I would have to say that I did enjoy keeping a blog. I have only kept a blog in another class so this experience is relatively new to me. Having a place to sort, store and report information on a selected topic proves to be practical and useful. The component of other bloggers being able to comment and to provide feedback gives you the sense of the quality of information that you have been reporting on a blog.
I have learned how to post videos and images when blogging. Also, I felt that searching for information, as it pertains to my topic of social bookmarking, I retained a lot of information on the topic before I decided on my post for the week. Obviously, I also learned about a plethora of topics that were featured on other blogs. This is a very different way to learn, I feel that you learn indirectly as most of the time you just enjoy creating and commenting on blogs but in the end you are obtaining knowledge on various topics and issues.
As an educator, I now believe that blogging is a very good learning device that could be incorporated into most classes. It gives students the autonomy to find information on their own to help them understand course material better, especially if the conventional ways of teaching are not effective for them. Some areas that I will look to improve on with regards to blogging would be to make my background a little more pleaseing to the eye, I probably should have provided more videos and pictures too now that I look back on it.
this was my first time with a blog vivi and i enjoyed coming on to yours and reading. Your subjects were things that i was interested in learning more about and it was very organized.
ReplyDeleteGreat reflections on blogging, James. I always think that learning is great when you don't realize you've done it until afterwards. =) You made an excellent point about how blogging can be used to help individuals learn about topics and share their knowledge with each other. Well done!
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