Weekly Respone

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I completely agree with the statement that: “Online blogs directed at peer exhibit fewer typographical and factual errors, less plagiarism, and generally better, more elegant and persuasive prose than classroom assignments by the same writers”.  In my opinion this statement shows all the major positive impacts online blogging can have for a student and for the classroom overall. It states that when people blog they tend to make less minor mistakes, such as grammar, spelling, and misplaced words. It also states that there is less plagiarism. I believe that students mainly copy other students when they are in the classroom more than when they are on the computer. I believe that because when students look around to see the progress of their peers and they are moving along faster than them with the work they feel a sense of pressure and will do whatever they can to catch up with the other students. I feel that there is no rush when students are writing things on the computer at home. I can also say that it is highly more probable that when students blog it is a lot more persuasive because they have so many online tools such as Google, and Wikipedia that can really get their ideas going. It is also a lot less boring for the audience/reader to read an article on the computer rather than in text. Due to the digital literacy of this generation I feel that more assignments will be held online and on the computer the more we progress in time and technology and it will be more efficient for both the instructor and student in every way possible.