Affordances Analysis

I am going to explore the affordances and disaffordances of blogging. Now, blogging is something that I have yet to employ but am planning on using this coming Fall semester.

Affordances of blogging.

Blogging affords students the opportunity to share videos and articles with each other.

Blogging affords discussions of shared videos.

Blogging affords electronic submission of assignments.

Blogging affords archiving and organization of post and submissions.

Blogging affords easily responding to or commenting on submissions.

Blogging affords students the opportunity to read each other's submissions and see different perspectives.

Blogging affords a more casual writing style than "normal" writing assignments.

Blogging affords a less stressful writing process compared to formally typed and printed assignments.

Blogging affords posting videos used in class so students can go back to them if they please.

Blogging affords students the opportunity to see that an assignment is due even if they weren't in class when it was assigned.

Blogging affords students the opportunity to ask classmates what they missed if they weren't in class

Blogging affords sharing ideas with many people at once.

Blogging affords students the opportunity to collaborate with students from a different section.

Blogging affords the addition an afterthought to an assignment via commenting.

Blogging affords editing an entry once it has been submitted.

Blogging affords deletion of malicious comments by blog owner?

Disaffordances of blogging.

Well when it comes to the disaffordances of blogging, I think back to When Blogging Goes Bad..

Non-mandatory blogging affords no blogging at all.

Mandatory blogging disaffords the journal-like characteristics that normally define blogging.

Blogging affords anonymity, which affords malicious comments on posts.

Blogging affords students the opportunity to read each other's submissions, potentially causing the author anxiety.

Blogging affords access to people outside of the classroom network, which can also cause anxiety.

Blogging disaffords strictly enforcing deadlines (no way to prevent late postings).

Blogging disaffords a "final version" (can always go back and edit after submitting).

Blogging disaffords grading submitted assignments directly on site (lack of anonymity).

Blogging affords answer sharing.

Blogging disaffords group work.

Blogging affords making changes that may go unnoticed if a submission was already viewed.

And I'm sure there are probably more affordances/disaffordances that I haven't even thought of yet..