Saturday, September 8, 2007

Saturday, Sept 8th Writing Prompt

Write a few lines about what you this is the most important point the author makes in the chapter you read for today.

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2 comments:

Isabel said...

“Blog” is such an ugly word. It’s like the sound a frog makes as it sinks into the mud. It seems to have no relationship with the writing-at-the-speed-of-synapse that I think of as online collaborative computing. Now, now, now, now is how blogging strikes me while I am doing it—a question, a post, another soul out there needing advice or instruction, pleading for response, sitting solitary just wanting a little connection. And I can give it to her—or him—or whoever it really is over there behind the moniker “Ferretman05” or “Kosmo” or “CaliGirl223.”
Even better, I can add my howl to the wind, seeking in the vacuum of cyberspace an echo, a mating call, a song of yourself.
Yes, I am a voyeur. Walking down the street, I peek in open lighted windows, excusing myself by saying, “But they left the blinds up! They wanted me to see.” What I love about blogs is: it’s true. They do want to be seen. Known.

Tara said...

Blog- I used to have a very different impression of blogs. I thought they were mainly an outlet for people to rant and rave and espouse their political beliefs. Now, I am starting to see that blogs are a useful way for people to connect. You can use a blog to share ideas, record written conversations, incorporate technology into education through response journals. People spend so much time on computers anyway; blogs are a great way for people to interact through technology. I like the convenience of blogs. You can access them at 11:30 at night in your pajamas or at 4:30 in the morning, trying to stave off insomnia. Blogs are no longer a foreign negative to me…they are something I am more interested in incorporating in both my personal and educational life.