How do I complete the circuit?
Each user has a blog on which they are invited to share insights on the books they are reading; publish creative writing; and participate in appropriate discussions on self-selected topics, topics from the Prompts stream, or teacher directed commentary. Tags and categories help contributors with like bookshelves/interests find one another, and comment on each other's contributions.
Forums within groups allow for further discussion.
Blogs act as student managed digital portfolios.
Comments give opportunity for specific formative assessment from other users and administrators.
Use care when publishing work, when contributing to forums, and when commenting on the output of other writers: when we are all submitting our best, we must also strive to be kind and constructive in our responses to the work of our fellow authors. When we share our writing, we open ourselves up to scrutiny, in the hopes of gaining praise.