Crunch Time: Seton Hill Blogs Bursting at the Seams
Blogalicious… bloginator… “blog rally“… my students have been fiercely you-know-whatting, in order to fulfill the broad, very general requirements of their blogging portfolios. These range from the typical “write a blog responding to book X” or “blog about classroom activity Y,” to “disagree politely with one of your peers” to “write a blog entry that sparks a discussion on your blog”. One prompt, “Blog about how your English major affects your work in non-English classes,” has sparked some soul-searching in the “Intro to Literary Study” class, which I think is welcome in this foundational course for all our English majors (lit, creative writing, and journalism).
This morning, after students submitted a homework assignment (a 200-word evidence-based argument paragraph), I asked…
Given that they need to write multiple stories a day, while also appearing on podcasts…
I had fun recording this in the studio -- with live foley artists! https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xc-_o_qr2vE&si=ozF_Zxd4wAWR2W6w
Here's my letter responding to an recent article about the future of the student newspaper…
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I'm proud to have coined the term "blog rally" in hopes that people would learn to leave effective, stimulating comments, and write blogs for the portfolios that can be linked to--isn't that what it's all about, anyway?
I'm with Amanda on this one. Despite my state of insanity with the list of work resembling _War and Peace_, blogging has kept its cathartic affect on me. (I don't mind!)
I am having the time of my life. If only it were like this all the time...
One of my student group blogs has just surpassed me in # of entries. Sure there are 4 of them and only 1 of me, but I still feel like a blogger slacker. Must post on BloggerCon but have got to write my Cultural Studies paper first! More next week...