Today, English classes don't only rely on the text they read, but on sources online and social networking sites to find ways to enhance their learning and curriculum. Teachers use sites their students are familiar with and enjoy as a way to try to keep students interested and give them a new way to look at the assignments they would normally dread.
At the beginning of this assignment, I honestly felt like the incorporation of social networking and technology was a last ditch effort for teachers to make their assignments feel relevant. It's a little odd for me to blog as a serious assignment, since I've blogged for fun before. It's a bit of a challenge to remember that the blogs you're posting are being graded and they should be formal, since the structure is so informal. But it does give me a new outlook on an assignment that would've normally been an essay. It's definitely more fun and I think it takes some pressure off students. An essay can be a daunting task, but blogging is simpler.
Blogging, in some ways, is more personal than just talking about my book in front of the class. It gives me time to sit down, think aout what I want to say, and then turn it into a creative post. This blog is a direct link to all my thoughts on the book in short segments instead of a boring essay that wouldn't hold anyone's attention.
Nice blog! I like how you first thought that social networking and technology was a last ditch effort for teachers to make their assignments feel relevant.I was the same until I actually found it more appealing to blog then to write some paper. blogging is fun and encourages a creative mind.
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