Third Quarter Reflection (Due: Monday, March 30, 2009)

First, I'd like to thank all of you for the writing you've done over the past seven weeks. For me, one of the most rewarding aspects of teaching is the opportunity to read your words, to listen to your ideas, and to add my own voice to those that you bring to the classroom.

For this week's blog I'd like you reflect on how blogging has been going for you. I have many questions about what this kind of work has meant for you, and I've listed some of these below. Feel free to respond to as many or as few of these as you like and to express any other perspectives, concerns, or ideas you might have about this approach of reading, writing, and response.

My questions:

Has blogging been valuable to you as a student, thinker, reader, and writer?
What have you taken away from taking this approach to submitting writing for a class?
How do you feel about doing and continuing to do this kind of work?
Is this work different from other experiences that you have had in English classes?
What suggestions do you have for me as a teacher who uses blogging in his English classes?
Looking forward, do you have suggestions for how you want to be graded on this writing?
Has doing this work changed the community within your own class or between classes (11-1 and 11-2) in any way?