Blogging By Example

Check out these composition bloggers.

James is exploring the politics of blogging and school, while exercising the power of hyperlinks.

Linda is asking questions and reflecting on her service experiences.

Daniel is challenging his own assumptions and experimenting with point of view shifts.

Kate is showing us that presenting posts in different visual configurations can be quite effective.

A Discussion Emerging

ab imo pectore: This I Believe...

Quote: My favorite piece was The Right to Be Fully American, by Yasir Billoo. Yasir is a Pakistani Muslim who immigrated here. It made me really think about the "politics" of our culture

Invitation: Eddie, John, and Colton are sharing some interesting thoughts about what culture means in Hawaii and what racism means here. Go read and join in.

A Commonplace Example

http://timtimestwo.blogspot.com/2007/01/reflection-on-week-of-rehearsals-with.html

Here's a great example of a commonplace post by Elise. She meditates on the following quote, which appears on a poster during her band rehearsal.



"Music speaks what cannot be expressed,

soothes the mind and gives it rest,

heals the heart and makes it whole,

flows from heaven to the soul."



P.S. I'm using a tool called Diigo to write this post. It allows me to be on a website, highlight something from the page, then click a "blog this" button that allows you to write about the website and pushes it directly to your blog page. I'm testing it. So far, pretty useful.