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Week 8 Comments and Feedback

I have gotten lots of comments on my blog. Some of them are simply friendly and conversational, others are critiques of my work. I find all types of comments useful but I have especially found the comments on my project to be helpful. The conversational comments help me to feel like I did things right and that I should keep doing things in a similar way. The ones that critique my writing help me to see my errors and correct them. The comments I have gotten on my project are the most useful to me since I am still working on my project and can change things during my revisions.

I hope I am leaving good feedback for my classmates. For the shorter comments, I try to keep the tone friendly and conversational, while also being helpful, especially for their story posts. For the longer feedback comments, I try to give advice in a useful but also friendly manner. I like to point out things I like first and end on a good note while inserting critiques in the middle. I also try to make sure they are always suggestions. Sometimes, my advice is just my opinion and it can be taken or not. The author has the final say.

By reading my classmate's intros and the comments they leave on my blog, I am learning more about them and feeling more connected, despite it being an online class. In fact, I think through comments, I interact with them more than I interact with some of my classmates in my on-campus classes! I reread my introduction and I hope it has some interesting things about me that people can comment on and perhaps identify with. I added a little bit more to it which hopefully will help people to know more about me. 

I hope I can continue to improve the comments I leave for my classmates so that they are useful and also friendly. I like getting comments on my posts and I hope they like the comments I leave and find them helpful. I also want to continue to use the feedback I get to make my writing better, especially when it comes to my project. I changed my into a bit and I will look at my comment wall next to make sure it reflects my project and encourages interaction.

I chose this picture because I think that feedback really does help me to grow. When people point out places where I can improve, I learn and do better the next time.

Photo Credit: growthmindsetmemes



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