Steph, teaching freshmen and junior writing classes, has decided to use the coursewiki and wordpress to the fullest extent. Through the wiki, her students play around on the site to find the homework and class activities. By framing all work ethics within the wiki, students have to learn how to operate the website to figure out any assignments, homework, or in class activities
The main conversation held between Steph and her freshmen English 112 class was about feedback when reading or editing papers. The feedback would not only be from Steph, but from other students who are involved with the wiki and wordpress (Steph’s other junior writing class: Writing as Communication.) This post acknowledges all the work that both classes have undergone and completed. By using the wiki, it is allowing outsiders with different opinions, critique and gives helpful feedback to other students without feeling embarrassed, since we are all anonymous users. Feedback from outside sources can benefit the writer by learning new techniques or ideas in rhetorical situations.
The use of the blogs and the wiki creates an ongoing conversation between bloggers. Anything posted is able to receive comments and feedback. Through the wiki, Steph or anyone else can easily make comments. It is a quick and friendly way to get a point across. Could writing a post then commenting be easier than doing a peer-edit in class? Would the comments be more in depth? Writers can write what they feel and not have to explain what they mean every second. Questions and concerns arise and can be sought out through the wiki. All suggestions ultimately lead to help the blogger become a better writer, and sometimes more organized.
Blogging is a successful tool to use in regarding feedback; however, I am awful at blogging. Stef wants us to utilize the wiki and take other peoples feedback into consideration to help build our writing skills. I believe this is a great way for writers to hear what other people have to say, even if it’s not what you want to hear.
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