Q1: How do you like the weekly writing prompts? Are they interesting or boring? Inspirational or weird? Are they related to your life? Can you suggest anything better and give some examples?
I like the weekly writing prompts; I think those topics or issues are interesting and related to my life. They are not only interesting but also inspired me to think.
Q2: Do you like the two-way online discussion with your keypal? Or do you think we should have more people (like 3~4 students) form a group blog to exchange ideas? Why or why not?
I like the idea of the two-way online discussion with my key pal; however, when the theory put in to action, it might encounter a lot of difficulties. For my own experience, once one side of the student could not finish the task on time, it would be difficult for his or her partner to finish her own part. For this reason, I think more people to discuss one topic might be better. I believe that if more people participate in the same task, we might know more different ideas about the issues or it might inspire us to think those topics from different angles.
Q3: Have you encountered any difficulties during the semester when using blogs to discuss with your keypal, e.g., computer problems or anything?
Actually, I think the whole process was quite successful, despite we don’t get a lot of chance to discuss the topics.
Q4: How do you like the project website? Are they friendly enough? Have we left out any important content? How do you like the layout/design?
In fact, I love the project website. It is delicate and it is very convenient to see our task every week due to the link. I also like the pictures or videos about our every week tasks. It makes us easier to understand the topics or sometimes it even inspires me to come up some thoughts about the tasks.
Q5: What have you gained from this blog activity?
From this blog activity, I learn to express my thoughts in a more efficient way. I also learn to think things in other ways, in different angles. The most important is I try to think more, I try to show concern to the latest issues.
Q6: If you had an opportunity to start over, would you have done anything differently? If so, how?
Since I already saw others’ thoughts about those issues, if I can start over again, I might have more thoughts to express.
I noticed that you could express your thoughts with more words and with variety, while I could only write simple words and sentences. I regret that I didn't make progress in this writing project, but I am glad that I did learn to think in the project. Thank you for being such a good key pal. I've learned many things from you. :)
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I like them. They are really interesting and inspirational. The topics are closely related to our life.
However, Task 2 and Task 6 were not stated clearly. In Task 2, the relation between the questions and the article about depression should have been further explained. In Task 6, the first two questions might have been misunderstood if students didn’t watch the video clip. The significance of the video clip should have been mentioned.
Also, Task 5 and Task 9 seem to require some knowledge that we aren’t familiar with, such as the model of collaborative learning and the type of learners we are. In Task 5, are we supposed to study the source web page before we answer the questions or just answer them according to our observations? It should have been explained. In Task 9, the last question suggests that there must be a theory or some classification about the types of learners, but I don’t what they are. Such information should have been provided along with the questions.
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Two-way discussion is fine enough. If more members form a group blog, it will be much more difficult to control the scheduled progress. I don’t think that group discussions are suitable to students from different schools, for one class don’t know the other class in real life.
In addition, there is a major flaw in the two-way online discussion. I thought FJU students and CCU students were asked to think independently, to write their tasks on their own blogs, and then to respond to each other's articles as sharing. However, the design in this semester required us to take CCU's blogs as the main platforms. It would have restricted FJU students' thinking, for they must have been influenced by the other side before they came up with their own ideas. It would also have limited FJU students' content and format, for the blog Editor of comments is simple, whereas the Editor of articles would be equipped more functions.
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No, I’ve never encountered any difficulties. I also exchanged instant messaging account with my keypal (Windows Live Messenger), so we could contact each other quite all right. It is my late posts that caused a problem to her.
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Yes, it is user friendly enough, but I wonder why the URLs of FJU students’ blogs are not included in dyadic information. The layout/design is pleasantly simple and easy to read.
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A keypal, an opportunity to think more and write more, and a Christmas card! I’m grateful to have joined this activity and I’m sorry that most of my posts were late.
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Some of the posts were first hand-written in drafts when I did a part-time job; all of the articles were typed and posted at home. I should have arranged a session every week at school exclusive for writing the newly-announced task. If so, all of my posts would have been punctually posted. Writing assignments at home is sometimes inefficient because of laziness, avoidance, and fatigue from part-time jobs or other factors. I shouldn’t have procrastinated my posts.