This semester, many of my students have told me that doing reviews and getting around on Shvoong was too hard. I usually responded with the story of “The Dog and the Frog.” To make a long story short, the frog ended up getting out of the pot-hole he had previously been unable to get out of, having complained to the dog who later asked him how he finally was able to jump out. The frog told the dog, “The truck came, and I had to get out!” Well, I got to thinking that maybe I should do more than tell my students and other viewers about the dog and the frog. So here’s how you can (1) read, (2) rank, and (3) respond with comments to my and my students’ reviews about their favorite Academic Oral Communications Sites, and other topics of personal interest.
First of all, to read a review, simply go to the blog roll and click on the links. Many of the students chose pen names for security purposes. Once you click on the link, you will find a list of that student’s “Summaries on Shvoong.” In the vicinity of the title, you will find a button that says “Read this summary.” Just click on that button and you will find the review centered in a wide center column between two narrow columns with ads that are usually very relevant to the topic under review. There you can read the summary right on the computer screen or print it out to read later. Often, when there is a web site involved, the reader will find a relevant link right under the review. This link may take you to the site under review, or a site that would give more information about the review. After you have checked out the relevant links, it would be a very nice touch if you would respond to the review.
One way to respond to the review is to rank it. For that, the reader will find a five star icon. Clicking on the first star means it’s poor. The second star means between poor and average. The third star means average. The fourth stars means better than average. And the fifth star is superior. When you vote by clicking on the star, you will see a thank you message in red to show that your ranking has been registered. That brings you to the third part in participating to help the students in their class contest.
Before you leave the site, it would be a very nice touch for the reader to scroll down using the scroll bar on the right to find where it says comment. Clicking on the word comment opens up a dialog box where the reader may put a correct name or a pen name, email is optional, and a comment box. Just fill in the dialog box with the information called for in the dialog box. Then click submit.
Thus you can read, rank and respond with comments to the students and help us decide who gets first choice prizes at the end of the semester. If you see a chain icon, that means you can send the link to a friend. Simply click on the chain icon, click on send to email, and put the email address of the person you want to send it to in the box that calls for it. You can even generate hotmail code to add it to your web site if you have one. Then click send. If you have any more questions, please leave a comment on this blog.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: , "Reviews on Shvoong", Rank, Read, Respond, Reviews | No Comments »
