Monday, February 21, 2011

Peer Blog Evaluation -- Jessica Vavrinec

  1. Peer Blog Evaluation -- Jessica Vavrinec
    1. Number of Posts
      16
    2. Quality of Posts
      There are at least two substantial posts per week, with a few shorter one thrown in.
    3. A Strength
      There are a couple of posts (Henry V and Macbeth) where she just writes her thoughts, in bulleted list form, about these plays as she reads them. This is very interesting.  There are also a few great posts with video comparisons of different movie versions of speeches.  (Hamlet and Macbeth).  I also really enjoyed this post about YA literature based on Shakespeare, drawing on her personal interests.  I am looking forward to a follow up post where she explains how she enjoyed those YA novels.
    4. Suggested Improvement
      One thing I noticed, just glancing through the history of the posts, is that she could benefit from point 2 of this post, and add jump breaks to her posts.  There could also be a little more in depth analysis of the plays, as most of the posts seem to be more cursory.  It's a good blog, but with some good room for improvement.