This was a waste of time

This was pretty much worthless. I won't ever ask any of my students to do this. Not that I don't want them writing, but this was not cool, or informative at all. The blog in Black Board would have been easier to use. It's a waste of time to keep registering to an external webpage just to write what one is thinking. If I want to keep it old school I might just have them write in those old black and white journals. There is something missing when one writes in these things. It feels certainly less organic and too scripted. I personally like chicken scratches and writing outside the margins. I understand that this free writing exercise in theory should develop better writing styles, but I fear that verbal communication is missing in today's world.