My first thoughts on allsides.com was that that home page was very chaotic to look at. I also wasn't exactly sure what I should be exploring here, whether it be the websites layout or the articles. The site claims that "by making the political leanings of hundreds of media sources transparent, AllSides frees people from filter bubbles so we can understand the world- and each other" which sounds like a great idea in theory. While I don't exactly have a lot of extra time to be currently exploring this site, this will be a link I save so I can get a better look at it in the future.
In regards to Christensen's chapter on writing essays, I found the different techniques she shares that are meant to get students to collect evidence. As the chapter continued I found myself completely agreeing with the quote "when students write for the teacher instead of writing out of a compelling need to speak out, the writing is often tedious, not worth writing, and not worth reading" (Christensen 123). As someone who finds writing to typically be a waste of my own time (especially when I could be working or actually enjoying my life instead) I wonder how, as a techer, I can create assignments that aren't just wasting everyones time like most of the assignments I have done. However this also brings up the issue that anassignment might be interesting for one student but completely tedious for everyone else. At this point would you have to alter the assignment for each individual student?
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