Blogging Around

I read Kate H's blog in which she discussed how her writing changed throughout the year. At first she put a lot of time and effort into crafting her blog but as the year progressed she treated it more like a journal. I commented the following:

It was interesting to read your blog post and I agree with a lot of what you said. For me, however, blogging still takes a long time and I put a lot of effort and energy into the form and content of my blogs. I've had teachers from across the country read my blog (specifically about collaboration) so I think you would be surprised by the broad audience that exceeds just our English class!

Next, I read Alyssa's blog. In her post she talked about her struggles with blogging and the things that made the experience worth while. I commented the following:

Alyssa, I really enjoyed your post. I too often found myself in a mess of thoughts struggling to focus on something specific enough for a blog. I wrote one blog about the dialectic between the individual and the community and it ended up being super long because I could not concisely formulate my ideas. It happens to other people too! I also really love reading other people's blogs and I wish we did more of it. It's really interesting reading about other people's ideas and I'm glad these blogs are public.