Some ways I benefited as a reader from doing blogs posts was that I read more. I knew that every week I had to do a blog post, so that encouraged me to read further and further into my book to come up with a more meaningful post. I also made more connections with my book to others, and did this regularly in all my books. Writing a blog made me practice these skills more than in other previous years. I benefitted from this experience by learning how to really write about a book, and to learn the skills needed. Skills such as making connections, using past experiences, and looking deeper at the characters and plot of a book. Some blog posts would be mainly focused on a character, some on a plot, or quote or an idea in the book. This helped me write better posts, and strengthened me as a writer.
I think writing online is different than writing in a notebook. I now type a lot faster than I write, which allows me to write more online. Oftentimes when I'm writing in a notebook and I don't get to write down all the ideas I have, but online I can. This shows how writing online can be liberating, because it allows people to write as much as they want. I think it is true that people write things they would never say or write in notebook. Even though online is more public than a notebook, people often see it as the opposite. The fact that every 8th grader had a blog allowed us to connect more, and read each other's thought. This allowed us to be connected in a way that's different then previous years because we can see what we are reading, and thinking in books. Books were also recommended and friends could see what they were reading, which encouraged more reading.
I think some people do abuse the writes of technology. Many people find it easier to text someone something, than tell it to there face. Whole friendships can be formed over the internet or text messages, which do not reflect the real person. Second of all, the internet is probably the most public thing in the world. All our messages and posts on Facebook are recorded somewhere, not just erased. Collage officials will check the Facebook pages of people they want to accept to make sure they're the right person. This proves what you post on social-netoworking sites are not safe at all. On the popular app Snapchat, which many of my friends use, it says a message/picture will be deleted. In fact, the picture is not deleted, and by paying money you can find all your old Snapchats.
I don't think I will keep up my blog in the summer and next year. I will be busy with high school and the summer, which will take up my time. I also correctly assume that most of my peers will not resume their blogs, which was a main reason I blogged.(To read other people's post). Even thought I approve of using blogs and acknowledge the helpfulness of them, they were rather tiresome. This factor cannot be avoided, and I can remember several times when my classmates said they didn't blog because they didn't "feel like it."If I was to create another blog, I would probably make it a journal. This idea interests me, and seems like a fun thing to do. I would journal my travels, and not my average day.(So my journal would NOT be; I ate a sandwich today. It was good. Then I went to sleep). Instead it would be more description, and exciting moments of me visiting exotic places. I might not do this however, because of laziness.
All in all, I approve of the nature of blogs. Although sometimes it was tiring, and I complained about doing them, they were a vital part of ELA. It improved my writing and analyzing skills, and connected me with my friends over books.
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