Commenting Review Week

          I believe that commenting on other student's blogs has been extremely useful. It is great for both improving my own proofreading skills and giving constructive criticism benefits the other student. It is also interesting seeing how other students are also improving. I think that commenting on each other's posts has created a solid connection as it kind of joins the class together.

          When commenting on other people's blogs I usually like to stick with the content. When telling a story the content is the most important part. Writing mechanics (such as grammar and spelling) is also very important, but can be just a simple mistake. So I'll touch base with those issues, but not dwell on them. It is enjoyable returning the positive encouragement I received on my own posts to other students.

          Honestly, this is my only class this semester where I am commenting on other student's work. Yes, in the past I have had to "peer edit" a paper, but have never constantly commented on people's assignments throughout the semester. I have taken online classes where the professor will post a question (agree or disagree with the statement) on the discussions board within D2L and we have to comment on at least two student's replies. However, I think this is always so pointless because every student ends up always writing basically the same reply. So we are all just agreeing with each other. It is interesting that this class has us commenting on our own unique writings.

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