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Edits
Sounds good, hope the editing error will fix itself...am gonna look over everything again as well.
make sure you are signed in when editing... last time I edited it showed me as "guest".

Edits
sounds good, if i come across any errors i would alert you as well

Edits
Team:

There are a few grammatical changes I am attempting to make to the critique...the sight is giving me an error when I try and edit, so I will try again later to make the changes. I will go over the posting again as well, just to make sure we don't have any obvious errors.

Posting
Thanks Nici

Summary
I posted the rest of my part..feel free to edit where you see fit. How is the critique part going katrina/hope? Conference call tonight for this?

Nici

Posting
Hey guys,
just some quick instructions on how to post (in case you didn't see the email I sent out).

Go to the main page and simply click EDIT (located on the top right hand site of the screen) and insert/edit your information.

Nici

Frank's Critique
Frank,
I posted it for you....everyone can just update if necessary on the main page...

nici

Frank's Critique
While reading the findings I found too many limitations that in my opinion this research might not necessarily point out the true benefits of using blogs in the classrooms. I think that the group of students chosen for this research might not have been the right one. The lack of instructions made it stressful and difficult for students to comment on their peer’s blogs. When doing this type of research a more broader group should be chosen, there needs to be detail instructions, the instructor and/or researcher should monitor the students progress and their postings to ensure that right ideas are backed up with references and that students are actually using critical thinking.

In my opinion, blogging should not be used to teach all the class assignments, but rather as a class project, as a tool, inspire creative writing, or as a resource to make students gain skills in analytical and critical thinking, raise their own opinion in an effort to enhance students’ skills in public speaking. Since many bloggers write in an informal style then it might be challenging to teach students how to write professionally using blogs, therefore it has its disadvantages.

Findings
Team here is what I come up with so far let me know what you think.

Findings

Mixed reactions with student’s opinions were found at the end of the research. Students were encouraged to the informal writing style and the interactivity with blogs assignments when reading other ideas from students. In addition, students liked the idea in getting feedback on their own blogs. However, students did not like the idea of being forced to critique other’s ideas, the idea for negative feedback or writing feedback that may be insulting to others, remembering different passwords and the uncertainty whether the assignment was received by the instructor was stressful and aggravating.

Students suggested that they gained most of their understanding by reading other blogs and not necessarily their own blogs. It was interesting to find out that students did not find helpful the feedback from their own entries, but yet they found more interesting the ideas found in other blogs. This was probably due to the diverse ideas and perspectives found in their peers’ blogs, as opposed to their own ideas.

Blogging may encourage students to write their own ideas and opinions in their own voice and style; this might be beneficial by some instructors while others might disagree.

Summary
Just checking in....it is good to see your group members are taking responsibility on what each person will be doing to contribute to the final product.