I think the blogs' questions should have requirements for the length of the answer, the quality, as well as, grammar. Of course, the length of the blog matters, because some people write the answer within three sentences, while, others do it in paragraph. I don't think it's fair to others who are writing paragraph(s), because they are trying to prove the point and people who just write three to four sentences, which doesn't even make sense sometimes. Also, grammar is important, but not everyone is perfect at grammar; one of the common mistakes are typos, which could be solved by having an auto-correct on, or if you are not sure of a word, just look it up on google; it would take you less than a minute!
On the scale of three, I would give between 1 or 2 to overall results/blog posts I've checked. The reason for it is some people are not spending enough time and others are to post the blog. I don't think student should get a zero for doing the blog, as long as they talk about the topic of the question rather than writing some random post down. Yes, that student would get a zero if they talk about something completely off of the question which was asked. I don't think students should access other students' posts, because everyone thinks differently and they could disagree with the comment; on the otherside, with the teacher, he knows better ane you can't argue much.
Wait, so you won't argue with me?? Boring...I agree with some of what you wrote, but wanted to point out that sometimes people can make a very good, clear, pithy point in a few lines, and that has value too!
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