CSLP Blog, Spring 2006
Final Blog Post
This experiment has benefited me greatly as it has been the first time that I could get an informal window into my students' volunteering experience. We never have class time to devote to these experiences, and I do enjoy reading the essays--but they come at the very end. I usually volunteer alongside my students in the spring semester, but this semester I've had too many administrative duties to do so. Even when I volunteered, however, I only got to hear the stories of the students with whom I traveled to the site, so the blog has given me great insights.
I'd like your frank opinion of this blog experiment as your final post. To me, it certainly beats the "journals" that students used to be required to keep, both in that its easier to blog than journal--and you get to read everyone else's and use the blog as a way to respond--as Meaghan did to Lindsay's comments. So, what do you think? Should I use it next year? Should I change anything about the structure or the prompts? Your response will be greatly appreciated. And if you want to argue among yourselves about it on the blog, that would be fine too.