Why Blog?: Key Terms and Main Idea NOTES

Why Blog?: Key Terms and Main Idea 

• Why Blog?-  Unfortunatly, decades of research suggest extrinsic motivation can actually hurt our performance.  -A blog is an excellent opportunity for exploring and developing intrinsic motivation for writing. – A blog is an excellent opportunity for exploring and developing intrinsic motivation for writing. – Blog will need to come from inside and discover such motivation not only for writing but I general. Motivation for your academic writing and later into writing as a professional. 
• What Is A Blog Or Better What is Your Blog? –  Different kinds of blogs depends on content. -Public diaies, amature journalism or political views. – Specific interest. – Something that will discuss my journey in English 1117. 
• A Sample of Popular Blogs- The Huffington Post, Mashable, Tech Crunch, Gizmodo, Engaged, and more. 

• Discovering What to Write- Class Blog– the student and the instructor post common blog on the subject. – Individual Reading or Learning blog- Write specifically about the topic of the course or reflecting or a learning experience. – Class Team Blog- Update your blog on the classes project and progress in that class. – Individual Blog- autonomy writing.  

• Some Technical Advice on Building A Blog – These sites will place advertising on your blog instead of free blog. – You might learn about CSS and other elements of web design. – Show how to create a URL. 

Why Blog?: Commentary 

In the “Why Blog?” post the author Alex Reid talks about the benefits of blogging. He feels blogging is an excellent opportunity for exploring and developing motivation for writing. I feel everything has a benefit, even the worst things. So, I can see how he feels blogging will make you a better writer. It will allow you to think different then you would in other writing and reading classes. Alex also talks about how you control the length of your writing, subject matter, timing and all characteristics of your writing. This my personal favorite because it different from other teachers’ regular style of learning. It allows you to have more fun with your writing and thinking. Over all the author believes that blogging will increase your writing abilities and make you enjoy writing. After reading this post I am more excited about our blog journey. 

Why Blog?: Analysis 

In the article “Why Blog?” they show an example of a study determining what makes you an expert. According to Malcom Gladwell it takes 10000 hours of dedicated time to perfect a craft or profession. Just because you put that many hours into an activity, hobby, or life ambition that does not mean you will be good at it let alone a professional. I know people who have been practicing basketball for over 35 years and put in the time to “be a professional” but they still suck. To master something, you need more internal motivation. This article states that external motivation can hurt you. I 100 percent disagree with that because all my life’s motivation and achievements came from external motivation. I do agree that a blog a new way to learn but I don’t agree with it. I would rather have a format, and not such a free-lance writing assignment. Blogs are good for expressing your feelings, but I don’t like it for classes just because it’s so different. I feel like it will motivate me to be a better writer.