Delinquent Blogger Am I
I want to apologize to all the members of my blogging cohort! I have not blogged in the last couple of weeks. I guess this makes me a cyber-slacker. I have somewhat overextended myself this year. I am participating on several committees, I’m attending a class, and I’m tutoring part-time.
I’m going to make an effort this weekend and next week to make up for the lost time by writing several blogs. My online presence will make your head spin!
Today, I’m going to give all of you an update on the blogs I’ve been having my students do. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how much my students enjoy blogging. They particularily like the interactive aspect, the fact that they can comment on other students’ blogs and that they can receive comments from students.
I’ve also been impressed by the way the blogging has created a stronger sense of community among my students. For instance, I have two students who always seemed to get annoyed with each other in class. They sat on opposite sides of the classroom, and whenever we had a discussion in class they always took opposing sides of the issue. Well, after students began blogging, one of them responded to the other one’s post, and after that they actually had a real-time conversation about their thoughts on the topic.
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Wow – a positive aspect of blogging that I had never even thought of! How neat!
Posted November 15, 2008, 1:35 pm #I think the community that blogging creates is one of the hinge pins of social networking. Networks like MySpace, Facebook, Bebo and others are capitalizing on communities that spring up as individuals discover each other by reading through public blogs. You’ve hit upon a great reason to blog with kids. Thanks for sharing!
Posted December 2, 2008, 6:13 pm #