My final blog entry....I have to admit that I thought I would enjoy writing this blog more than I have done. I love writing, and was looking forward to reflecting, in my blog, on all that I had learnt throughout this unit. But I found the 'clicky' nature of the blog website a little irritating - going backwards and forwards between my blog homepage, the comments, my postings, other people's blogs, etc.etc. I also was a little disgruntled at having to write to a prescribed theme; I would rather have reflected on my own personal themes- after all, that is what a blog is mostly used for. However, this disgruntled attitude has made me re-think the use of a blog as an e-learning tool for my students. It may be too much of a personal tool for sharing with others, especially with regard to reflecting on aspects of learning. Those students who do not speak up in class, for fear of sounding 'stupid', may also fear writing about their learning experiences on public blogs. Something to consider...
I contributed comments to the blogs of the following fellow students:
Lea: Year 2000, July 4
Lea: ICT current trends, July 9
Cam: Digital Natives Debate, July 9
Rebekah: VARK learning styles, July 9
Charlene: Web 2.0, July 9
I did enjoy reading what everybody else was thinking; that IS an advantage of a 'communal' blog! Thanks for allowing me to share with you all. Good luck with the rest of your e-learning, and with all your e-teaching tools.
I agree with the statement about the "clicky" nature of reading peoples blogs as well as making your own. However, while trying to find videos to show the students in my community health unit this morning, I discovered "google reader". When I clicked on it, all the blogs that I had followed were displayed like posts, one after the other in chronoligical order. I wish I had discovered this before. Because I have a gmail account, google automatically adds blogs or other things that I save, subscribe to or "like" to the reader page and I didn't even know it! Obviously another Web 2.0 tool to utilise. I still haven't worked out how to save a link to get back onto a youtube video though, which is why i was trying to save them for my lecture. I will keep trying.
ReplyDeleteSame here, I too much prefer to blog on about my own personal themes. Your thoughts on the public nature of blogs potentially inhibiting the more introvert students bears further consideration. Will the use of a blog persona help I wonder? Notice my own....!
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