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Group Consensus?

Can we reach a group agreement as to whether we should continue to blog or not? I personally believe that we should continue, only if certain changes are made. Groups should be expanded to groups of six to eight people, as there would be more posts to comment on. Having more members would mitigate the negative effects from members who do not post in a timely manner.

I find that there are so many possibilities when using Blogger. An important aspect is learning how to make constructive comments on other people's work. It helps that Blogger's comments are so much faster than written comments. It is vital to be able to make constructive comments, as it allows you to work with others by pointing out flaws in others' work while at the same time being encouraging. In addition, considering  how Blogger is an electronic medium, it is susceptible to various techinical issues. This forces us to use critical thinking should a problem arise. In addition, Blogger emphasizes the necessity of aesthetically pleasing and legible visual representation. Essentially, blog administrators must design a blog that would at the same time be easy to read and appear attractive.

What do the rest of you feel about continuing to blog? Can we all agree upon a course of action?

Should We Continue With Blogging?

I think that blogging is a very advance way of showing our thinking using the technology we have today. Using this type of method to show our thinking has many pros, like the fact that we can change anything that we write. This way, what ever we type can be changed by simply clicking a button and changing the part that we miss interpreted. We can also have the privacy we need in our homes to comment on others to improve their writing, in a respectable way of course. Nothing in the world can be one hundred percent help to anyone, including this blog. There can be a lack of communication, as we can not constantly look at our comments for an answer to our questions. There are also people that can abuse the privileges of using this technology, as we can stray off topic and talk about something else (Also spam). Since I believe everyone feels very secure and free about what ever they are writing about, my answer will be a yes.

Should we continue blogging?

Miss Lees asked us if we should continue blogging with other projects. Blogger did help us problem solve such as my router problem, but some groups got "lazy" and did not post there writings so there peers could not complete their homework by commenting. Though there are many pros to blogging I strongly disagree with some of my peers that we should continue blogging. There were too many technical issues involved with blogger and some students got easily distracted with other forms of media while on the computer. I think we should just do it the old-fashioned way and write our work.

Should we continue blogging?

In response to Ms. Lees' question, we should continue blogging. When blogging, we are using an effective data output tool, with one’s posts able to be seen by people from all over the world. As well, comments, an indispensable resource, are so instant and convenient through Blogger. That way, we can quickly receive feedback for our work and use it to revise our work. On a side note, designing a template for our blogs and making it aesthetically pleasing while at the same time legible is a useful lesson in presentation.

When using blogger, we learn a multitude of skills, such as learning how to make constructive comments on other people's work and using others' feedback to improve your own work. Having such expedient comments through blogger certainly helps. Being able to make constructive comments is a vital life skill, as it allows you to work with others by collaborating and pointing out flaws in others' work while at the same time being encouraging. In addition, bearing in mind how Blogger is an electronic medium, it is susceptible to various techinical issues. This requires us to use critical thinking in order to solve issues that may arise. For example, if the spaces in your posts appear different from how you wrote them, you could experiment with Blogger to find a solution, such as editing the text directly in HTML to fix formatting errors.

As for suggestions to augment our blogging experience, larger groups would be a better idea. In a group of six to eight people, there would be more posts to comment on. As well, if the teacher said to comment on three other posts, and someone garnered numerous comments while another received none, it would be a valuable lesson in sense of audience. As well, having more members would mitigate the negative effects from members who do not post in a timely manner.

links

I like the links you have added - the MSND full text will come in handy for those who forget their books.

5 questions - posted very late

I am glad to see you catching up on your posting. However, I can tell that with two weeks past since we had the lesson, practiced together in class, and assigned the task, you have forgotten some of the directions and criteria we discussed. For example - several of the questions are way too brad and big for the purposes of our blog positing.
Hopefully, this helps to emphasize the need for timely completion of your work.