Blog Recap: Learning By Example

Last week's blogs were really interesting to read because, in finding and describing professional blogs to share, you all revealed such diverse interests from bowling to movies to poetry to cooking and more. The blogs you found were all different in style and appeal as well, and I liked how many of you commented on what you could learn from seeing those differences: what you could apply to your own blog creation process. We are not professional bloggers, of course, but I do think we use some of the same principles as professional bloggers do when we write/create and especially when we want to make our entries stand out. A few students have consistently striven to make their entries not just done, not just good, but excellent. As you click through the list of blogs, do you notice which ones?

Along the lines of learning from others, this week The New York Times published a multi-authored piece called "Ditch Your Laptop, Dump Your Boyfriend: Advice for freshmen from the people who actually grade their papers and lead their class discussions" which I thought might be interesting food for thought.

For this upcoming week, here are your two blog post assignments:

1. Write about an event you attended at SCSU, preferably one you haven't already blogged about. (Ex: Come to our class soccer game on Monday and cheer us on and post pictures on your blog!)

2. Explore the inquiry questions/topics you are focusing on in your digital storytelling project. Your blog post can be part of your brainstorming process for this assignment.

One final note: Lee Tripler has joined Section 32 as our peer mentor, and we are so thrilled to have her as part of our class! Check out her newly created blog and welcome her to the INQ blogging adventure.