Using Blogging in the Class

             Not once, did I ever think that I would be blogging as part of a class. Blogging, an online tool that enables a writer to write about any subject and post/publish that work to the online world. Giving blog posts was an awesome way to encourage students to write often, and making a "one post a day" rule was rather ingenious on Dr. Hamon's part. Though the "one post a day" rule made meeting the weekly quota a little difficult to remember to do among all of life's distractions, it has definitely allowed me to become more comfortable with my own writing and has even boosted my confidence as a writer. Use of visual aids and adequate written material in my blog made it easy to see that I put forth above average effort, which might or might not be said for all of my classmates of whom I had the pleasure of reading subsequent blog posts. As a teaching tool, blogging was a great way to see how each individual student writes as well as getting to know what's important to them. I will note that at first I only used our class wiki for choosing topics to write about, and did so until I could no longer stand to write about those subjects. Once clarified that we could pick our own subjects, as long as there was a regard to the readers (our classmates), I thoroughly enjoyed choosing subject matter that I felt all could chime in on and would induce thought. I hope  all of my readers also felt the same and I wish all my classmates luck in their future endeavors.