I really like the blogging aspect of this course. I think it gives students the chance to say how they feel in a more casual way. Even though it’s public and can be a little intimidating, I still prefer this to writing actual papers for each book. I think that this is a much more interactive way to see what everyone else is thinking about the books we’ve read and see what alternate themes people picked up on while reading. I’ve never done blogging that is as extensive as this for a class, where we review each book we’ve read; it’s usually a lot less posting. But I like posting the reviews for each book because it gives me a chance to sort out how I feel about it before coming to class.
I think I’d prefer if we had mandatory reviews about the books we’re reading, and anything else we post or comment on could be extra credit. I’m not always searching the web for climate fiction news and when I did look, there wasn’t much that I could find that I thought was interesting and I didn’t want to post something just to fill a quota. I don’t think that that aspect of blogging is for everyone. People don’t always feel comfortable commenting on someone else’s post and like I mentioned, finding an article can be difficult. Hopefully I can find some interesting articles to post before the semester is over!
