So....
To blog or not to blog? Is anyone really listening? Or reading for that matter?
I have never thought of having my own blog or thought anything I had to say was worthy of attention without a martini or two, unless my dog Jake was enraptured by me giving him a belly scratch at the same time. But I think there could be something to this 'blog' thing, and I do see it can act as an educational network system- these blog people just might have something.
BUT
Online classes...where do I begin?
It can be very alienating and it is so easy to only see things from your own point of view after an assigned reading or attempting an assignment. Blogging and connecting with other professionals to ascertain their thoughts on the same chapter or writing prompt can only assist in bringing me out of my laptop and into a real-world of beneficial discussion about new ideas.
So...Did I want to blog?
Um. No.
Am I doing it because I have to?
Or because I want to?
I'm pretty sure I can want to.
It is nice to connect with people who care about the same things-bettering yourself, advancing our students and our schools, life-long-learning.
Maybe I was a pretty quick convert, and these bloggers really have something going...
I've never been in to the social networking thing, but I think that this could be used very effectively for administrators. I am still in the classroom and have every intention of attempting to implement a blog for class discussions - participation grade - the kids are so in to the internet networking, they may actually really get in to it...that's my hope at least.
ReplyDeleteI quite agree Fritzy. This is the PERFECT venue for connecting kids. Maybe kids you teach but from different class periods or even subjects, if you have that sort of schedule. I do, and I am envisioning my advanced art students posting factual and reflective blog comments for my first year students to check out?...
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