IDE 611 Task #4 – Reflecting on the Experience of Blogging
This class has added to my repertoire of technologies and how to integrate them in education. I became very familiar with one particular piece of technology, the blog. After reading the syllabus and discovering that I was going to be creating a blog and updating it weekly I began to panic. I was not even sure what a blog was and how it was suppose to be used. Merriam-Websters online dictionary defines a blog as a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer (accessed, 12/1/08). After reading a few articles on blogging and micro-blogging, I began to understand that a blog is a unique way for learners to present content and receive feedback from viewers. The author can share thoughts, facts, links, and references on a particular topic. In my opinion one of the most important elements of the blogging process is feedback. Unfortunately, the people responsible for providing me feedback slowly started to dwindle away. Yan Suo was my only partner left and though she provided excellent comments and questions, it would have also been nice to hear from other peers’ perspectives. I was constantly looking for ways to improve my blogging by adding images, website links, and videos to help share my blog topic in different ways. I found I started to get into a pattern of sharing information, a link or two, a video and ask a question. Soon enough I begin to tire of my assigned topic and was excited to change subjects. I believe it is imperative that the blogging topic must be of interest to the author, otherwise their lack of interest is shown in their blog entries. This experience has left me wanting to create my own personal blog about topics I find important and interesting. It has also given me the understanding of how a blog works and how to integrate it into instruction. Thank you for the wonderful experience.
Regards,
This class has added to my repertoire of technologies and how to integrate them in education. I became very familiar with one particular piece of technology, the blog. After reading the syllabus and discovering that I was going to be creating a blog and updating it weekly I began to panic. I was not even sure what a blog was and how it was suppose to be used. Merriam-Websters online dictionary defines a blog as a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer (accessed, 12/1/08). After reading a few articles on blogging and micro-blogging, I began to understand that a blog is a unique way for learners to present content and receive feedback from viewers. The author can share thoughts, facts, links, and references on a particular topic. In my opinion one of the most important elements of the blogging process is feedback. Unfortunately, the people responsible for providing me feedback slowly started to dwindle away. Yan Suo was my only partner left and though she provided excellent comments and questions, it would have also been nice to hear from other peers’ perspectives. I was constantly looking for ways to improve my blogging by adding images, website links, and videos to help share my blog topic in different ways. I found I started to get into a pattern of sharing information, a link or two, a video and ask a question. Soon enough I begin to tire of my assigned topic and was excited to change subjects. I believe it is imperative that the blogging topic must be of interest to the author, otherwise their lack of interest is shown in their blog entries. This experience has left me wanting to create my own personal blog about topics I find important and interesting. It has also given me the understanding of how a blog works and how to integrate it into instruction. Thank you for the wonderful experience.
Regards,
Ashley
