For me, this blog assignment did not work as well as a communication tool, but as it did as a tool that helped me thinking about the course subjects. I think that the reason that it did not work as a communication for me is that there were just too many topics, too many blogs to check, and too many entries to write. For me, the longest continuous exchange was twice. I think it could have been better to exchange our opinions many times about one topic.
My suggestion for this blog assignment is to make a blog-team whose members check other members blogs every entry and post some comments. In addition, everybody is free to read any blog they like and leave their comments besides blogs by their team members. Moreover, the number of entries could be less but the number of comments could be more. In this way, people can exchange comments several times for one topic within the blog-team. Students could communicate more and the quality of communication may improve.
Come to think of it, though, the way teams often turn out, the student(s) who care(s) most about their grades are left holding the stick…
It was tough leaving comments to professor’s blog, because the topics required me to think hard in order to send meaningful comments. However, I appreciate the opportunity to think about management, career, visions, and life.
For me, this was the first time to create a blog. Since this blog was a class assignment, I felt that I was writing a paper to get a good grade. So, that was pretty tough even though writing articles for this blog helped me to understand and think about important subjects. However, after this class, I can post whatever I like without due date or grades. That sounds like fun!!
