Online Interaction

I feel that the blog posts are very effective for our class. However, I do not believe that they are necessarily physical conversations outside the classroom. I would assume that if no one was required to write blog comments that they would not occur very often. Although I am glad that we are required to do them because of their helpfulness, they still do not seem to strike any real conversation. Personally, when I comment on blog posts I do it so that I can receive the credit and to give my peers in the class good compliments on their writing and my own opinion on what they say. I do not mind giving comments either although I do not believe that they serve as a good way to start an interesting conversation. I feel that the blog comments are only really statements that we make to each other complementing our work. A conversation could possibly be started, I guess; however, I do not think that that happens very often. Most of us state what we need to then just let it be. We write a few compliments and constructive sentences and are done. I usually write what I agree with that the writher of the blog said then tell them that they did a great job because everyone always does. Personally, I do not really ever converse with others that have made comments on my blog or other peoples blog. When I have to do my comments, I pick two people at random, read their blogs and then comment on what I took from reading what they thought. Although I do not believe that blogs start conversation, I do find them very helpful because it is nice to see what people have to say, and I feel like they are very honest in their opinions and give good compliments. I also like to see what other people have written for the same topic.

If I had to choose between blogs and forum discussions, I would most defiantly choose blogs because I like them a whole lot better. They are more beneficial to me because I like to write and express my own knowledge; whereas, I feel like in forum discussions we are more asked to read and respond rather than tell what we think or know.  I am a great deal better at writing what I am thinking or giving my own insight on a subject than I am at reading comprehension and responding to texts.  The forum discussions are not very interactive to me and defiantly a lot less interactive than the blogs. Although it is possible to comment on people’s forum responses, not many people do that; thus, making the forums not very interactive.

Altogether, I think that the all of the online interaction we have had has been successful. Even though I do not think much has occurred other than what we are required, I think that everyone pays attention to what they read and works hard to give effective feedback.