in the DFW area (that's Dallas-Fort Worth in Texas for those of you who aren't from the greatest country ever. The greatest country would be Texas btw)
anonteacherblog.blogspot.com
This lady is brilliant. She also is an English teacher so I am feeding off her ideas. She had her students do skits to really grasp the concepts of "subtext" in Shakespeare. Making connections from old Lit to the modern day lifestyle in order to get students interesting is so difficult for me. This is probably because I love literature so much that I don't ever think about how it relates to inane modern habits. I mean, how could you relate The Great Gatsby to doing the dishes? Ok, so that's a little exaggerated but the point I'm making is that I don't typically need a motivator to get involved or interested in class assignments and therefore it is difficult for me to remember that some students will.
1 comment:
I love reading your posts. They are very dynamic! I loved your comments about Texas...not because I am from there or have any particular affiliation with Texas but because they made me giggle. In my experience, it is not easy for people to let their true personalities come through in their writing, but this is not something you have to worry about! I can see why you are an English Ed major! :)
I thought the comment about Emily Dickinson was very interesting. She was too much of a recluse to do anything so public (oh how I was obsessed with her in my teenage angst years!). I wonder if the blog author of that comment does not consider the internet and blogs specifically to be very "deep." Personally, I can see why it would be the case...computers just don't have the soul of old books and libraries and fountain pens. I hope those things are never lost.
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