This blog is my second one for the week about the "anything educational," even though I'm going to reference another one of our readings for the week in it.
Kist talks extensively about blogging in Chapter 3 and about how teachers have used it in the classroom, its benefits, etc.
I thought keeping a blog for this class was going to be a lot more tedious and "more-work-than-it's-worth" starting the semester, but I have come to actually enjoy writing posts and reading others, and it has allowed me to reflect more on the readings and class topics than I thought it would. the obvious yet somehow eluding reason for this is that I actually make good use of the tool given to me. I don't simply just breeze through the work for this; I give things actual thought and time and that's how this has become beneficial to me. Probably more beneficial than any simple personal journal about my thoughts of the class would have given me because I can compare and contrast my thoughts with my classmates anytime I desire.
Overall, I feel if its used correctly, as with any physical or digital tool, the blog has a lot of potential as an educational medium. Whenever, I enter the big bad world of teaching, I might try employing something of the sort with one of my classes given the opportunity supports me to.
I think this is a great idea. :) I think technology could be used in a way that would really allow discussion in future classes we teach!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of using blogs in a classroom. We had to write so many notebook journals while I was in high school and I would have much rather done what we are doing now and actually communicate about the class....outside of class. Much more beneficial in my opinion:)
ReplyDeleteI compared the blogging posts to "journal entries" I've had to do in other classes. It occurs to me that the journals seemed like a chore. Before 5 were do, I'd sit down and bullshit through all of them and take nothing away. With the blogging, I find myself actually looking forward to posting and reading.
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