Classroom to Online

Blogging is an online version of writing in a diary, or so I thought. Blogging, however, can be used it different ways. I never really considered blogging before and I didn't think it would be effective as a classroom setting. In my opinion, blog peer editing seemed to be effective, at least for me it was. I enjoyed doing it online much more than in class. In other English classes when we would have editing days, I didn't put much effort into it, i was always more worried about getting done quick hoping to be let out early. Doing peer editing online, you are able to find a paper that interests you and you can take your time editing it. You can also take a break between essays instead of doing them all right away, that way you can put some thought into what you think they should do.

Blog editing was also more effective because there were actually suggestions, many times in class people would right on papers "great paper...really well written...could use some improvement" without actually giving any suggestions.

While editing i tried to take in every comment and see how I can add that into my paper. It really helps to have that option out there, it gives the writer more to write about. It also allows them to really know that they are connecting with the reader with they get feed back.

I wasn't sure what way my essay was really going to go when i first started writing it. I first focused one finding one or two quotes outside of our readings, i thought it would add something unique to my paper. Once I found the quotes that I actually liked, it just kind of guided my paper with the path that I took. A big part was the quote from Cat's Cradle. I chose that because I was able to relate it to my life (i.e. my friends joining the army and possibly being shipped away). When I'm able to really relate to a text is when I feel i get the most out of it.

Notes didn't play too much part through out writing my paper, I hope that changes. However, I did look back to my blog entries quite a bit. Overall I feel that online peer editing helped me more than any of the in class peer editing sessions ever did.