Student Posts
Students can create posts to respond to assignments, submit work, and share ideas. Students must create an account on the OpenLab and join this course before they are able to write posts.
Categories
Students must give their posts the category directed by the professor. You can select a category on the right (you have to scroll down a bit) on a desktop. For example, this post appears under Discussions.
Title
Students must title their post–this will also be directed by the professor. Usually, a student will have their full name and the assignment in the title. For example, a student might title their post Jessica Penner, Discussion of “How to Read Like a Writer.”
Publish
Students must hit “Publish” before other students can read the post! (And so the professor knows the student has turned in the assignment. If they don’t hit publish, they won’t get points.)
Commenting
Students are encouraged to comment on each other’s posts to facilitate discussion and provide peer-to-peer feedback. Scroll down to see the example comment associated with this post.
William Li, Discussion of “How to Read Like a Writer”
The article “How to Read Like a Writer” written by Mike Bunn talks about his experience in the aspect and his perception on reading and writing. one very specific moment in the article I found useful would be at the start of the article as the technique he used to read this book were interesting. He would read the book slowly one word at a time and I quote “As I struggled to read in this environment, I began to realize that the way I was reading—one word at a time”. This would help me as if I were too need to grasp the authors intent in a book or novel employing Bunn’s technique would help greatly.