I absolutely loved the blogs, without a doubt. I'm extremely surprised with how well it turned out, especially since this is the first time this has been done in our AP course. The process isn't perfect or flawless, but for a first try, the blogs are a huge success (in my opinion). I mainly used the blogs to talk about subjects from class that I wanted to continue discussing, although I would also comment on a couple of interesting finds that I felt others may enjoy (take Scott Pilgrim, The King's Speech, and tvtropes.org for example). I enjoy the freedom we gain through these blogs, because it's nice to know that you can rant as much as you want on your blog, since we all know there is never enough time in class.
My only criticisms are the requirements of comments and images. I understand that the comment requirement is only there so that everyone is forced to look at different blogs, rather than the same one each time, but I feel as though the requirement only made me feel discouraged from looking at other blogs until the last minute, when I knew the comments were due. If there wasn't a requirement, it would feel a bit more leisurely, and I'd probably still look at as many blogs as I do now, if not more. The images requirement also seems a bit silly, although I'm kind of having fun with it now.
On a random, but related note: I went onto cleverbot.com to ask what kind of image I should post on my blog. Cleverbot, the winner of 2010's Machine Intelligence Competition, replied with, "You can put me in a pot and boil me." I figured that meant it wanted me to post its picture in my blog, so here is an image of our conversation directly after it's last comment. I decided to joke with the program and...well...now I am afraid.
I will be sleeping with my laptop turned off and my door locked tonight.
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