Thursday, October 15, 2009
Thing #3: Reflections on Blogging
Generally, blogging is sharing your thoughts and ideas in an interactive way. After reading the various blog example, I found that there is not a specific rule to blogging. It can be very casual, as if you are having a conversation, or it can be very formal with very collegial writing. The type of voice a person chooses depends on the purpose of the blog and the audience to which they are speaking. Reading a blog is much more interesting than just reading an article or book because it is interactive. Often a blog will link you to other information. If you have a deeper interest in the topic you can easily find more information through these links. Blog writing is in turn more interesting for the same reason. You can share more detail and provide resources for others through your writing. When others leave comments about your blog you are able to further explore the ideas you are sharing and possibly learn more than you did initially. You are able to connect easily with other people and gain knowledge from many different people. Our students can use this to learn from others and share ideas with each other and give and receive valuable feedback. It provides many opportunities to collaborate. This is a valuable tool for teaching students to write. They can easily locate postings they've made and see the development of their writing. Blogging and reading others blogs can spark imagination and creativity and connect students to a world of resources.
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Did you have to do much blogging for your masters classes? I would think you would have had to with your online classes. I'm still not too big on writing blogs.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great introduction to what blogs are and how to use them. I know blogs have been around for awhile now but I think more and more people are getting into blogging. Blogs can now provide a wealth of information and thoughts on many different topics. I think it will be interesting to see how blogs evolve.
ReplyDeleteIs this the Neely that worked with Marilyn Leeds? I'm her daughter. I figured there couldn't be that many Neelys out there, but, if I've made a horrible error, I apologize.
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