What to like about blogging. . . .

This is the first time I have ever had to write a blog regularly and I actually enjoyed it immensely. I was only frustrated at times in regards to finding some of the information that I wanted to make each blog an amazing one that people would look forward to reading. What I did love about blogger (I'm not sure if other blog sites do this) is the fact that I can put pictures as well as videos from youtube on my blog. I also like the fact that you can edit the html because for those who can do it, you could probably change quite a lot of the way each blog looks. I was unfortunately too lazy to try and remember what I had learned about html a few years back.

Sometimes the requirement that each blog be 250 words was a bit of a hassle, but only when I had several exams and/or assignments due in rapid succession. Figuring out what to write was usually not that hard because I found information on the environment and tying it in with my own experiences it was relatively easy to find enough to say. Sometimes I felt my blogs were too long, but when you are really passionate about a particular issue it's hard not to go off on a rant.

The deadlines for blog entries were not difficult most of the time and I feel it is best that there is a deadline because students should not procrastinate to the point where they do all there blogs at the last minute (unless there is a good reason for why an exception should be made). Perhaps, rather the deadline could be extended at least a day. The deadline for comments was also not very hard. In fact, I consider it the easiest part because we could either comment on other student's blogs before class on Thursday or, comment when we first come in on Thursday as we are given the first 15 minutes of class to comment on each other's blogs.


I enjoyed commenting on other student's blogs and enjoyed reading the comments for my blogs. Some were very complimentary and detailed about what was liked about my blog, which was very helpful in understanding how to engage my reader. I really enjoyed the comments where people comment on the blog and where it is taking them thoughtwise. The only similarity I can find with blogging is a creative writing class. You are given a broad topic to write about, you can approach it in any way you choose and then your classmates read your writing and comment on it. I like the freedom in this kind of writing because it gives everyone a higher probability of saying something different. Overall, this was the best part of the class and I would like to try and continue blogging. I'm not sure how successful I will be, but I am going to try. What may hinder me is if it's not a class assignment I won't do it with any regularity. I'll probably try and keep the Tuesday morning deadline.