Motivation by Tony Gurr

           This was really hard for me to understand; in fact I still don't understand it. I can see the point he's trying to make, which is that he wants more freedom in learning because when kids don't get that then it stops them for reaching their goals. I didn't really understand what his point was with the pictures because the pictures distracted me a lot and I couldn't understand what some pictures meant. In my opinion, the pictures were overused. I personally prefer more writing than pictures and Tony's blog was the total opposite.

A picture that I couldn't even get near to understanding was this one:

            He didn't really give a clue either to what he meant by this. The only thing Tony wrote was "Yes....." before this picture. Then he went on with his other pictures. I tried really hard to figure this out, but I failed. Maybe someone can fill me in?

           Since, I didn't understand a lot of the pictures I can't really relate or write much about this post. The positive thing was that he at least got his point across, which I think is correct. I really couldn't get much of a understanding through his pictures and what he wrote, but the only thing I got out of it is that Tony wants to motivate teachers to give their students more freedom and give them freedom, so that the students can get a chance to achieve their goals. Other than that, I can't really say much about Tony's opinion.

Motivating our LEARNers…or “Co-Creating” a CLIMATE of LEARNacy?

          I found, to my surprise  that this blog post was very interesting. It kept me "hooked in" for the whole time and I really enjoyed reading the memes he wrote. I like his style of posting because by incorporating pictures into the posts, he can grab any reader's attention, including mine! The only problem I had with this kind of blogging style is the fact that you have to be organized. On a scale of 1-10 I would give this post an 8 for organization because, some of the pictures look like it doesn't quite fit into the post.

          As much help the pictures are for the post, I think it can some times be distracting. If his pictures were more simple and used less colors  I think it would have added to the post even more. Even though some of the pictures were problems, I still have to strongly agree that his post about motivation and blogging style is very effective. It's easy to do, it gets people's attention, and it's probably fun, too! Next year when I take English, I might just suggest this kind of blogging style!

Poetry In Motion

I'm not sure how this is going to work, but bare with me! Also apologizes with the late upload, had a little bit of trouble with this one!