What Should I Say? (How to Reflect)

Your blog is a reflection on your work each week.

So, what is a reflection?  It's your thoughts on your achievements and problems in the past week.  It documents what you have learned.  It's where you identify what pitfalls you faced in the past week and how you can overcome them in the future.

Some thoughts on reflection from Peter Pappas and  Gareth Jacobson.

What you should aim for in your reflections can be seen here.  Also, consider working up the"Taxonomy of Reflection" in each reflection post you make:

These blogs are meant to be many things:  a documentation of what you have learned in the process of creating your 20% project, a place for you to develop your skills in writing for an audience (this one being an audience that does not necessarily know you), a way for you to be forced to reflect on what you have done in the past week and learn from it.  Most importantly, blogs serve as a place to have a conversation without actually having that conversation.  You will have visitors to your posts, who will offer suggestions for improvement, ideas to consider, etc.  You should be among those visitors to the blogs of your classmates, offering support, advice, and help, and you should also be responding to those offering it to you as well.

Wondering how to comment?  Mrs. Yollis's class of cuties has some great info for you.

Please be mindful of internet safety.  As I suggested above, your blog will be viewed by others.  Make sure you read the page "Blogging Rules" and make note of rule number 1--no personal information should be visible on the blog.  This includes your last name.  Some general safety rules (don't think "blah blah blah;" this is important), which can be found onThe Space Between:

1) We want to make sure we are Internet savvy by being sensible about the information we share online.
2) Blog etiquette, which includes thinking critically about how your comments have the potential to affect others either positively or negatively, was also important to us.
3) The final topic for our guidelines is to be aware of our writing conventions and skills such as asking a question at the end to encourage a conversation (but make sure this question is not SO open that people don't know HOW to respond).