Well, I just deleted everything I wrote regarding this topic. -___- So here it goes again...
As you can see, this is our first team blog in a little over a month. Yikes! Our team already reflected on our blog and that was the team goal we set on the reflection paper yesterday. But since we’re on the subject of blogs…
When we first started the year, I was really excited to do team blogs. I never had a teacher that cohesively intertwined our school work with the internet/blogging. (Web searches and research papers don’t count!) I was excited to share my ideas with other students via a blog. The first half of the semester our team was very consistent with our blogs. Every one completed the blog on time during the correct week and everything was running smoothly. Until college application deadlines came…
I cannot speak for the rest of my teammates, but when college app deadlines came around I started slacking in my school work. It wasn’t my choice and I really didn’t want to, but I had to prioritize. In English, for me, it was the blogs that were compromised. This blog I am writing right now was supposed to be for the first week of November. Oh goodness. I knew a B- wouldn’t look great on my transcripts and it might have prevented me from getting into a top school, but not even turning in the application would guarantee I would not get into that particular school. However, I don’t blame it all on college applications. Sometimes I just completely forgot to blog. (Taylor can vouch for me…). My memory is usually pretty good and I don’t forget things often, but this semester I just could not ever remember to blog. Even if I clearly wrote it in my planner, I would still forget.
Reflecting on this semester’s blog, I have come to the conclusion that it is not best for me personally. I love our team blog and I love being able to express myself in a different way than I ever have before. However, I just cannot remember to do it on a consistent basis. Sheets of paper with essay prompts or other work are tangible reminders of the homework I have. Maybe I need a new way to remember to blog. Does anyone have any recommendations? What do you think about blogging for AP Lit?
-Shelby F.
I'm enjoying the idea of using blogging as a way to communicate ideas and share our opinions as AP Lit students, but i do agree with you in saying that sometimes our time, as seniors, does not allow us to complete the blogs as needed. We, often times, get caught up in work from other classes and have no time. If we, however, turned this into a site we constantly visit and keep up with, we may be able to be consistent with our blogs, but in all honesty, I dont think many of us are going to make that happen anytime soon.
ReplyDelete-Nick B.