Comments on: Evaluating your own digital learning

By: Eric o

Eric o — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:05:50 +0000

Things I feel went well.
1. I like all the questions Mrs. Gu has posted and I have enjoyed answering all of the questions. I am a little disapionted in our small group.
2. I like seeing how Nick has interpreted the novel.
3. I like knowing that my ideas are being read.

By: Eric O

Eric O — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:27:41 +0000

I believe that if questions make you think then the answers will have more meaning and depth therefore making the blog more useful and fun for all of us.

By: eric O

eric O — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:25:24 +0000

I believe a large group can make things complicated on the other hand a large group can enhance the way you learn about a novel by getting multiple answers from different people.

By: Nick G.

Nick G. — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:05:16 +0000

Things that I felt worked well in the discussions.

1. I think that the questions or topics Mrs. Gutierrez posts help the students focus on one or two things, which enhances the process because each topic is talked about in depth.
2. The requirement of needing to respond to someone else was good because it made the students read each other’s comments. That way the students saw the question from a different point of view and it created a real discussion.
3. I think that comparing the book events with events in history helped the students understand why certain things were the way they were in “Animal Farm”. Using history also helped us learn about the time period in which the book was written (which is important because the time frame impacts the writer’s ideas).

By: Nick G.

Nick G. — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:12:17 +0000

Question 2: Yes, the blog allows students to have different discussions than in class. This is because on the blog, a question is asked, and a conversation on one topic is started. In class, many topics are discussed, so each topic is talked about in less detail. Therefore, the blog is helpful for having detailed discussions.