Monday, October 22, 2007

Commenting on a Blog to Rebecca Mead's "You've Got Blog"

The purpose of this online writing exercise is to challenge you to work actively with the reading (Rebecca Mead's "You've Got Blog"), and to give you practice using the technology which is the subject of Mead's article.
1) Please read the question below and formulate a thoughtful answer.
The Conscious Reader directs us to:
Respond to Mead's comment that blogs create "a world in which the personal lives of participants have become part of the public domain." What is the value, if any, of putting personal information online for strangers to read? Would you be comfortable with compromising your own privacy by writing an intimate blog? (Shrodes 317)

2) Click on the Comments link at the bottom of this post and type your answer into the window that appears. You can click the Show Original Post link so that these directions are visible in front of you as you write. Sign it with your initials.
3) When you're done writing, either choose to respond as an anonymous user, or if you have a blogger account you can sign in. Click the Publish Your Comment button.
4) Read your classmates' comments as they appear on the page.

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